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    1987 Johnson 50

    I have 2 sets of carbs for this motor. One set work well at speeds but idles erratic. The other set idles perfect but starves for gas at acceleration. but works holding the key in/choked.. Both sets have been cleaned over and over. I just don't know what to do any more. any suggestions would be...
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    89 johnson 50 gas issue

    My 89 johnson 50 vro recently had the lower unit go out, I found a lower unit on an 84 johnson 50 that was in working order and swapped it out. For years we had the vro disconnected and ran premix, we noticed that we could mount the fuel pump from the 84 on the 89. So we removed the vro unit...
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    89 johnson 50 doesn't go into gear. Please help!

    I was traveling 30 mph when I lost forward gear and reverse. We started messing around and took the prop and lower unit off, it seems like when you play with the shifting rod and put it into gear, if you play with it, it will catch but typically there is no resistance you can spin the...
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    89 johnson 50 lower unit bad?

    Was Traveling almost wide open, 30mph when it popped out of gear. Now nothing , no forward, no reverse..nothing. Any tips on what to check for? Thanks alot
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