livin4real
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- May 22, 2009
- Messages
- 167
I'm brand spankin' new to the boat "owners" world now (always had one just didn't have to work on it, lol). I just bought a 93' Monark Pontoon with a 50hp Johnson on it for $900. The boat was actually in pretty good shape and he fired up the engine for me and revved it up, checked lights yada, yada. So I get it home and being the project loving guy I am, I proceed to strip it bare to the toons and do a complete refurb. After I had got everything off but the console I realized I only have one cable going from the throttle/shifter to the engine. So I started searching on here lastnight and found a mention of the wire shifter. So as I follow the pigtail from the throttle/shifter to the engine I find it has been cut off and is not connected to anything. The guy did tell me he had bought the Johnson seperate from the boat and installed a new ignition which I did find was wired seperately from the pigtail. So now my obvious concern is I only have one cable and no wire so it's not possible it's shifting from forward to reverse is it? I did take the cowl off the engine and watch as I moved the stick forward to reverse and I do see two different mechanisms moving on the engine. ( I'm new remember) It moves about a 2" diameter spindle at the back of the engine which along with that has a plate toward the front that moves a little 1/4" roller that appears to operate the throttle. Did Johnson make an older engine that only required one cable to do both without a wire switch? I'm at work now and will get pics in the morning. I will also get a model from the engine and post it. I know I haven't given you guys much to work with but I'm scared I'm looking at a big repair bill. I do still have the complete original pigtail, it's just cut in half for some reason and not plugged in.
Thanks,
Brian
Thanks,
Brian
