Reply To: Mid-1970s 85 HP Johnson Remote Control Problem

[David Stanton]

After a lot of frustration taking apart the remote box and getting the couple big teeth meshing right, tightening a loose wire for a groundscrew,  freeing up a sticky spring-loaded switch that cuts off starting when the lever is in gear, rerouting cables under the pontoon so they didn’t bind up,  and lossening set screws on cable ends snd turning the ends so they didn’t have to be twisted (which adds friction inthe cables) to attach them; I now have the remote controls working great!   Also have the timing assembly moving freely with hte throttle.  I learned a lot about the remote controls for this type of motor.  Thank you again for all the help!   Other good news:   it hadn’t been run for about 2 years and it started right up and idled good! (fresh gas and known good fuel line and tank used).

A couple more questions:

1. I saw inside the remote box a device that I think is a buzzer, probably for overheating – is that right?  Is it supposed to beep when starting to know it’s working?  It does not, but not a big deal if it doesn’t work at all.
2. Is the choke actuator supposed to have a return spring?  It’s mounted vertical and seems to fall back with gravity and vibration, but no spring.
3. This 1979 motor has factory power tilt/trim.  The story with it says the hydraulic pump motor on it went bad and the former owner got the motor rebuilt, put it back on but couldn’t make the tilt work, the motor makes noise in one direction but not the other.  Motor is all the way down now – is there a switch that shuts the motor off in the down direction when it’s all the way down?  Where can I find a procedure for bleeding air out of the system?
4. What is used for the hydraulic oil in the tilt/trim?

Thanks again!….and my neighbor thanks you too!

Dave

 

 

 

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