1958 35 hp johnson

mntboy

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How do i know if impeller needs replaced, can you tell by looking at it? Does anyone have any photos where they put a lower unit seals kit in one of these old motors?
 

lindy46

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Re: 1958 35 hp johnson

If you don't know how old it is, it's time to replace it. The get stiff and take a set, and you don't want the fins breaking off and clogging your cooling system. Don't have pics, but there is a seal under the water pump, a shift rod seal, which is an o-ring under a brass bushing, a propshaft seal and large o-ring which goes around the bushing, and the seals on the drain and vent bolts (where you change the oil). There is also a little o-ring on the shift pivot bolt (that little phillips head bolt which many remove by mistake to drain the oil). And a spaghetti seal which goes between the skeg and the lower unit case.
 

mntboy

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Re: 1958 35 hp johnson

I order lower unit seals kit will everything i need be in it?
 
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