I have a 1959 Johnson 35HP RDS-21B. My repair manual says the points are Part No. 580148, so I bought the Sierra ?contact set 18-5156? which ?REPLACES: JOHNSON/EVENRUDE 580148?. Three things don?t seem right.
1- When I installed the points, I had to raise the coils about 1 / 4 inch in order to put the base in place. The bar with the hole in it to receive the indent in the flat retainer hit the coil heels and would not let the base drop down over the eccentric until I raised the coils.
2- The two halves of the points were a long way from parallel.
3- The full range of the eccentric could not bring the two halves of the points to within 0.020?.
I either have the wrong points or I don?t know what. Tomorrow I plan to tear everything down again and compare the old and new points. Any ideas ? Thanks for any help.
1- When I installed the points, I had to raise the coils about 1 / 4 inch in order to put the base in place. The bar with the hole in it to receive the indent in the flat retainer hit the coil heels and would not let the base drop down over the eccentric until I raised the coils.
2- The two halves of the points were a long way from parallel.
3- The full range of the eccentric could not bring the two halves of the points to within 0.020?.
I either have the wrong points or I don?t know what. Tomorrow I plan to tear everything down again and compare the old and new points. Any ideas ? Thanks for any help.