J150GL Johnson 1999 eratic running

tbooks

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Motor starts,idles, and runs good when started cold. Run up the lake and fish for 20 minutes or so and restarts fine. Give it throttle and it only goes to around 2300rpm and missed. It stays this way and wants to take off full speed every now and then. Let it sit for awhile while fishing, and restart later and it runs perfectly and it runs good the rest of the day. Next morning, the same thing. New plugs(HGK) and same thing. Last time it did it, pulled plug wire one at a time and the three on the right side were not firing. Motor made no difference in sound when pulling plugs on R side. Pulling plugs on L side did cause mortor to bog. Same thing when I blocked each carb. It is diffinetly not hitting on the 3 R cyl. Power Pak???? If so, can I change it myself without special tools are set up? Any checks to perform to verify problem? Any help appreciated. This did this 5 days in a row during a recent fishing trip.
 

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Re: J150GL Johnson 1999 eratic running

A couple of things -- first, I'd suggest getting Champion plugs in that motor. those 60* motors are pretty finiky about plugs.

Then, if we're only having an issue with the starboard bank let's look at the shift interrupter switch. When the switch kicks in (coming out of gear) it'll momentarily kill the starboard bank. If that switch is out of adjustment it's possible it'll do just what you describe.

In fact you can unhook it from the system. If you just unhook it, the key will not shut off the starboard bank but you can test it that way. The best solution is to adjust it per the OE manual.
 

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Re: J150GL Johnson 1999 eratic running

Oh, if you unhook it you may have trouble getting it out of gear so be very careful.
 

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Re: J150GL Johnson 1999 eratic running

Thanks for the helpful info. I have ordered a manual(CD) and will try and adjust it once I read up on it. I still can't understand why it only does it 1 time per day. I hope you are right on. I have been using the nkg plugs for 3 or 4 years and the motor has run perfectly. This is the first time I have any trouble with it.
Thanks again
I will post what I find.
 

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Re: J150GL Johnson 1999 eratic running

tbooks said:
Thanks for the helpful info. I have ordered a manual(CD) and will try and adjust it once I read up on it. I still can't understand why it only does it 1 time per day. I hope you are right on. I have been using the nkg plugs for 3 or 4 years and the motor has run perfectly. This is the first time I have any trouble with it.
Thanks again
I will post what I find.
 

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Re: J150GL Johnson 1999 eratic running

I pulled the shift switch and tested it and it is ok. I received a cd manual and nowhere does it show or discuss adjusting this switch. I cannot see any adjustment on it. It has two plastic studs and plastic spring clips to hold it on. Does anyone have any info on adjusting this shifter switch. As mentioned earlier, it only acts up on occasions. Could it possibly be binding up?
 
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