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Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2003
- Messages
- 514
Last summer I did something stupid , I decided to rebuild my old Johnson V4 .<br /><br />This engine become a real Frankenstein motor .<br />Got a new crankshaft ( good used )<br />Found some rods ( on EBay ) 12 + my 4 old ones ( 2 bad ) cleaned them all ... ended with 4 good ones .<br />New distributor ( used, EBay )<br />New thermostat house ( new , EBay )<br />New pistons/rings ( 020 ) Outboard-parts <br />Nearly all gaskets ( Benren's Wooden Boat and Outboard Page ) <br />Some parts from my Johnson dealer .<br />Some parts from Joe Reeves , thanks .<br /> + some parts from different other sources .<br /><br /><br />And now I finally got to the point were I could try to start it , and guess what happened ... it started 
.<br /><br />First problem , number 4 carburetor barrel flooded > Fixed. <br />Number 2 , Engine runs to hot > seal between waterpump and water pipe not in place ??? > Fixed .<br />Number 3 , When checking cooling > engine will not start ??? no spark ( NEW quality coil from "hung chang" ( or equal ) > purchases a new coil, from Bosch this time > Engine starts , still running .<br /><br />Still some work to do , rewiring the whole engine + boat , only using 40 cm of the old wiring system .<br />When rewiring the electric system I did remove ALL connectors ,solder all cable connections .<br />Replaced the charging regulator whith this one ,<br />Hopefully on the water before the weekend .<br />
<br />How to make this looking good , next <br /> <br />Movie ,use "save as" , 3.5 Mb <br /><br /><br />Still learning .
.<br /><br />First problem , number 4 carburetor barrel flooded > Fixed. <br />Number 2 , Engine runs to hot > seal between waterpump and water pipe not in place ??? > Fixed .<br />Number 3 , When checking cooling > engine will not start ??? no spark ( NEW quality coil from "hung chang" ( or equal ) > purchases a new coil, from Bosch this time > Engine starts , still running .<br /><br />Still some work to do , rewiring the whole engine + boat , only using 40 cm of the old wiring system .<br />When rewiring the electric system I did remove ALL connectors ,solder all cable connections .<br />Replaced the charging regulator whith this one ,<br />Hopefully on the water before the weekend .<br />
<br /> <br />Movie ,use "save as" , 3.5 Mb <br /><br /><br />Still learning .