jrttoday
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?life is like a box of chocolates?, lol guess I need start a new thread? The phone rings and it?s my buddy from around the corner. He?s an ?old? retired outboard mechanic that has only ever done nuts and bolts. He still rebuilds powerheads and lower units out back, hunts and fishes. ?Hey, my neighbor stopped by on his way to the scrap yard with a load of junk and has an old Johnson he thought I might want to mess with. I can't use it."
?It has electric shift and thought you might want it for parts?.
I was in the middle of a thousand things and reluctantly said, ?yeah? I?ll come look at it?. After all, he?s less than a mile away. Wasn?t too impressed at first site; and he wanted a wad of cash thinking it was a done deal. Finally negotiated down to three or four times what it would bring as scrap and I wasn?t willing to go that high.
He seemed a little agitated as it was now too late for the scrap yard, but I took his number just in case I changed my mind. After 57 years of living, that might have been the most intelligent thing I?ve ever done ? to get his number!! lol
Home to get online and cross reference what was interchangeable - I?ve had this 1972 Johnson 100 Seahorse for going on six years; and this is a 1970 Johnson 115. Can we say ?practically everything?? It was too late in the evening to call him; hardly slept a wink. By 9:00am, his tow motor was setting her down in the back of my truck.
uuugggggggghhhhhhhhh! Too much going on to take the time to really look at this motor. Anxious to visually see the stator because I was thinking of using it first; took the flywheel off and changed my mind. Excitement took over and the plan now is getting this motor running and using my ?72 for parts. They used the same V4 block on everything ? ?perhaps the most common outboard ever manufactured is the 1969-1997 V4 crossflow Johnson/Evinrude engine. In production for 29 years these are as basic as an outboard gets? ? Johnson Outboard History.
I hope to be updating as things unfold, but I?m in no hurry. In so far, it looks like this motor has waited for 45 years and still hasn?t been started. Not kidding, you?ll see
***** found out Tuesday that I had misunderstood him - he had in fact just come from the scrap yard and pulled it from a pile that was scheduled to crushed up and sent out for melting down. What a waist....
and the irritation I sensed was probably about me not buying it right then after all the haggling! lol
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?It has electric shift and thought you might want it for parts?.
I was in the middle of a thousand things and reluctantly said, ?yeah? I?ll come look at it?. After all, he?s less than a mile away. Wasn?t too impressed at first site; and he wanted a wad of cash thinking it was a done deal. Finally negotiated down to three or four times what it would bring as scrap and I wasn?t willing to go that high.
He seemed a little agitated as it was now too late for the scrap yard, but I took his number just in case I changed my mind. After 57 years of living, that might have been the most intelligent thing I?ve ever done ? to get his number!! lol
Home to get online and cross reference what was interchangeable - I?ve had this 1972 Johnson 100 Seahorse for going on six years; and this is a 1970 Johnson 115. Can we say ?practically everything?? It was too late in the evening to call him; hardly slept a wink. By 9:00am, his tow motor was setting her down in the back of my truck.
uuugggggggghhhhhhhhh! Too much going on to take the time to really look at this motor. Anxious to visually see the stator because I was thinking of using it first; took the flywheel off and changed my mind. Excitement took over and the plan now is getting this motor running and using my ?72 for parts. They used the same V4 block on everything ? ?perhaps the most common outboard ever manufactured is the 1969-1997 V4 crossflow Johnson/Evinrude engine. In production for 29 years these are as basic as an outboard gets? ? Johnson Outboard History.
I hope to be updating as things unfold, but I?m in no hurry. In so far, it looks like this motor has waited for 45 years and still hasn?t been started. Not kidding, you?ll see
***** found out Tuesday that I had misunderstood him - he had in fact just come from the scrap yard and pulled it from a pile that was scheduled to crushed up and sent out for melting down. What a waist....
and the irritation I sensed was probably about me not buying it right then after all the haggling! lol
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