cougar1985
Lieutenant Junior Grade
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2005
- Messages
- 1,023
well i picked up my newest toy yesterday.1966 80 hp electramatic johnson.the p.o. said the girl wasnt charging but in the same breath said the battery usually lasted most of the summer.now i havnt read up on it yet but dont they have a small charging unit under the flywheel with the option to add a generator ?my 63 75 starflite is almost the exact same with a few diffs and it has no genny either.for 150 bucks i got the motor with new prop and all controls except the power box you bolt on to the boat .i noticed in 66 they used a differnt shifter than the push button and the prop nose cone has a neet pin system ,much nicer than the basic cotter one.today is the big day to try out the 75 and see how she runs.so lets say it is a disaster for arguments sake,could you just slap on the 80 and use the evinrude shifter and elect box?looks to me like it would work.hopeing the 75 works good then i got a complete motor for a spare.a previous poster said you could switch cowlings and im here to say thats 100 percent correct you can swith them back and forth no problem.the biggest diff i see is strictly with the elect as the 80 has a couple of elect boxes on the motor that the 75 doesnt even though they are both mag/battery systems and the coil on the 80 is on top not down low in the cowling like the 75.
