Re: 1958 Arkansas Travler 14 Foot...
HI jc. Glad to see you're making progress. Your motor probably doesn't have a kill switch. The old motors were designed to be killed by simply turning the throttle all the way down, which stalls the motor. TO prevent it from doing so, simply advance the idle set screw a few turns to prevent the twist grip from bottoming out so far. Thankfully, you can/should add a push button lanyard kill switch in about 5 min for $10, or so. It's a must have safety item, and only involves running a single wire to each set of points from the back of the switch. You can get them here at iboats, or at sites like amazon. I've put them on all my vintage motors and wouldn't go on the water without one.
