Mr. Harris, first of all, I would like to welcome to AOMCI. You have found the right place to help you restore your old motor and get it running well. There are several guys familiar with your motor and can help you along the way.
Couple of thoughts and suggestions:
1.) Please don’t be in too much of a rush to get your motor going. Believe me, we have all been there and made mistakes due to the excitement. Please take your time evaluating the motor and replace parts only if necessary.
—– Please be patient with the name plate / rope sheeve screws. Penetrating oil and the manual hand held impact wrench is the way to go. Be very careful with the heat or you will end up destroying your coil. The coils on the those old Johnson motors are usually still good. If not, there can be found used replacement with in the club. There are members who have posted excellent youtube videos how to repair them with coil bodies of modern coils.
I will post a snap shot of the instructions for removing the flywheel.
2.) Your motor original color is dull aluminum to silver coloration. Except for the decals on the tank.
3.) The plug wires will be will 7mm to 9mm or better copper core wires and not the auto wires of today.
4.) If you PM (private message me with your email address), I can send you some very help information for your motor.
If you like restoring old motors, please consider joining our club. There are local chapters in Texas and Louisiana. As always the site here is free. We, the club members, support the online free portion and enjoy helping people bringing old motors back to glory!!!
