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eddylives

Older Johnson issue....no tattler

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eddylives

I have an older Johnson 79 I think( no not that you perverts lmfao)

It has recently had the impeller changed and last weekend when out fishing I noticed the tattler/pee hole was not producing anymore.....

Does this mean the impeller has failed even when the exhaust is still puking water out like it always did?

I have Idled the motor at the dock for an extended period of time with no noticeable difference in how it runs....at whitefish lk

Plugged with weeds or?????

Any advice for this type of issue?


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Some Old Guy

Yes look for blockage. A piece of wire poked up should let you know. Whitefish has done that to me before with loose weeds.

Roger


R.T.R. Respect the resource!

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eddylives

So I did the checks and it was a plugged tattler line

I pulled the line off the power head and hey it's spraying water Ike crazy

Then proceeded to attempt to get the line off the fitting coming out of the cowling underneath and aww crap I broke it off

Where is a good place to buy replacement piece to replace it?

Love an easy fix issue lol


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eddylives

Btw.....the checks were a little research on the net lol


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gsambray

Broke the pisser line on my 55 johnson. I drilled it out and used steel brake line and extended it out a bit further to. Better than new

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eddylives

The good old weeds in whitefish had another motor plugged and we were able to clear the tell tale line with ease.

The owner of that boat was very happy that I was there to look at it with him and clear up the minor problem....he was getting ready to bring the motor in for major repairs lol.

Pay it forward when you can and karma is all good hehe.


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gsambray

Seems like a common problem this year on whitefish. Ive been lucky in the past but we will see on saturday

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