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    BRP outboard old but funny

    You know, it's funny thing that my 1950 Johnson 5-horse TN-26, for all its antiquity (T-series goes back to 1937) purrs like a little kitten. It's smooth, and doesn't seem out-rivalled despite all the later motors with their intake mufflers, rubber donuts and features. The old TN keeps running...
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    Noisy 33

    The 40 Big Twin / Lark with their double-walled lower unit, thermostat & water re-circulation path were a little quieter than the "economy" 33 Ski Twin without thermostat & with essentially a single wall 1955 lower unit. The l.u. pressure relieve hole went smaller for 1966 and was supposed to...
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    1968 Johnson 65 hp VXL-14B No Spark On Any Cylinder

    There were a few different ignition systems on those old V4s. The 1968 65 was the final year for the 70.7 cu. in. power-head (that started out as the original 50-horse V4) & the older lower unit. For 1968 they switched to surface-gap plugs, switched to solid-state Power Pulse ignition & boosted...
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    Golden Jubilee Evi Sportwin 10 - Should I convert?

    OMC used pressurized 2-line fuel tanks from 1949 on the Johnson 10, through 1959 on the 5½, 10 & 18 (the 7½ was gone after '58). The "deluxe" 35s (Lark, Golden Javelin) used a fuel pump, & by '59 all 35s used it as well. The OMC Accessory catalogues showed that pressurized fuel tanks were still...
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    1960 Evinrude 5.5 fisherman outboard

    If you are interested you may be well served by joining an antique outboard club. If you have a local chapter it can be advantageous for getting a line on a good "kicker". I have picked up unadvertised motors that way. So thieves stole your dad's original motor. I hate thieves. Decades ago a...
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    Gale 7.5hp Montgomery Ward Sea King

    Montgomery Ward used Chrysler outboards once Gale / Buccaneer pulled the plug. Did they ever use Eska outboard in the 1970s?
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    Vintage OMC fuel tank rebuild ..

    For OMC parts if you are in Canada I have always had good luck with Durham Marine in Pickering, Ontario. They even work on old stuff, as evidenced by seeing a 9½ turtleback in the shop when I was there.
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    FICHT after 20 years...

    Not that the FICHT was a bad concept, it was that random part throttle lean-out. I friend of mine would perform what he called "The 10,000 r.p.m. Tune-Up", I've also heard it called "The Italian Tune-up". I little different animal, but I remember buying a '68 Mustang convertible in Atlanta...
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    Johnson 5hp

    A TN-28 (1952½-53) uses those coils and the regular automotive type breaker points. The older T-series, including the TD-10 & 20, plus TN-25 through TN-27 use the old guillotine style points.
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    Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

    Remind me why we are doing this again. Re-inventing the wheel, that is.
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    1972 Evinrude 40 outboard no spark?

    Inline spark testers could show electrical continuity but nothing more, while an open air spark tester will show whether the ignition will fire under great resistance, in other words real operating conditions.
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    Johnson TN28 no low-speed fuel

    At low speed, in theory the carburetor doesn't even come into play, it is just the low speed mixture valve. Rotary valve 2-strokes are different. Your motor is a bronze bushed motor. That means it had very tight, hand-reamed tolerances when built. It also means the bearing can't be replaced, so...
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    Can you paint an outboard cowling with automotive spray paint?

    If you are talking about spray bombing it, then yes you could. It just won't be anywhere as durable as a catalyzed paint from a spray gun. If you don't have a spray gun, I have heard of catalyzed paint in a 2-part spray can. Paint it up like an early to mid-70s Chrysler! :)
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    Anybody have "old" pontoons?

    I always loved this picture from the 1974 Johnson brochure of a new 15 horse pushing a 20' pontoon boat:
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    Starting an 57 Evinrude 7.5 fleet win after many many years of storage.

    I did not know that! I figured by the time for 1965 they became 6 horsepower in the 50:1 era they would have bearing races. The 3 & 4 horse motors (which I love) were bronze bushed through 1977. I'd love a fully-jewelled '78 as the '79s began with European-style integral gas tanks (in use in...
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