Re: Help me identify BILL FISCHERS JOHNSON MOTOR

[David Stanton]

It was common back then for dealers to convert inventory from short to long shaft and vice versa, so that’s not surprising. The ID plate is from a 1958, 35 Super Sea Horse and the case is 1960 40 HP. Look at the engine block on top behind the flywheel or on the starboard side for a quarter-sized shiny silver welch plug with model and serial stamped on it. It tells you what the engine is, regardless of what the ID plate says. i have a few motors where these numbers don’t match and I’m guilty of swapping powerheads on a couple also to make one good motor out of two. Note the 1958 Super Sea Horse and the 1960 40 HP do not accept the same cover without changing a lot of other parts out, so maybe just the transom clamp assembly was swapped?
Dave