Reply To: 1937 Johnson LT37 distributor on flywheel

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Hello Me Matey — Buccaneer —Just joined as temp guest — have been net surfing to find most I can about my inherited LT37– Grandad and I used it in the early 70s– found in the boathouse this summer ..
All apart — JUST freed up the one seized cylinder after weeks — final try — built a spring tensioned puller on backside to connecting rod pin — and boiled , submerged in fiATF filled trash can– inside a ductwork ‘kiln’ i built — tiger torch, anyway OUT — no scoring– just residual varnish… ( i am retired engineer– all auto)

I love the files on serials you have posted — The LT37 (aka “The Bee”) was built in “Peterboro” and has a serial “33072” — wondering how many made, can the serial tell date of build, etc NOW going to fake-out Magneto by temp rebuild minus pistons and use drill to drive shaft to rotate — BUT need new wires — one does still have a tag for “Top” on it — (cylinder) but no ”cap’ — and both very dry– can i source old stock??? or com parables??

Thanks — PS We have boated, cottaged — on family island “Strathaven” — started post WW1–