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    My 1960 RDS-22 ready to go

    Went into my part time job this morning, they sent me home, no work....Excited to finally have a chance to get my 1960 Johnson 40 horse back together after replacing the ignition system..I put the pull start mechanism back on, installed the new impeller, installed the lower unit and linkages...
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    Impeller help, 1960 Johnson RDS-22

    Okay, got new ignition parts installed and gapped, and have a nice healthy blue spark at both plugs, found one arm of year old impeller broken off. Ordered and received new impeller, but not exactly sure which direction the little arms should be "bent" when I install it....If looking down at the...
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    1960 Johnson RDS-22

    Sharing my new found motivation for my old boat, that's basically been sitting beside the house for the last few years. I get the itch to go fishing every year about this time, and had contemplated just taking the old Johnson outboard off of the boat, and installing a good trolling motor and be...
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    jet ski idiocy

    So with the competition being so stiff between my big brother, and our cousin, sort of a "keepin up with the jones' kind of thing. We were at our favorite camp site at the lake, when our cousin "einstein" decides to take a spin on my brothers jet ski. We hear him yellin "Man this thing ain't...
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    1960? Johnson 40 serial number RDS-22

    Hello everyone, Just registered, and super glad I found this site....I simply 'Googled" my motors serial number and here you were...GREAT. I bought the boat a few years ago, a 13 foot runabout with the Johnson 40 hp on it, serial number RDS-22. I know absolutely nothing about outboard...
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