I just got a replacement stator for my '72 Johnson 50 hp because the old one was leaking, but I am not sure how to hook up the wires on the new one. The old one had a brown wire to #1 on the power pack, yellow/gray to #2 on the terminal strip, and yellow to #1 on the terminal strip. The new...
I have a '72 Johnson 50 hp that I am having to rebuild. While I have it all apart, seems like I read of someone a while back with the same motor who mentioned installing an aftermarket stern bracket to accept cable steering. Does anyone know of making such a modification to this motor, what...
I have a 50 hp Johnson that has been helped a lot by advice here, but now we have a problem that has stumped us - the motor intermittently loses top end speed. For example, on a recent fishing trip three of us went upstream a little over a mile and the motor ran fine - planed out and ran along...
I have a '72 Johnson 50 hp model 50ESL72 that is running a lot better now thanks to the advice of participants in this forum. I have a remaining problem in that there is quite a bit of exhaust gas rising up from the starboard side of the motor under causing the motor to run poorly unless the...
