Reply To: Advice please re purchase of 1958 7.5hp Johnson

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Your last year model ’58 7.5 does require 16:1 fuel mix. Nothing else. The ’61 – ’63 5.5’s with needle bearings on the rods big ends used 24:1 and starting in ’64 everything went to 50:1 except for the three horse JW motors.