so I have a 1959 Johnson fd 13 18hp. it runs tip top. sadly the engine cover blew off going down the highway and suffered damage (was able to repair it) however the lower mount is now missing the latch and it banged up pretty good and since I went through the painstaking process of fixing the...
so i read the how to in the johnson manaul... however its vauge and confusing. i dont know much about points or two strokes. that being said is there any possible way to set the timing on this dang thing w/o the special timing tool? i read the gap between the points and contacts should be...
recently bought a rich line with a 1959 johnson 18 hp fd 13. it hadnt run in quite some time and my knowledge in this area is very limited. after an in spection of the plugs which were new and new fuel with some sea foam it began to run a bit. the carb looked rather clean for a 50+ year old...
