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    Wiring color codes

    Hi All I am looking for a wiring code list for my 1963 40hp Johnson motor with the Generator i want to hook it up but dont understand what colors goes where etc... ANy help would be appreciated i have 6 color wires beside the big red battery and black wirer.
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    Water coming out near the Power-Head

    Hi I have a 1963 40 hp Johnson, and this weekend wanted to try my motor on the water and test it in the back yard before going to the river and notice that water is coming out of a gasket where the head and the lower unit connects, i was wondering is this normal and if not what do i need to...
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    Stuck in Reverse

    Hi All Look i have a 9 1/2 Johnson motor i think it is a 67 or 69 not sure, but yesterday i was going to do a tune up on it, but it is stuck in reverse cannot get it in neutral etc.. and also i was checking prop and notice that if i grabe the foot i can move it foward or backward is this...
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    Help Me please with a steering link arm

    How do you adjust that steering arm so my motor can tur either right or left , right now i try everything and still with no success.
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    Help to wiring a 63 johnson 40 hp rds-25d

    Hi I am having problem with wiring my motor, i have ask around friends , marine shop etc... for help , they told me that year of motor had a metal boxe underneath the boat somewhere , where all the wirers are connect too, i have look underneath the boat and there is no boxes at all so now i...
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    Water Pump on a 1961 40hp Johnson super sea horse

    Hi I have started my motor this weekend and i was wondering when it runs in a garbage can those the water supposed to come out of those 2 little holes or you need to have it in forward to see the water coming out???
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    Johnson 40 hP seahorse motor what year is this i think 1963 not sure

    This is what is mark on the plate : RDS 25D, C372955 hope this help and also i need to have a diagram to connect for a start switch. I know i have either electric start and pull start on it.
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    1963 40HP Johnson Steering problem

    Yesterday i try to hook up the steering cable to the motor , got hook it up but when i try to steer either to the right or left it seems it is hard to do is this normal when the motor is not in the water or is not running ???? I tought maybe that it is not the right cable it was on the boat when...
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    Stringers

    Hi I am about to install my stringers this weekend if the weather permits me to do so. what i wanted to know can i glue them to the bottom of the hull with PL Premium???
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    My floor needs repair

    Hi I have done a booboo could be major or not, her it goes , while i was cutting out the platform with my grinder cutting blade i went through to deep and hit the floor of the boat, i think it is call Hull not sure , i did it on both side of the boat one is about 12 inch long and the other one...
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    Peanut Butter Information

    Hi I wanted to know what is the utility of the peanut butter that you people mentions in threads??? and also what do it look like and is it mark on the can peanut butter or it goes under another name????
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    Foam

    Hi me again Look i was wondering if i spray foam that we used in constrution under my floor in the boat, will it do the trick instead of buying the expensive foam for boat??? i was told by someone that works at the marina near my place it is ok to used the construction foam you buy at either HD...
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    Ss140

    Can someone tell me in what year they created the Slickcraft SS140??? And also is the SS140 14 ft or 15 ft???:confused:
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    Evinrude foot casing motor

    Hi Gang I was wondering if a foot casing on a evinrude would fit on a johson of the same power 40hp, cause my foot casing on my 1963 40hp Johnson the cav plate untop of the propeler is broken on one side only??
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    Motor Transom Fitting

    Hi I have a 1963 seahorse 40hp Johnson , my question is this if i measure my transom it is 19 inch from top to bottom and i did measure the shaft on my motor it is 18.5 will it make a difference for my motor performance since i read that you have at least 1/2 to 3/4 inch above the bottom of...
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    Key Switch

    Need key switch wiring schematic for 1963 johnson super sea horse 40
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    Trim & Tilt info

    Is it possible to install a trim & tilt on a 1963 40hp seahorse Johnson???
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    Kill Switch

    Hi I have a 1960's Johnson superseahorse 40 hp motor electric start and was wondering where is the kill switch on it if any???
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    Peep Holes

    Hi All I was wondering if it is normal for water coming out of screw holes not much not skirting either, i notice that yesterday. Oh yes i have strip the top of the floor like the rubber mat that was there and all the bench etc... , did not removed no floor yet.
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