Re: [OMC-Boats] OMC-Boats Digest, Vol 15, Issue 25

actually i have a 65 deluxe, not caprice - sorry should've
clarified. but i have photos anyway.....

jeff dood

On Jul 23, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Paul.Devin@... wrote:

> Does Jeff Dood have any pictures of his 66 Caprice?
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> 1. Re: 1966 Johnson Caprice (JEFF DOOD)
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:41:48 -0700
> From: JEFF DOOD <jdood@...>
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] 1966 Johnson Caprice
> To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's"
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> i just rebuilt my carb last weekend (first time i've ever rebuilt any
> carb) and there was a lot of sediment in the bottom of the carb
> body. got it all back to clean and sparkly.
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> i have an inline "fuel water separator" filter thing. does that
> also act as a fuel filter? looks like an car oil filter - seems
> like it should be acting as a fuel filter, although it's obviously not
> doing a very good job.
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> i even have a 3 year old plastic tank and new lines. all that
> sediment must have been from gas sitting in the lines for a year+ not
> being used ?
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> On Jul 22, 2008, at 5:21 PM, D. F. Julien, AIA wrote:
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>> Hi Bob
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>> I had a similar stalling problem once. The problem was traced to
>> crud in
>> some gas from a derelict marina - rust and scale from their tanks
>> ending up
>> in mine. It would clog the fuel filter after a while - then no more
>> gas
>> could get through, the engine would quit. Eventually we gave up
>> replacing
>> the filters and had to pull the gas tank for a good cleaning - ugh.
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>> Bought any suspect gas? Congratulations on getting your boat
>> running.
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>> -Doug Julien
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Barbara Bournstein" <mtbearbait@...>
>> To: <omc-boats@...>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:08 PM
>> Subject: [OMC-Boats] 1966 Johnson Caprice
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>>> Hi everyone!
>>> I so enjoy reading all of the entries and learning more and more
>>> about these wonderful Ol' Evinrudes and Johnsons.
>>>
>>> We have a 1966 Johnson Caprice.
>>> We have owned it for 3 yrs.
>>> Last summer 2007 we got it running for 1st time in 10 years.
>>> * carb was rebuilt (thanks to parts from Sea-Way in Seattle)
>>> * new coil as old one shot keeping ignition turned on (learned that
>>> on
>> this
>>> website!!)
>>> * all new lead assembly and Spark plug terminal assy.
>>> * new distributor cap and lead assy to coil
>>> * replaced points and condensor.
>>> * rewired under dash and installed a horn.
>>> * new ignition installed.
>>> * new CD/radio and speakers installed. (we don't use it)
>>> * steering works well.
>>> * tilt motor works well (sometimes I have to toggle the switch a
>>> bit)
>>> * timing was adjusted on testdrive
>>> We took it out 3 different weekends and each time she started right
>>> up
>>> and ran nicely. Each time for 2 hours aprox.
>>> At the end of last summer (labor day) we noticed it would run fine
>>> for
>>> about one hour and then at full throttle it started missing and
>>> slowly
>>> wanted to quit. It would start and It would throttle up fine for
>>> about
>>> a minute and want to quit.
>>> No time to get it in to the shop so I winterized it.
>>> * This spring we got her in to the shop and have cleaned the carb
>>> again
>> and she runs fine
>>> for about 1 hour and then wants to quit at full speed or mid speed.
>>> Any suggestions??? Thanks. This is a great website. Bob & Barb
>>>
>>>
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