Adding Electric Choke to my 25hp Johnson

[2manband]

I guess I just can't leave well enough alone. I got my 1981 J25RWCIM running great, and so I decided to give it a few more horsepower by swapping out the carb. Comparing the part numbers, I can go up to 35hp with just a carb swap - no manifold or exhaust modification required.

The 35hp carb arrived today (from a 1980 E35ELCSM 1980), and it has an electric choke attached. I did verify that the carb I was getting still had the same manual choke lever (part number) as the one it's replacing, so I can easily hook up the manual choke. But what the heck, an electric choke might be nice.

Only one problem - how do I go about hooking the thing up? There are two leads coming from the solenoid - One appears to be ground, and the other is a mystery. Maybe because mine is a manual start/manual choke model I don't have the correct wiring connections anywhere for this? The donor motor was an electric start.

 

[TrueNorthist]

Re: Adding Electric Choke to my 25hp Johnson

Unless there is an electric choke switch on the remote you will have to install one of those too. You could rig up a simple button and mount it somewhere handy and wire the thing through a relay easy enough though.

Mind you, an electric choke is pointless unless you actually have a remote. And one wire is ground, the other the hot lead.

 

[2manband]

Re: Adding Electric Choke to my 25hp Johnson

Unless there is an electric choke switch on the remote you will have to install one of those too. You could rig up a simple button and mount it somewhere handy and wire the thing through a relay easy enough though.

Mind you, an electric choke is pointless unless you actually have a remote. And one wire is ground, the other the hot lead.

Thanks for the confirmation - that's kind what I was thinking. Oh well - nothing wrong with a manual choke.

 

[boobie]

Re: Adding Electric Choke to my 25hp Johnson

Maybe I missed it but is this a remote or tiller model ??