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1963 Johnson FD-17B 18hp prep for season questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Slimcowboy1978" data-source="post: 475470" data-attributes="member: 23997"><p>She runs... </p><p>I put the old</p><p>MirroCraft into one of the local reservoirs last Saturday. I was able to idle around the reservoir all day on high idle... no leaks in the hull (yay). However I couldn’t get the engine to rev past the high idle spot... got home and looked it over and found the throttle advance cam had the sheer key sheered. Then when I looked in the parts manual for a new sheer key, I found out that the oem throttle advance was metal and not plastic... so I ordered both. The engine runs great both hot and cold, and on high idle I was able to scoot around at a decent 5mp. Talking it over with the wife tonight, she wants me to put a new 20-30 hp Tuhatsu motor on it and hang this 18hp on the wall and use it sparingly to sell with the boat if I ever sell it. </p><p></p><p>Next week I am going to start addressing some issues on the MirroCraft. Primarily adding the floor along with floatation, and reworking the seats... the seat configuration doesn’t work for a tall guy like myself, and definitely wont work as a fishing machine. I spent too much time trying to figure out a way to cast and drive at the same time... no bueno.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slimcowboy1978, post: 475470, member: 23997"] She runs... I put the old MirroCraft into one of the local reservoirs last Saturday. I was able to idle around the reservoir all day on high idle... no leaks in the hull (yay). However I couldn’t get the engine to rev past the high idle spot... got home and looked it over and found the throttle advance cam had the sheer key sheered. Then when I looked in the parts manual for a new sheer key, I found out that the oem throttle advance was metal and not plastic... so I ordered both. The engine runs great both hot and cold, and on high idle I was able to scoot around at a decent 5mp. Talking it over with the wife tonight, she wants me to put a new 20-30 hp Tuhatsu motor on it and hang this 18hp on the wall and use it sparingly to sell with the boat if I ever sell it. Next week I am going to start addressing some issues on the MirroCraft. Primarily adding the floor along with floatation, and reworking the seats... the seat configuration doesn’t work for a tall guy like myself, and definitely wont work as a fishing machine. I spent too much time trying to figure out a way to cast and drive at the same time... no bueno. [/QUOTE]
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