Re: Johnson CD-13 trouble shooting.

[kevinrude]

quote fleetwin:

Well, I for one, kinda think it is a good sign that the engine doesn’t want to die out to quickly when the throttle is completely retarded to the stop position. This engine must idle very well at low throttle settings, or else it would die out easily with the timing retarded. I suppose the throttle linkage might be messed up/stiff, causing it not to retard the timing enough to shut the engine off.
In any event, I don’t think the two “symptoms” are related.

Interesting point. My CD-13 cam follower used to get stuck in the open position. When I throttled down, the motor would sputter, lurch and then quit because the timing was off. A liberal amount of grease and a good spring on the lever took care of the problem.