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OK, after long last I have an update. Due to vacations and company etc I did not have much opportunity to use the boat in August.

Well, a few weeks back I had bought carb kits and took my trailer down to the marina to pull the boat and take it home to work on it. Well, a buddy of mine suggested I talk to the old guy who lives next to the marina. He used to own it and he was a Johnson mechanic for many years. So, he introduced me and we talked a bit and he said "let's go for a ride". Well, my intermittent problem of bogging and lunging was happening most times out to the point that I had stopped trying. I took him (Charlie) for a ride and as soon as we hit deep water and tried to plane out it started surging etc. Right away he said it was not the carbs. His initial instinct was ignition. We went back and forth a few times and pulled the cowel. He messed with a few things and in the end thought (without any electrical testing) that it was likely the power pack. Well, I thought the gut instinct of a 75 year old Johnson mechanic was probably good. I bought a power pack and installed it myself with the boat in the water last week. I test ran for 45 minutes with no issues. Today we went fishing and ran for 2-3 hours and again no problems. Fingers crossed it seems like the power pack was the culprit. Back in business with time to spare before blackfish season!