Silly Seville
Senior Chief Petty Officer
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Re: Is an ancient Johnson 85 V4 worth the effort?
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Good Luck and I'm sure you will learn a lot. Do you have a factory service manual for it ?? As it would really help you.
The Johnson models came with the single lever control and that switch built in.----The evinrude models came with the push button control box.----This was a marketing thing.-------The control boxes will interchane between the 2 motors.
I got lucky, I just picked up a johnson box from eBay (my 'rude box hangs up sometimes. Not fun when starting at the dock, luckily the ropes were tight) when I popped it open it had a newer switch in it. Probably 5 years old or less.
Hey Silly, nice thread going here. I too have an 85 Johnson hydroelec...Question how bad was it to replace the impeller? I am needing to replace mine due to the motor sitting for many years and who knows if the previous owner ran it without water.