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July 06, 2016, 02:52:30 PM
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Woodeneye

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Starting/flooding woes on Johnson 235
« on: July 06, 2016, 02:52:30 PM »
So I'm on my annual contractual pilgrimage from Australia to Westport Point MA And my, my hasn't the wether been spectacular.

I recently had the carbs rebuilt & serviced & the motor has been running like a champion.

So this morning at 5am, there I am pumped for a epic mornings fishing
And in my half awake stupor I was cranking the engine (for maybe 5-10 seconds) with the kill switch engaged, nothing, obviously. No worries I thought, disengage the kill switch, try again. It coughed, ran for 10 seconds & died. And refused to start again. I tried WOT, no choke, ...nothing. Pulled the plugs, they weren't that wet, dried them, cranked the motor, put the plugs back in...nada. Went away for 2 hours...tried again...zippo. The fuel bulb primer is normal.

I am stumped. What to do? Go away for a day and try again? BTW there is a plenty of fuel around, so its clearly flooding. Any suggestions welcome.
*SOLD*1981 222 CCP, Westport, MA.

July 08, 2016, 11:24:00 PM
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Woodeneye

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Re: Starting/flooding woes on Johnson 235
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2016, 11:24:00 PM »
Turns out it spat a few magnets off the fly wheel. You learn something every day. Getting the flywheel off was interesting.
*SOLD*1981 222 CCP, Westport, MA.

 


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