Just went out to the garage and gave every bolt that I could reach easily with a 7/16 and 1/2 wrench a turn and they all came loose without much pressure. As far as corrosion goes, I don’t see much on it. There is some rust on the top of the power head. But the rest of it is just very dirty...
Understood. I plan to tear it all down before actually ordering parts and gaskets for it. But even if it doesn’t pan out to be a good motor, at least I got a 15hp carb out of it for $100.
Judging by these photos from Leeroy’s Ramblings, this seems to be a 15hp carb. Hopefully it is because that was my intention for this motor to begin with but I did not realize how much these old carburetor’s sell for on the web!
After a bit of tinkering, she did turn over and putter for a moment. Not worried about the impeller as I plan to replace it anyway. That did give me hope though on a future rebuild project. Lots of gaskets to order. And a new fuel pump as this one has a small crack in it that is allowing air in...
Hello all. First time posting on this forum. I picked up this old Johnson 9.9 from a coworker yesterday for next to nothing.He said it ran when he put it in the barn 12 years ago but it hasn’t been touched since. It was not stored properly so I am going through it and going to be fixing it up...
