onthewater102
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you can try www.Boats.net and lookup parts by your S/N as well - it might work out that the 66 was similar enough to the 68's that parts are interchangable. Otherwise try vintageoutboards that should get you any of the internals, the rebuild kit for the carb, etc you may need. I recently rebuilt the carbs on a '55 johnson (my grandfather's) and a '53 with internet sourced parts so you can still find them if you're patient and hunt around.
Johnson's are great motors, so long as it still has good compression and the lower unit is solid (which judging by the prop/skeg you don't appear to have a collision with an asteroid in it's history) you are making the right choice to rebuild.
Nice that it ties you back to your grandfather too...I just lost mine a year and a half ago and I'm going to be giving that '55 Johnson to my son someday...
Johnson's are great motors, so long as it still has good compression and the lower unit is solid (which judging by the prop/skeg you don't appear to have a collision with an asteroid in it's history) you are making the right choice to rebuild.
Nice that it ties you back to your grandfather too...I just lost mine a year and a half ago and I'm going to be giving that '55 Johnson to my son someday...
