1962 Johnson SeaHorse where is reverse???

[Wheless22]

This may make me look dumb but I can't figure it out today.
I have a 1962 Johnson 40hp 2-stroke 2 cylinder SeaHorse. I have the throttle control and the slow, start, fast cable hooked, but where is forward, neutral, reverse? It doesn't have a shifter lever like a tiller motor would (it's not a tiller.)

I am just not that familiar with motors that hook up to a steering wheel and throttle.

 

[racerone]

That might be because it is electric shift.----Thus no shift cable or visible lever.----Is there a belt driven generator on this motor ?

 

[Tim Frank]

Not sure that I understand the question.
The smart a**ed answer would of course be that reverse is just behind forward....

There should be a control box with two levers....a tall one (throttle) and a short one (shifter).
The one we had when i was a kid had a red ball on top of the throttle and a black one was on the shift lever.

Your two photos show the two cable connections....one to the throttle and the other to the gear shift lever.

Maybe post back with more info.
Are the controls complete?

 

[F_R]

Post a picture of the control. It is possible you might have a single lever control.

 

[F_R]

That might be because it is electric shift.----Thus no shift cable or visible lever.----Is there a belt driven generator on this motor ?

Picture shows a shift lever on the motor--not electric shift

 

[racerone]

HE said it " DOES NOT HAVE A SHIFTER LEVER LIKE A TILLER MOTOR " in post # 1.

 

[racerone]

I just don't know.----Sometimes pictures and text / words are not related !!

 

[F_R]

HE said it " DOES NOT HAVE A SHIFTER LEVER LIKE A TILLER MOTOR " in post # 1.

Yep, then he posts a picture of a motor with a shifter lever. So we don't know what he has. Unless he has a Electramatic control and manual shift motor??

Waiting for more pictures.

 

[Wheless22]

Sorry, here is the picture of the control levers. The black one controls the throttle and the red one controls the slow, start, fast.

 

[racerone]

I think the red ( taller ) one is throttle and the black one is the shift ! .------And in post # 1 are those the pictures of your actual motor??----If so I am not sure where you are confused because a cable is hooked up to the shift lever. !!

 

[Wheless22]

I think the red ( taller ) one is throttle and the black one is the shift ! .------And in post # 1 are those the pictures of your actual motor??----If so I am not sure where you are confused because a cable is hooked up to the shift lever. !![/QUOTE


It's hooked up, but it says " Slow, Start, and Fast"... Does that translate to Reverse, Neutral, and Forward?

 

[lindy46]

The throttle cable should link the red handle to the "slow-start-fast" control on the port side of the motor. The shift cable connects the black handle to the forward-neutral-reverse lever on the starboard side.

 

[Tim Frank]

That may not be the OEM control box. As I said, we had that motor (Evinrude model) when I was a kid and the control box. was much more Spartan. But hopefully the two lever ones are interchangeable.

Make sure that the cables go to the correct linkage on the motor.

Is this motor new to you?
Has it run for you?
Is the shift lever on the motor moving when you push/pull the black l;ever?.

 

[Wheless22]

That may not be the OEM control box. As I said, we had that motor (Evinrude model) when I was a kid and the control box. was much more Spartan. But hopefully the two lever ones are interchangeable.

Make sure that the cables go to the correct linkage on the motor.

Is this motor new to you?
Has it run for you?
Is the shift lever on the motor moving when you push/pull the black l;ever?.

The motor and boat have been sitting in a barn for about 30 years now. The flywheel is seized at the moment, so I have penetrating oil in the spark plug holes hoping that will do the trick.

The shift lever is moving and everything is hooked up correctly there.

 

[Tim Frank]

. I have the throttle control and the slow, start, fast cable hooked, but where is forward, neutral, reverse? It doesn't have a shifter lever like a tiller motor would (it's not a tiller.)
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The "slow/start/fast" cable IS the throttle cable. I think what you are calling the throttle control is actually the gear shift cable....your picture #1.

So, it looks like the connections are OK, but if this is a mating of a motor and controls from different sources, you can expect some hiccups in adjusting everything properly.

 

[Wheless22]

The "slow/start/fast" cable IS the throttle cable. I think what you are calling the throttle control is actually the gear shift cable....your picture #1.

So, it looks like the connections are OK, but if this is a mating of a motor and controls from different sources, you can expect some hiccups in adjusting everything properly.

That actually makes sense. I think I was just thinking about it backwards. That is the original controls and motor for the boat, so it should definitely be hooked up properly.

Thanks for the help, and hopefully it will run again one day in the near future.

 

[racerone]

Good luck with it if the flywheel is seized.-----You said there was no " shift lever " and now we know it was there all the time !!

 

[Tim Frank]

I suspect you will get about 5 responses suggesting that you not spend a nickel on this until you get the motor turning freely and can get a compression reading.
IT WILL BE GOOD ADVICE.

Even with decent compression, after that long in a barn you may need to tear down even further to check the internal condition.
Rust never sleeps.

 

[F_R]

The pictured control and motor are not a mis-match. That control is correct for that motor.

 

[Wheless22]

Good luck with it if the flywheel is seized.-----You said there was no " shift lever " and now we know it was there all the time !!

If I am unable to get it working, I have a newer 25hp Johnson (but its a tiller). I guess I will see if I can hook it up to the throttle, gear shifter, and steering wheel...

I assume that's something that's possible?