1975 johnson help

[prosonic]

hello all

i need some advice on where to connect the main power and earth to my johnson 50, i purchased my boat as an unfinished project and it has everything unpluged and or removed, the red socket for the control box is a no brainer just dont want to mess anything up & need to know if it still runs, i do know the history of the boat thankfully the old 50 had about 700 aud spent on the eletrics 6 months ago to make it run rite

cheers pete

 

[Daviet]

Re: 1975 johnson help

The positive cable goes to the starter solenoid, opposite the cable that goes to the starter. The ground should go to a stud on the exhaust cover, if no stud remove one of the exhaust cover bolts and attach ground cable there.

Note: you want to make sure the ground connection is clean, no paint between cable and exhaust cover. Maybe use a star washer for good contact.

 

[prosonic]

Re: 1975 johnson help

thanks ill give it a shot if the weather breaks

this would be a different story if i removed everything but when its just handed to you that way parts of it become a jigsaw

cheers pete

 

[prosonic]

Re: 1975 johnson help

got the old girl fired uptoday had to maually set the choke as i dont have the gear/trottle rods connected runs weel fells a step closer to my resto being finished

cheers pete