I recently upgraded the motor to a 65hp Johnson on my boat and found out the hard way the old steering setup was insufficient. There are pulleys front and back on each side of the boat where a cable is attached to the back of the steering wheel. The cable and pulleys cant handle the bigger...
I need to upgrade the steering on my old boat for a bigger outboard (1973 65 hp Johnson). It currently has a dual pulley system and the bigger motor stretched the cables and broke off one of the pulleys. i am assuming it needs upgraded. After some research, what teleflex steering system should...
Finally got the 65hp Johnson mounted and running today. The boat steering cable ended up getting tangled up behind the steering wheel and i could not figure out how it goes back. Is there some special way that you wrap it? The old motor (small 40 hp evinrude) turned fine with this setup. Can i...
i just switched out a 40hp Evinrude Lark 2 with a 65hp Johnson and i cant get the motor to start. I know it runs because it ran when i bought it. The starter engages the flywheel but it wont fire up. My question is can i use the controls from the Evinrude motor for the Johnson? i am starting to...
I need help mounting a 1973 hp johnson onto a 1960 Larson All-American with a 1960 Evinrude Lark II. Is this a fairly easy swap? The old motor came off in 3 minutes but it seems i am going to have to drill holes in the transom to keep this motor on secure. Anyone try something similar?
