Reply To: Vintage Johnson Outboard A4215 South Bend Indiana

[T….in Wisconsin]

Blake, I appreciate your offer for spare parts, I’m sure there are parts that need replacing.

Agreed, Tubs has been most helpful.

Coils: I’m more familiar with the 40″s + era small hp motors that have 1 set of coils, condenser & point for each spark plug/cylinder. The model A South Bend has a single coil, condenser & points for the 2 plugs & cylinders. That given, I don’t know if I can use a multimeter to check primary & secondary  resistance.  Initially I’m going to do as Tubs suggested and just check for spark, good place to start. I was hoping to verify coil resistance and continuity before putting the hub back on. Keep it simple where possible.

As Tubs noted earlier the plug wires are not original. There is a good soldered coil to plug wire connection on both.