Recent content by Slimcowboy1978

I haven’t even started the project. I had to move (twice) and didn’t have a place to work on the boat until now… I am currently gathering supplies to hope and start the project later this summer.

Correct, but if everything up top looks like it did on the bottom end, I suspect they had been just replaced before it was stored. Plugs were very new looking, only minimal discoloration, brand new wires and boots.. I think most of my time is going to be spent dealing with the 63 year old...

Awesome, so tomorrow I’ll order up the seals for the gear housing, and a carb kit. In the mean time I’ll pull the flywheel to inspect the points and condensers. And probably put those on order as well with the coils.

The top cylinder has 90psi compression and the bottom cylinder had 94 PSI. Are these numbers low enough to cause concern?

The last pic was my first bead… I ended up grinding it down and laying another bead… now you can’t tell where I welded the crack.

Ohh I’m sure it’s a crack… oil poured out even through the JB Weld crap the PO put on it. I welded it all up yesterday and am in the finishing stages of machining it all down smooth again. I’ll look around FleeBay and see what I can for the spaghetti seal. Thanks Pappy, I’m going to run a...

When I pulled the gear case housing assembly off of the lower unit, the pinion gear fell off the shaft. When it fell off, all of the roller bearing fell out of the roller bearing race. Looking up the part it’s $134.00 from http://www.MarieEngine.com...

Thanks once again Pappy, your information was priceless. I got all the JB Weld cleaned off and the crack opened up for welding tomorrow.

Thanks, I think I’m going to try my luck with welding it first… yes it might be more time consuming than just replacing it, but I’m fairly confident in my skills with the welder and brazing rods. I want to save my budget for the more expensive parts. Speaking of more expensive parts, how do I...

I agree that there should be ZERO RTV in this assembly. I have the seals on order. Thank you for clarifying the vacuum switch and it’s function. So far I have only found one skeg on eBay, and I wouldn’t put it on any motor… it’s pitted way to bad, and the bearing retainers look to be worn...

One other question, what is the part in the picture with the hose and several wires connected to it?

I brought the old Johnson home last night and was finally able to inspect it myself for the first time this afternoon. I can confirm it is in fact a 1958 Johnson 35 HP. The mode number is FDE-19. I still need to buy/rent a compression tester to test the compression. However when I pull the...

Thank you Pappy.

Can I use a newer style control box and cables and then retrofit the motor to accept the new controls?

I don’t have any pictures of the control box at the moment, but if I remember correctly from digging into it last year, the cable went through the rack gear and was held in place by set screw, but then again I could be totally off base with that thought. I’m heading out to the boat today to...