Flushing the 9.9hp Johnson
 

This is my 1975 9.9hp Johnson longshaft kicker motor. *I always run it is fresh water as soon as I get home from a saltwater trip - whether I run it in salt or not.

I took a quick video with my phone this time. *Here it is:
http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d7...0408071518.flv

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So the blue barrel does work,
my buddy has an older inboard and you cannot use muffs,
I have a couple of the 55 gallon blues in my barn
and that looks like just what he needs.

Thanks for the video.

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Thats no good, running it in a barrel.....you don't get the ear drum splitting noise

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My wife flushes my Johnson. 8)

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Yes this was an old container my one of my brother in laws got me. It was my first bait tank :D A really shoddy one at that. :-/

But on my 17fter it fit on the swim platform with a bungee cord and stayed out of the way nicely.

Now it just spends its life as a flush barrel. ;D

Stinky, I thought you had an Evan Root?

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Oh your big johnson fishing gear.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...sonfishing.jpg

My fishing gear always gets flushed after a long day.

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LOL ;D

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I thought the idea of flushing the motor was to get rid of the salt, silt and other foreign material that you don't want in the motor?

Using a barrel like that to flush only recirculates it thru the motor. Muffs allow a constant supply of fresh clean water to remove whats inside.

Just my 2 cents worth.

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Turbo, well I must say my preferred method for flushing is an evening cruise on high rock lake sippin on a coooooold coooooool beer. :D But also I think you'd agree that the barrel flush has to better than nothin right?

Thing is, I've tried the small motor on muffs - it didn't draw water as much as I wanted. Maybe I need baby muffs?? Do they make em small?

Blue Flusher

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You are correct a barrel flush is better then no flush at all, and I am sure that the barrel flush is probly more then adaquate since the junk will be diluted.

I have never had to look for a set of baby muffs, will take a quick look for ya.


And a big HECK YEAH to that coooooooooooold cooooool one. ;D