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    Johnson 50 Idle issue J50TELCEC

    So today I took it out with a timing light. 8 degrees at idle in gear, 750rpm with the idle timing screw maxed out. I redid link & sync thinking I missed something. Still came to the exact settings to get it to idle stable in gear. Now here’s where it gets weird. WOT throttle timing is 16btdc...
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    Johnson 50 Idle issue J50TELCEC

    Agreed. I’ll max the hull out eventually. The cost of a new boat vs tinkering with this one is astronomical, so I see no reason not to. Our saying around here is maintenance or payments and sometimes you get both lol. This hull has been garage kept its whole life, it’s an excellent condition...
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    Johnson 50 Idle issue J50TELCEC

    I’ve never had a problem with ethanol fuel if I do my due diligence to the fuel system each winter. You still get the random person demanding the use of non-ethanol in 2026 though. Never made sense to me, cars have ran e10 for years. My original plan was to throw a 56ci 70hp on the hull for...
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    Johnson 50 Idle issue J50TELCEC

    Did some performance stuff over the winter, reeds, stuffers, milled head .010, velocity stacks. 89 50hp 2cyl J50TELCEC. Compression was 140 before I milled the head, now it’s 168. Spark is fine, jumps 7/16 gap. With this amount of compression I now run 93 as recommended by omc tillers on...
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