need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

[1rich]

hello all my name is richard i have a good 1958 johnson motor 35 hp got it all fixed up has pleanty of compression finaly got the wireing for it battery all charged up but now can get the push botton to fire it up i even changed the starter nothing.<br />would someone happen to have a picture of how the wireing should be hooked up i dont want to burn anything i really like the looks of my motor it fits my boat nice but i need to get this motor running or i may just get rid of this boat all together i love striper fishing and i do need something that wont be giving problums out in the water ........Richard thank you all who responed.<br />e-mail is richards@mercednet.com again thank you all.

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

1rich, I drew a schematic for my '62 28hp. It should be really similair to what you've got. Would you like it?<br /><br />What wires have you got now? Can you provide pics? What electric equiptment do you have on it besides the starter? A generator or electric choke solenoid? How about the starter solenoid?<br /><br />Sorry for all the questions!<br /><br /><br />PS - those engines are very reliable once set up properly. As an added bonus, they can be extremely cheap and easy to repair if something does go wrong. You only need some basic tools.

 

[JB]

Re: need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

Go to the Engine FAQ section and check out the starter circuit troubleshooting in "Outboard wont start", Rich.<br /><br />I will move this to Johnson Troubles.<br /><br />Good luck.

 

[1rich]

Re: need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

Originally posted by Paul Moir:<br /> 1rich, I drew a schematic for my '62 28hp. It should be really similair to what you've got. Would you like it? yes paul that would be nice mine has four prawn plug on the side of the motor all i have is a battery and a <br />solenoid on there .<br /><br /><br />What wires have you got now? Can you provide pics? What electric equiptment do you have on it besides the starter? A generator or electric choke solenoid? How about the starter solenoid?<br /><br />Sorry for all the questions!<br /><br /><br />PS - those engines are very reliable once set up properly. As an added bonus, they can be extremely cheap and easy to repair if something does go wrong. You only need some basic tools.

 

[1rich]

Re: need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

Originally posted by JB:<br /> Go to the Engine FAQ section and check out the starter circuit troubleshooting in "Outboard wont start", Rich.<br /><br />I will move this to Johnson Troubles.<br /><br />Good luck.

thank you so much .........Richard

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

Ok, I think I get the picture now. There's two heavy wires and two lighter guage wires right? Would the two lighter wires happen to be black and red?<br />On the bottom of the carburetor, is there a large round solenoid strapped to the bottom of it (with a red wire attached?)<br /><br />I'll send the schematic in the morning. I'll edit out all the generator stuff since it makes it very confusing.<br /><br />Oh, one more question - are you reasonablly sure that the starter solenoid you have is an outboard one and not a car one?

 

[1rich]

Re: need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

right right on every thing but it does have a car solenoid is that a big no no .

 

[1rich]

Re: need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

also ill try and take a few picks when i get out of work tomorrow and send you some pics of every thin ok thank so much paul and i could not open your e-mail .

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: need help with how to hook up my 58 johnson

Yeah, that's probably the problem. The car ones are wired different inside than the outboard ones. I know Iboats sells the outboard ones pretty cheap. 18-5808 from NAPA out of their marine catalog will work fine too (~$20).<br /><br />There's another good reason not to use the car one, and that is it won't make your boat explode if it fills with gasoline fumes.<br /><br />Anyway, once you get the right solenoid, you connect the black wire to one of the small terminals on the solenoid. You connect the large red cable going to the starter to a large post on the solenoid, and the large black cable to - on the battery. Then, using another large cable (#4), connect the other large terminal on the solenoid to + on the battery. <br />Now, if you touch a wire between + on the battery and the other small terminal on the battery the outboard will crank. If you touch the small red wire to + on the battery, the choke should close. Naturally, in the boat you'll have these connected via pushbutton switches or an keyed ignition switch. <br /><br />I'll re-send the schematic as a JPEG - anything should be able to open that.