Hiya,
Finally getting around to test-starting my 1957 Johnson 35HP that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. I have it on a stand with the lower unit in a trash can full of water. Got the motor started (took a while, but it eventually fired and ran), but after a minute or so there was no water being spit out the back, so I shut it down.
Just want to make sure I'm not screwing something up. The top of the tub (and, hence, the water) is just below the "fin" on the lower unit; the prop is totally submerged. How deep do I need to sink this thing? And shouldn't water be spitting out the back side? What else do I need to look for while I'm messing with this?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Finally getting around to test-starting my 1957 Johnson 35HP that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. I have it on a stand with the lower unit in a trash can full of water. Got the motor started (took a while, but it eventually fired and ran), but after a minute or so there was no water being spit out the back, so I shut it down.
Just want to make sure I'm not screwing something up. The top of the tub (and, hence, the water) is just below the "fin" on the lower unit; the prop is totally submerged. How deep do I need to sink this thing? And shouldn't water be spitting out the back side? What else do I need to look for while I'm messing with this?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Actually, I jury-rigged my tub setup to raise it up, and now everything is groovy. Motor is spitting out warm water from the back side. It is, in fact, cloudy, but per the message above I'm not worried about it. Smokes a bit, but I'm writing that off to the 24:1 oil mixture. That's a LOT of oil.