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Derek's Tracker TX-17 rebuild
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<blockquote data-quote="Derek" data-source="post: 214772" data-attributes="member: 2615"><p><a href="https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v462/rollin37s/?action=view&current=IMG_0388.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/rollin37s/th_IMG_0388.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>1977 Johnson 70hp :mrgreen: </p><p>Picked it up over the weekend. Plugs looked brand new. Lower unit oil looked new. Good compression. Supposedly it had been winterized before being stored. I ran it on a stand before I bought it. It ran mint. The water coming out was as cold as the hose going in.</p><p></p><p>Finally got it mounted up yesterday. Ran all the cables, wires and fuel lines. We finally got finished and brought it to the lake. It would start but not stay running unless the high idle/start lever was pulled up. I am guessing in transportation home I dislodged a bunch of crud in the carbs. So I am going to start by cleaning them. Most likely Ill get a rebuild kit for the carbs since I will have it apart. I am also going to get an inline fuel filter. What else would you suggest looking at?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derek, post: 214772, member: 2615"] [url=https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v462/rollin37s/?action=view¤t=IMG_0388.jpg][img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/rollin37s/th_IMG_0388.jpg[/img][/url] 1977 Johnson 70hp :mrgreen: Picked it up over the weekend. Plugs looked brand new. Lower unit oil looked new. Good compression. Supposedly it had been winterized before being stored. I ran it on a stand before I bought it. It ran mint. The water coming out was as cold as the hose going in. Finally got it mounted up yesterday. Ran all the cables, wires and fuel lines. We finally got finished and brought it to the lake. It would start but not stay running unless the high idle/start lever was pulled up. I am guessing in transportation home I dislodged a bunch of crud in the carbs. So I am going to start by cleaning them. Most likely Ill get a rebuild kit for the carbs since I will have it apart. I am also going to get an inline fuel filter. What else would you suggest looking at? [/QUOTE]
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