idle adjustment 89 johnson 40hp

bikegod66

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i feel i need to bump the idle up a few hundred rpm's on my motor. how do i do this ?
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: idle adjustment 89 johnson 40hp

watch your linkage as someone moves the control. the is an idle stop screw with a rubber tip that can be adjusted. idle should be 650 to 750 faster than that can damage the lower unit, when shifting. not over 800.
 

wilde1j

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Re: idle adjustment 89 johnson 40hp

Make sure you don't mess with the timing stop!
 

bikegod66

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Re: idle adjustment 89 johnson 40hp

is that the similar looking adjuster opposite of the one for the idle ?
 

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Re: idle adjustment 89 johnson 40hp

I don't have a shop manual for your motor, so can't tell you what it looks like. You should be able to tell by watching the timer base as the throttle is advanced slowly to full (motor not running). The timing stop will stop the motion of the timer base before full throttle. That'ds the one you don't want to mess with.
 

bikegod66

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Re: idle adjustment 89 johnson 40hp

it appears this motor has two adjusters, the timing adj. i see, the other seems to be a stop that effects full throttle position , it only hits the stop at full throttle.
 
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