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Hi,
I have a 1970-1971 Johnson 60HP. We have identified it from an earlier post that I posted on this forum. I now have a new problem. Mice had gotten underneath the cowl and chewed up a fair amount of the wiring. A user was gracious enough to email me a wiring diagram and I have rewired it accordingly. However, The coil wiring leading underneath the flywheel and 1 of the spark plug wires are chewed up and frayed. I have seen UNIVERSAL MARINE spark plug wires on the internet ( the factory ones are like $80 for 3 wires). I was thinking about going with the universals. My question(s) are....
(1) How do you get the spark plug wires off? They don't seem to "pop" off from under the flywheel. Do you have to take the flywheel off? Are they screwed on? I took the big nut of of the top of the flywheel but I didn't have the right sized wheel puller to pull it off to see.
(2) The coil wire is damaged close to where it goes underneath the flywheel (frayed), but the coil itself works. Is it possible for me to splice a universal wire into the coil wire so I do NOT have to buy a $100 coil. I am fairly proficient in soldering. I am guessing that these coil/spark plug wires are no different than modern ones. Having an insulated HOT wire and a braided ground that surrounds it. I am assuming if I cut both wires to show these and take a little time I could solder the hot wires.... re-insulate .. then make a solder ring around the 2 braids (essentially fusing them together)..re-insulate and then it should be good to go?
Any information would be greatly appreciated as I do NOT want to have to dismantle the engine any more than necessary.
Thanks in Advance,
Dominic.
I have a 1970-1971 Johnson 60HP. We have identified it from an earlier post that I posted on this forum. I now have a new problem. Mice had gotten underneath the cowl and chewed up a fair amount of the wiring. A user was gracious enough to email me a wiring diagram and I have rewired it accordingly. However, The coil wiring leading underneath the flywheel and 1 of the spark plug wires are chewed up and frayed. I have seen UNIVERSAL MARINE spark plug wires on the internet ( the factory ones are like $80 for 3 wires). I was thinking about going with the universals. My question(s) are....
(1) How do you get the spark plug wires off? They don't seem to "pop" off from under the flywheel. Do you have to take the flywheel off? Are they screwed on? I took the big nut of of the top of the flywheel but I didn't have the right sized wheel puller to pull it off to see.
(2) The coil wire is damaged close to where it goes underneath the flywheel (frayed), but the coil itself works. Is it possible for me to splice a universal wire into the coil wire so I do NOT have to buy a $100 coil. I am fairly proficient in soldering. I am guessing that these coil/spark plug wires are no different than modern ones. Having an insulated HOT wire and a braided ground that surrounds it. I am assuming if I cut both wires to show these and take a little time I could solder the hot wires.... re-insulate .. then make a solder ring around the 2 braids (essentially fusing them together)..re-insulate and then it should be good to go?
Any information would be greatly appreciated as I do NOT want to have to dismantle the engine any more than necessary.
Thanks in Advance,
Dominic.
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