Model decode help required

[mcanderson]

Hi I can't decode the following:
J5RHI CNR

I know it's a Belguim made 5 hp rope start external tank, but what year? My thinking is an 81 from the I.

The serial number is B003976.

Thanks,

Shane

 

[Vic.S]

Re: Model decode help required

Id guess you are misreading the number

Perhaps J5RHLCNR. Thats the nearest I can find that might be and that is a 1982 4.5hp

Ignore the last letter which is a production sffix
The previous two are the year letters so CN makes it a 1982 model

I suspect you may have misread L as I. L would make it a long shaft model .. is it?

H means "less integral tank" (only appears when they may or may not have the integral tank)

R is rope start

5 in this instance means 4.5 hp

J obviously Johnson

 

[mcanderson]

Re: Model decode help required

You could be right about misreading I'll check today. Although there was a space where I placed it in my original post.

Yes it's a long shaft.

Thanks for the help, I've just bought the engine and it's a cracker! Gets my tender nicely up on the plane.

 

[Vic.S]

Re: Model decode help required

Yes it's a long shaft.

If its a long shaft then there has to be an "L" in there

There is no meaning for I (apart from 1 as a date letter) .... conclusion it is L not I

There would not normally be a space so I guess its a badly stamped L.

 

[mcanderson]

Re: Model decode help required

Thanks Vic. It was a post of yours on scuttlebutt that lead me
here.

The engine is very similar to one I had as a kid growing up in Oz, so I am happy with how to pull it apart and fix most minor problems. I got it with 2 fuel tanks for ?125 and couldn't be happier. That is until it stops!

Yours,

Shane