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October 25, 2016 at 2:36 pm
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Back around 1960, a neighbor at the family lake cabin had a new Sea King 40 HP that looked like the red and white 5-1/2 a couple posts back. I remember seeing the lid off – the only difference from Dad’s 40 HP Johnson that I could see (besides the fuel pump) was that the Sea King did not have the compression relief built into the recoil starter that all the Johnsons had. Maybe a cost saving effort for Montgomery Wards?
Note that my 1958 35 HP Gale does have the compression relief.
Dave