Stickler
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2012
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winter is upon us here in Alberta,which means lots of time to restore an oldie.In alberta its hard to find a good old johnson thats reasonably priced,there are adds on kijiji ive seen that are rediculouse, like a 1962 evinrude 5hp and he was asking $1000.00,and then every other person with an old outboard figured that was the going rate, long story short, people are crazy.
So I posted a want ad on kijiji,for early fifties johnsons, and got a few replies,but nothing i was really interested in.Then a guy emailed me, and said he had the exact motor from the pic in my ad which was a 1954johnson cd11 5.5HP.It was in good condition and agreed to let me come over and do a comp test and whatever else i wanted to do, couldnt see it run as the temperature has been well below freezing for weeks so he couldnt fill a test tank,and he knew enough to never run without water. A cold comp test revealed 85 psi each cylinder, and had great spark, shifted into forward/neautral/reverse nicely, lower unit oil was a bit dirty but no water intrusion, overal it was a well kept motor, then i found out he wanted $500.After i picked my jaw up off the ground i explained that i was going to restore and use the motor which made him happy to know,as the motor was his dads that he owned since new,so he said mke me an offer, i said $200, and he said sure, why not,at least its going to be cared for,(wish i said $150) but considering its condition its not a bad price for a vintage motor in alberta,they dont come up to often,and when they do,there way too much,he also showed me pics from the late fifties of him and his dads boat with the CD11 on the back and hes going to send me some copies, as well as the original bill of sale from 1954 if he can find it,thinks he knows where it is, that would be pretty cool.
Anyways here are some pics of my new project, i have since put it on a stand,i will be asking lots of questions as i go along, as this is only my second motor project,and definetly not my last, i was also wondering if anyone can tell if that pressure tank looks right correct to that motor,he said it came with the motor originally.
Thanks STICKLER.
So I posted a want ad on kijiji,for early fifties johnsons, and got a few replies,but nothing i was really interested in.Then a guy emailed me, and said he had the exact motor from the pic in my ad which was a 1954johnson cd11 5.5HP.It was in good condition and agreed to let me come over and do a comp test and whatever else i wanted to do, couldnt see it run as the temperature has been well below freezing for weeks so he couldnt fill a test tank,and he knew enough to never run without water. A cold comp test revealed 85 psi each cylinder, and had great spark, shifted into forward/neautral/reverse nicely, lower unit oil was a bit dirty but no water intrusion, overal it was a well kept motor, then i found out he wanted $500.After i picked my jaw up off the ground i explained that i was going to restore and use the motor which made him happy to know,as the motor was his dads that he owned since new,so he said mke me an offer, i said $200, and he said sure, why not,at least its going to be cared for,(wish i said $150) but considering its condition its not a bad price for a vintage motor in alberta,they dont come up to often,and when they do,there way too much,he also showed me pics from the late fifties of him and his dads boat with the CD11 on the back and hes going to send me some copies, as well as the original bill of sale from 1954 if he can find it,thinks he knows where it is, that would be pretty cool.
Anyways here are some pics of my new project, i have since put it on a stand,i will be asking lots of questions as i go along, as this is only my second motor project,and definetly not my last, i was also wondering if anyone can tell if that pressure tank looks right correct to that motor,he said it came with the motor originally.
Thanks STICKLER.
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