I just bought a '62 5.5 Johnny for $75.00 off Craigslist and I've got a few questions. First off, some background; The guy I got it from didn't know a lot about it, it was his grandfather's and he didn't have a use for it. He did say it hadn't been ran for 10+ years but the gas was drained after...
Yesterday I won the ebay bid on an Airguide outboard motor tach to use with my '69 40HP Evinrude Lark. I did a search and read the posts about it here on the Johnyrude forum but I want to clarify the connections. The gray wire marked tach ground goes on the negative (-) terminal on the tach and...
I have a '57 Fleetwin and I have a couple of questions. The motor has been idle for years so a carb O/H and new impeller are needed. I was going to convert to a fuel pump but I found a pressure tank so if the tank is solid I'll use it. It turns over with no binding and the compresson feels good...
I just got an old 7.5HP Sea King I'm going to use as a kicker on my 15' Fiberform. It was "running when parked" a few years ago so the fuel system needs an O/H but I expected that. I found a couple of places to get parts so no problems there. Right now the only questions I have are the oil mix...
Does anybody still build one that will work with this old girl? It has the gray wire for the trigger running up to the switch panel. I'd like to have the analog tach but if I don't have any luck finding one my second option is a Tiny Tach.
