Re: 1958 Johnson FD-12 18 HP help needed

[desert-troller]

I picked up a timing tool and the coil locating ring from Frank. If you have not seen these tools you are truly missing out on something here. The quality is outstanding! I have seen and messed around a little bit with an OMC(?) tool for timing, not even close because of no taper as Frank’s has. It’s almost impossible to screw it up with this one. I ask Frank if it was okay to mention this on here and brag some. As he said, "You may share, but I only have a couple of them left." I’ve got a couple of the ATOM modules on the way from Mumbles, looking forward to getting those. Grinding away the welds and drilling out the weep holes is a PITA as was mentioned here. Used a dremel to take away excess weld to minimize damage and try to find the original holes. May have a line on the bracket and starter, we’ll see…
Mine doesn’t look like the ones above, yet. It’ll be there, takes time and love for the old motor to look that good!