Reply To: Johnson 1949 HD 25 No Spark

[TiIngot]

I’m laughing.  Yes, I’m infected.  It’s the challenge of not being outsmarted by a simple motor.  This outboard is the only one I will be working on.  My neighbor gave it to me 30 some years ago and now I want to give it back to his son.

For the last five years my infection has been riding lawn mowers.  I bought one scrap one for $25 and got hooked.  Now, 13 mowers later I have spare parts in the garage, shed and basement.  Of the 13 I ended up fully scrapping two and donated the other 11 and sold none.  It’s the process of fixing them.  Can’t work on the cars anymore without a degree so these old machines fill the gap.

It is amazing what people throw away.  Most of them are scrapped for simple lack of or incorrect maintenance.  In the process I have graduated summa cum laude from the school of YouTube.  Everything you need is out there.  All you have to do is look for it.

Retired titanium melt shop manager. (Think about me next time you fly in a window seat and look at the engines spinning below the wings!)