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Just found out about this site from a mechanic here in the great city of Charleston SC. Great site with alot of good info. I just became a owner of a 1994 V20 Fisherman and all I have to say is wow. The boat is awsome! The only bad thing about it is the Johnson 175 on the back of it is giving me problems. I did not realize that it was such a popular design until today!

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Welcome to da site ... we try to have some fun around here ... glad ya like yer "V" ... the more you use it, the more you'll like it ;) ... the good news about your Johnnie 175 is it should be a fairly easy thing to find a good OMC tec in the greater Chas area ... have you run a compression test on it?...the carbs probably need to be rebuilt ... those are real workhorse motors and once ya chase the bugs out, that'll be a GOOD performer ;) ...

Fish, there's an extensive history of failure of VROs on OMC (and Merc) from those years ... and of course when the auto-oiler fails, so do the MOTOR :o ... IT'S YO THANG...DO WATCHA WANNA DO ... but I can tell ya, dis ol' fat-boy's always disabled the VRO and gone to mixin' oil/gas ... yeah, it's another step, but it'll save you a step out to the motor fix-it-or-replace-it -store ;) ... for 3.99 an accu-mix bottle makes it EASY ;) ...

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Welcome to the site Fish. These V-Vets (as I call them) know their stuff and their info is priceless. I have a 175 Johnson also and have had good luck with it so far. As REEL stated above, I mix my fuel and it's no big deal to do, 50:1 mix and your golden. Congrats on the new V and these guys love pictures so make sure to post many. ;D

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Fish, glad to see you made it, did you get in touch with Stevie?

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Glad to have another Charlestonian hanging around.

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which one of you guys keeps their v in the old village parked next to a sail boat?

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It's like Charleston's becomin' V-20 Central all of a sudden ... soundin' like a good venue for a V-20 Raft-Up 8) ...

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Mine is finally home on James Island. Brought it home from NC this weekend. Let the games begin!!!!!!!

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How's about some pix ... give us a hint ;) ...

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Somebody say Pics. ;D Welcome to the site and post what ya got. ;D