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    1980 johnson possible hydrolock

    i have a 1980 Johnson 70 seahorse i have been working on. over the weekend we took off the 3 carburetors cleaned and replaced the floats and gaskets. The starter is bad so we have it off and are waiting on the new one to come in so i was pull starting it. it started up pretty quickly and ran...
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    1980 Johnson 70 exhaust question.

    I'm new to working on outboards and have a question about the exhaust. is water supposed to spit out the engine exhaust? it comes out the hose thing just fine, but also spits out the exhaust. and i really dont know the answer. i have a couple pics of where i'm talking about.
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    1980 Johnson 70hp wont run under load

    I have a 1980 Johnson 70 seahorse i'm having problems with. it runs good with the ear muffs on, i can put it in foward or reverse no problem. but when i put it on the lake or in a barrel of water it bogges down and wont run at all. i have checked compression all 3 cylinders have 130-135 and all...
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