Hi all.
So I purchased this great classic motor this last Friday as a parts motor for my 1958 Johnson SeaHorse--as all the guy was asking for was $75. I picked up the motor, pressurized gas tank, all the wires, throttle cables, and a teleflex steering system... I thought it was such an amazing deal, and the motor was in such good shape, I gave the guy $100 instead of the $75 he asked for. I got it home, and its in pretty darn nice shape, and has electric start, which my Johnson does not have.
So today I was tinkering with it. Got it fired up on about the 5th pull of the string, he said it hadn't ran in years (it started so easy) without even touching the carb.
So I moved on to the electrical, where I got a little stumped. I took it from his boat with all the wires still hooked up--however, he said he never used the electric start, and just always hand pulled started it. After a bit of 'follow the wire', I determined it had two momentary on switches--1 for the choke; and 1 for the starter.
When I hooked it all up, the choke switched worked fine, however I expected it to--its just a 12v switch. I did not have the same luck on the starter however. I am not sure if it is wired correctly at the junction box, or if the junction box is shot and needs to be replaced.
I took a couple pictures looking down at the switch and drew a wiring diagram to help show how everything is ran. The diagram is drew from looking down at it just like in the picture taken of it. The wire colors in the diagram are the same as they are in the photo to help keep it clear as to how it is wired.
Now, I found http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=454490 about how to wire these things up. If I compare my wiring to wiring in the 3rd picture of the link, it looks like mine is wired backwards?? I am basically looking to find out if I have it wired backwards or if I need to buy a new Junction Box.
Also, do I need a kill switch? Or can I just use the choke to kill the motor? I saw a wire under the front of the fly wheel that appears to be cut--not sure, but thought that may be a kill switch wire?
Thanks for the help!
So I purchased this great classic motor this last Friday as a parts motor for my 1958 Johnson SeaHorse--as all the guy was asking for was $75. I picked up the motor, pressurized gas tank, all the wires, throttle cables, and a teleflex steering system... I thought it was such an amazing deal, and the motor was in such good shape, I gave the guy $100 instead of the $75 he asked for. I got it home, and its in pretty darn nice shape, and has electric start, which my Johnson does not have.
So today I was tinkering with it. Got it fired up on about the 5th pull of the string, he said it hadn't ran in years (it started so easy) without even touching the carb.
So I moved on to the electrical, where I got a little stumped. I took it from his boat with all the wires still hooked up--however, he said he never used the electric start, and just always hand pulled started it. After a bit of 'follow the wire', I determined it had two momentary on switches--1 for the choke; and 1 for the starter.
When I hooked it all up, the choke switched worked fine, however I expected it to--its just a 12v switch. I did not have the same luck on the starter however. I am not sure if it is wired correctly at the junction box, or if the junction box is shot and needs to be replaced.
I took a couple pictures looking down at the switch and drew a wiring diagram to help show how everything is ran. The diagram is drew from looking down at it just like in the picture taken of it. The wire colors in the diagram are the same as they are in the photo to help keep it clear as to how it is wired.
Now, I found http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=454490 about how to wire these things up. If I compare my wiring to wiring in the 3rd picture of the link, it looks like mine is wired backwards?? I am basically looking to find out if I have it wired backwards or if I need to buy a new Junction Box.
Also, do I need a kill switch? Or can I just use the choke to kill the motor? I saw a wire under the front of the fly wheel that appears to be cut--not sure, but thought that may be a kill switch wire?
Thanks for the help!