TN-25
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- May 27, 2008
- Messages
- 620
I just had to share. I just picked up my 1950 Johnson 5-horse from North York Marine (nymarine.ca) 15 months after dropping it off for a total restoration. The original powerhead had too much clearance between the crank journals and the bronze bushings, so Peter found a TN-28 block that was a better basis for a rebuild. The TN-28 block also used more modern points and other tune-up parts. While finishing up the motor he found that my ready-pull starter would not fit on the new block because the TN-28 block used a different flywheel. He found another ready-pull but had to strip it and repaint it, plus the rope and starter spring needed replacing.
When I dropped it off it was a worn-out motor that dad retired in 1965 and replaced with a 9? Johnson. It had only run once since 1965 when a cousin borrowed it in 1976.
Here are some pictures of it, plus a shot of the cedar-strip square-stern canoe that it will end up on (that one will take a lot of elbow grease, blood, sweat and tears.) The canoe will be my next endeavor that will have me posting in the Boat Restoration forum. I must be a masochist.
When I dropped it off it was a worn-out motor that dad retired in 1965 and replaced with a 9? Johnson. It had only run once since 1965 when a cousin borrowed it in 1976.
Here are some pictures of it, plus a shot of the cedar-strip square-stern canoe that it will end up on (that one will take a lot of elbow grease, blood, sweat and tears.) The canoe will be my next endeavor that will have me posting in the Boat Restoration forum. I must be a masochist.
