Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing

[sanssouci]

Are they still available?

I looked through the iboats parts list...nothing

I think these are finished.

 

[BoatBuoy]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing

Probably still available. What is the engine?

EDIT: Another thought - if you're having trouble, remove carb, dis-assemble, clean with carb cleaner, re-assemble with a carb kit. I know the kits have the packing.

 

[sanssouci]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing


Thanks BB for the reply,I have a carb kit but I didn't see the packing.

It's an RDE-17 Johnson 25.

Those needles look a little tried.

 

[BoatBuoy]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing

The BRP part # for those is 43123, superseded to 307583. The upper needle valve uses 2 and the lower uses 4 in the drawing I'm looking at. Check ishopmarine.com or your local JohnnyRude dealer.

 

[sanssouci]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing

Thanks very much Boatbuoy.

It's the last thing I need to finish the restore on my 1955 Johnson cedarstrip runabout

 

[Drowned Rat]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing

Oh man, that's a beut! You gotta get that thing on the water. Laing's outboats will have them. That idle screw needs replacing for sure. Post some pics of your maiden voyage.

 

[R.Johnson]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing

That is one beautiful cedar strip, and engine to go with it. What make is the boat? The top needle, or low speed has a wear groove in it, but with new packing washer's it should work Ok. The lower, or high speed is fine. Most any dealer should have the packing laying around. Ask for their mechanic, they are the ones' that squirrel things' like that away. Again! That is one heck of a restoration. Having fun trying to guess the make of that boat.

 

[sanssouci]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing


That's a Lakefield Mohawk from the 50's. It was in the water two years ago but needed to come back to the shop for more work.
A customer of mine gave it to me, it had been sitting for thirty years in his garage. All the cedar strips were in good shape and the aspen ribs too but all the hard wood was rotten and needed to be replaced.

 

[R.Johnson]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing

That is a great example of wood working, not to mention the look's of the engine. I would'nt mind having that shop either.

 

[sanssouci]

Re: Slow speed & High speed Needles C/W packing


Thanks very much Drowned Rat....Jeff at Laing's has the parts $30.00 plus S/H should be here early next week.