I got a 1947 seahorse from my grandma when I was a teenager. It had been sitting for 50 years and was brand new. She said if I got it going I could have it. I had it going in about 2 days and was able to take her for a ride with it before she died. The smile on her face was priceless. She said grandpa had bought it and could never get it to run so it got put in the wood shed. I still have it.
I love a success story. Once renovated an 80cc Puch motorscooter a friend had bought which had stood in the rain for a couple of years and was seized solid. I filled the cylinder with oil and was hammering the piston down the cylinder with a block of wood and a hammer, then repeating the process to free it. My friends rather pompous elder brother walked over, took one look and said " You'll never get it to work!". Had it running the next day. Happy days!
What a trip down memory lane ! We had the exact same motor when we were kids, mounted on a 14 foot wooden rowboat. The gas cap has a little nut on it to let air into the tank. There is a lever on the top of the engine to put it in neutral for starting, then you close the lever to engage the driveshaft and prop.The thing ran for years with no maintenance. Thank you for posting this .....Jim.
This is very kool. Im 80 and remember so many old motors. I have a pretty nice collection that I'm venturing into a revival venture. Im glad to find these reviews. That is s classic jewel. I remember when we wrapped s rope sround a pully to crank them. Dandahermit Wow I assumed that would be s single.
Wow. Thanks for the memories. My dad had the exact same outboard back when I was kid. I remember him setting a 55 gallon drum in our back yard with the top cut out of it, and filling it with water so he could run/tune the engine as needed. It was always fascinating to me to see and hear it run.
Wow, memories! I recall a 44 gallon drum with a British Seagull running in it, just like your dad did. It was probably 3/4 HP - they were humble. This is in Australia where Imperial gallons were 1.2 times the volume of US gallons, hence the 44 gallon drums. I once read an account of the British Seagull being the most efficient way invented of turning 2 stroke fuel into smoke!
you have no idea how many memories you just brought back to me. My grand father had one of those and was given to me. I ran that thing "a lot" and it never quit.
Yep, the fuel filter is sintered bronze. That was used for many fuel filters, even on oil burners. It's very effective at low flow rates, and has more durability and actual filter area than screen filters of the same size.
I was delighted to watch this video because my grandfather had what appears to be the exact same outboard engine. He used to take me gigging for frogs in his rowboat with it. The last time he took me was in 1963 when I was 6yrs old. He died in 1964 and I inherited the engine from my grandmother in 1968. Being from Vermont, my grandfather always winterized all his engines. When I went to start his his outboard, it pretty much took a few pulls to start like yours did. I ran it on a 10ft Jon boat for a few years until his son (my uncle) gave me his Herters fiberglass boat. Being older by then the engine didn't push my boat fast enough so I traded the engine with my dentist for a Mercury 9.8 engine and never thought much about my grandfather's outboard again. Now, as I watch this video, I wish that my youth had of realized the value of what I had. I can only imagine how nice it would be to still have my grandfather 5hp Johnson outboard. Great video and now I'm a subscriber to your channel because, as a grandfather myself, I'm interested in all of the things that you mentioned that you will be making videos about. Greetings from Northwest Florida.
Great Job! If you haven't done so already, replace the outboard's water pump impeller and service the lower unit! I was given a 1955 Johnson 5-1/2 HP outboard by my Scoutmaster (had not run in 15 years) and I had also restored it to operating condition. Water pump impellers will take a set after a period of not being used and will begin to deteriorate. While the old impeller initially pumped water, it broke apart during the first or second outing with the outboard and overheated the engine. Impellers are relatively inexpensive, fairly easy to replace, and can help save heirlooms such as this. Additionally, change out the gear oil and check the lower unit seals.
I'm retired after almost 40 years as a heavy truck mechanic and service manager. It was almost a "men only" industry but was slowly changing. You should be proud of the example you set for other women. I enjoy your videos. Keep it up.
Many, _many_ years ago I lived on a beach in a big sheltered bay. There was a beat up old alloy rowboat on the property and, under it, a tiny old Seagull motor. It had not run in who knows how long. Decades, at least. Being an ignorant kid, I filled it with gas, bolted it to the rowboat, dragged it down to the water line and launched it. I spent literally hours and hours slowly drifting around the bay, yanking on the rope as the sun got lower. After the sunset, I finally called it and started rowing back to the beach. As I pulled the boat onto the sand, I yelled at the little Seagull and gave it a hard yank, just to punish it for defying me. And it started. I puttered around that bay until sunrise. It may have been the best night of my life.
Absolute quality. I was an outboard mechanic in the 70's, Johnson and Evinrude part of OMC outboard marine corporation. Without watching the video entirely, the things to watch out for would be all the rubber type parts like the gearbox seal and the water impeller. For a mechanic Evinrude and Johnson were easier to work on than Mercury or Chrysler. Chrysler were rubbish. The first Japanese outboard I saw was Yamaha. A copy of Johnson. When the Honda 7.5hp came out it was brilliant from day one. Incredible the impeller was okay after all those years. What a lovely little outboard.
Great timing on this. I just got a 1955 10hp Johnson outboard that has been sitting about 7 years that I am looking at getting back out onto the water.
Oh man can I go on about these little motors. Basically their very similar designs all the way up to the early 80s when they went cdi ignition. But what that means is there's about 40 years worth of omc motors that use the exact same parts like ignition coils points and water impellers. Super good motors all the way through. Some things to note tho . The coils are garbage if their original, he got his running on them and that's rare, but they will be cracked and have moisture in them that leads to losing spark when they heat up. But on the bright side their under 20 bucks a pice and the new ones are good quality. Same with the impeller, it will be junk but once again like 12 bucks shipped to your door. Your motor is the very beginning of the "modern" omc design. Having the forward and reverse lower end and basically sharing all the bits and pices they used for like 20 years after. Crank seals and stuff like that tends to be pretty stout on them. But check it all of course. Yours uses a pressurized dual line tank and they work good if you can get it all sealed up properly, but if not, or you don't have an original tank there's a quick way to drill a port on the motor and run a newer style pulse pump for a modern single line tank. Pretty solid motors, yours being the early bearing style will like roughly 25:1 oil mix on new 2 stroke oil. The 16:1 was meant for standard sae 30 oil. It's over kill with the modern 2 stroke oils, but run 50:1 in it and it will blow a rod bearing eventually. Obviously there's a lot more finess to setting up and running them then new outboards. But if you set it all up right it will work just as good. I'm currently building up a 1961 18 hp for my tinner. And it's basically the same as your motor. I love these little motors and have had a bunch with very little issue. You can always pick one up for 50 bucks, but of course that turns in to about 200 bucks once you've replaced all the necessary bits. But once you have they work great and you sure get some looks out on the lake.
My father had one, when I was just a boy,...many times we have put that motor on the back of a boat and gone fishing,....The memories are flooding back, just seeing that motor,...THANKS !!!
That "screen' is actually sintered bronze. I had an old Chevy that had a filter like this on the carburetor fuel intake. This is era where you CLEANED the fuel filter instead of replacing it.
I had an outboard exactly like that. I got it cheap because the carburetor leaked gas and the engine ran badly. The wire keeper and screw that held the cork float to the valve stem had sunk deep into the cork allowing the cork to ride too high in the chamber and not fully close the valve. I fixed it by flipping the cork upside down so that I could attach the keeper to the pristine end. That fixed it! The engine ran beautifully after that. The slow idle circuit as you indicated is not inside the main carburetor body but outboard and separate of it, although it is plumbed to the main carb’s float chamber. That little port that the low speed needle valve is connected to isn’t a rotary vane pump, it’s actually a separate and very small venturi with its own tiny reed valve. At slow idle speed the throttle butterfly in the main carburetor body cuts off the main venturi completely and the engine slow idles on that tiny outboard venturi. The fuel screen is actually a ceramic filter. The float valve isn’t a needle valve, it’s a poppet valve.
Sintering is basically taking a bunch of (usually) small particles, packing them together tightly and then heating them to a temperature a bit under their melting temperature. As if by magic they will stick together to form a single solid piece. The reason it happens is because atoms are constantly moving, when raised a sufficiently high temperature that is also below the melting temperature there is a reasonable chance that individual atoms randomly gain enough energy to migrate from one lump of material to another in close proximity. This process works particularly well for metals and glasses. P.S. I like variety.
There's a way to make glass things, that work the same way, that I just can't recall the name of, or find. You pack crushed glass in a form and tag fuse it - makes it not as translucent, as the uncrushed glass, because of the air in it.
I have a 1958 5.5 hp. I did a similar resurrection in 1989. It has run perfectly ever since. By far the finest small engine I have ever worked on and used. They are very smooth, perfectly balanced and powerful. Nice job on the overhaul and video!
Sweet! I remember back in 1969, my brother attached 2 'expansion chambers' from Yamaha 80 exhaust pipes to the 2 cylinder exhaust housing on our 10 horse Johnson. Ran some 3/8 piping down under the stern of our 12 foot Glassbar runabout, to make them "wet pipes". Put it in Lake Arrowhead [Hamiltare]. It ran great and sounded awesome. We lasted about 2 hours on the lake and got towed to the boat jail. Which was really hypocritical because there were race boats all over the lake [SS22]. But it was super fun... and LOUD!
First learn your lessons on exhaust resonance. That is not easy. But done right, it can give you some horsepower. Jesus, help those fools who do not understand themselves. Any idea why many twins have two seperate pipes? Yes, that always works okay. Calculating where to place that pipe across those two exhausts, well, that is the problem. Exhaust pulse in pipe 1 can pull the air from pipe 2 in exactly the right time. That is the thing you are tuning these exhausts for. Good luck.
I have this same engine, I bought it at a garage sale 13 years ago and put it in the garage at the cottage and never touched it. Pulled it out last year and it started first pull. I used all summer on the sale boat. Just pulled it out for this summer, started 1st pull. JUST SOLID!!!
I love your channel. You bring fantastic stuff to the table and you make me realise that I too can do all(or at least some) the stuff you do. As a teacher myself, I can say that you’re a great educator. Keep up the good stuff!
My father would take this exact engine to Jim's Rowboats in Manasquan, NJ and rent a boat for the day. The cost was $2.00 and this was in the late '40's and early '50's. Your external observations were dead on. Somewhere there's an 8 mm film of me driving the boat alone. Great memories, thank you.
I love old carbs. Dead simple, made to last, and designed with the expectation that the owner will be doing most/all of the maintenance on it. Especially when you get into carbs from the teens or naughts.
-Instruction owners manuals from back in the day described (among other details) how to clean, adjust carbs, including valves (4 cycle). Today's mentality'.. instruction manuals warn (among countless other formerly' common sense), "Don't drink the battery acid" ;{
You wish it were dead simply. Never ever tank that alcohol infested gasoline. It ruins your carburettors and the rest. It really does. Just once is okay, if you burn it the next day. Keeping that junk in your tank is asking for trouble. Dead simple? You wish!
@@voornaam3191 Not entirely sure what methanol mixed gasoline has to do with the complexity of an older carburetor, but I'm a master mechanic who works on classic motorcycles. Those carburetors are dead simple, no wishing necessary.
I just stumbled across this channel. Im not into boats at all other than kayaking. But seeing that old motor come back to life no problem had me grinning
My late Father in law had this motor's twin. The low speed adjustment was always a royal pain. When it ran good it would go all day. Watching this video brought back some wonderful memories. I'm eighty three I still miss our fishing trips to Oregon Lakes. We always mixed fuel at 24 to 1. Great video
That motor was identical to my first OB motor I bought it in 1957 .even had the cork float .funny thing years later I was on duty with marine rescue and a bootie asked if we had a spare plastic bung .I gave him a cork .he was furious ." That won't keep the water out " I said" well it kept the wine in the bottle and we used them on boats before plastic bungs were invented " Good job getting that motor running .
Thanks for the inspiration. My dad has a 2.5 hp(think it's even a twin), my uncle had a 5 hp that we took to northern Wisconsin, my grandfather had a Martin 60 and I've been using a 63 Johnson 10 hp for the last few years on fishing trips
They had you use way more oil in the gas back then. I've got a 1956 3 hp Johnson that my grandfather bought used in 1965. The engine still runs! They didn't have good oils back then, but my grandfather always ran 50:1 and NEVER had trouble. I think that people were overkill back then. My grandfather also had a chainsaw that said 16:1, he always followed the manuals for everything, but said he couldn't see to cut wood the smoke was so bad! He ran that 50:1 worked there too. Also, I believe ethanol is falsely accused for almost EVERY fuel problem! Yeah, there are some disadvantages, but Tetraethyl lead caused some issues too (to say the least). Carburetors used to clog back then too! Thanks for getting this vintage gem going. Wonderful video!
Yup! That's indeed cork. My 1960 Seahorse 3 HP also has a cork float, and so does my 1967 Evinrude 9 1/2 HP (it's rectangular, though). Extruding plastics wasn't a big deal back then and I think it would have been expensive instead of a simple cork float. I surely didn't expect a sintered bronze alloy filter in the tank. Well, learned something new today. :) Great job getting this fine engine back to life again.
Cool stuff. Some decades back, my grandfather saved two red and white Johnson motors from the scrapyard, a 5½ and a 7½ horse. After a bit of TLC they fired right up and have been moving a little jon boat around with no problems since.
Variety for sure. I have Eilgn in the rafters of my garage that was my wife's grand fathers. I think it is a 3hp and from the same era as yours. My father in law rebuilt it in the the 70's. He used it till his death in the mid 80's .I really should get it down and get running, but having cancer will likely mean I won't be able to. I am hopeful my son will some day. I am really enjoying this mini series. Keep up the good work.
Variety is the spice of life ... someone once said . Just found your channel now and im already intrigued and enjoy watching things be fixed, broken and or new to me . I like to learn and especially learn things i dont normally come in contact with in daily life . Cant wait to see what other stuff you got going on :) Cheers .
Hmmm, well, honestly, I have 2 reactions. One, is that you are having fun and have expertise, which I admire. Two, having grown up in the 1950's as a boater, the truth is, there is a reason these motors were trashed when they got old. Cuz they were a constant source of angst, and not worth saving except for museums and nostalgia. Always 1001 things that could go wrong, and did, after they got to be several years old. Life was spent fruitlessly adjusting carburetors, changing fuel, replacing gaskets, praying, thinking and asking the Johnson dealer how much a newer more powerful replacement would cost :)
Metal and bodies of water is a recipe for money pits only! Even aluminum can corrode in marine environments. Nasty, really. Buy a sailboat, keep an outboard~ Make a crab claw sailing proa if you just want a hobby.
You need the book "Johnson Evenrude and the legend of OMC". My dad is big into all things boating and this is one of my favorite books he has. These outboards are like chevy engines, many parts are easy to find and are universal between engines. One project I am working on is taking a electric start lawnboy push mower engine and mating it to a ESKA lower unit. Why?, Because it's from when lawnboy was owned by OMC. :)
Yes variety is the best. I love what you do because it's what I like - going from mechanics to welding, to woodworking. It's all fun, thanks for the variety - favorite channel of 2023!
Very thoroughly Showed what he was doing, showed each part explaining it's function and made the video very interesting throughout the entire video. Sir you are an excellent teacher.
WD-40 is a great cleaner for those old engines. Mineral spirits as well. The filter is a "sintered" bronze from that era. Very common. Several of the smaller OMC engines had these, either in the tank or the external filter/glass bowl of the larger engines. If you ordered a new cotton covered starter rope it will do the same as your current rope in short order. Trust me! The engine was only running on one cylinder when you got it running. Check by pulling the plug wires one at a time while running and you will see. When running in the pail or bucket make sure the static water line is above the water pump which is located just above the parting line between the lower unit and the exhaust housing. The old pumps will rarely prime since they were not designed to be self-priming. You will need coils and condensers for it. The old coils and condensers will fail once warmed. Those parts are still available !! Points are set at a loose .020.
Without having seen this, yet. I resurrected a T-5 Johnson motor identical to this one a few years ago. I had to make my own carb float out of a wine cork and Seal-All. I sold it to my good friend's son. He fishes at a small lake where he rents a boat. It still runs flawlessly. Ole Evinrude was a genius.
For those folk who don't know, a outboard water pump impeller will melt in very quick time if there is no water running through it. Even if you have the earmuffs supplying water they leak so much you shouldn't use them to do more than flush the engine after saltwater use of the boat. That's what they were designed to do, not to run the engine while tuning or testing on the "hard" If that little beastie hasn't run in 40 odd years the impeller will be fairly crusty and brittle so a new one will be needed if you are going to use the engine even though it still pumps out the tell tail hole there probably won't be enough flow to cool the engine properly. Eric
Keep putting out the varied content and I'll continue watching. I have the same issue on my channel, like you I do all kinds of shop work. Btw I started watching you with the solar panels, then went back and watched your older stuff. All of it was interesting.
I've been looking at TH-cam videos for years,.....and this is the first channel to which I've subscribed. You sold me sir,......terribly interesting and informative,.......bravissimo!!
You dont need to run 16:1 Oils have made insane improvements over the years. 40:1 with the new two stroke oils will work absolutely fine. I have ran 50:1 with Amsoil and no issues.
I’ve got one! This is inspiring me to get started on reviving it. Mine looks practically new. My neighbor moved and I went down to say goodbye to him and he gave me the motor.
Personally, I like the variety, and this bell has zero risk of being un-clicked any time soon. Your content transcends locks and lathes and stumps and motors. You are consistent. Trust me.
I love variety. That's why I never got married. LOL. 56 years married. Anyway, I appreciate how much you know on such a variety of subjects. I'll watch anything you put out.
Also remember that vane pump serving as the idle jets uses a rubber membrane, which might be quite stiff through time, so it might never be able to drive enough fuel for a nice idle. Any irreplaceable rubber parts I recommend treating with silicone oil, which should help bring back some elasticity.
I started off with a 1957 10hp Johnson my uncle gave me, he said when he bought it new their was no 2 cycle oil. He said you used 30# motor oil, 1 quart to 6 gallons. I still have it and the parts motor. Im sure it will still run even tho its been 25yrs or so. It has a double line fuel tank with a primer on the tank..you just got a new follow$$
Personally I like the variety of your videos, and I think it acts as a good filter to find other like-minded people. I enjoy pretty much all of your content, and I'm sure there are way more of us than that 200k sub number suggests. Keep on keepin' on, and you'll get there. Cheers~
Looks just like the two and a half Johnson I had as a kid. I must have replaced at least a dozen propeller "shear pins" because of all the rocks in our cove. I had a great time cruising on Greenwood Lake NY/NJ. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
I once found a piece of an ancient Budweiser can inside of a brake cylinder for a 1949 MG TC-D Roadster. You do what is necessary to repair old machines. Enjoy your work
The "family heirloom engine" is the most American thing i've ever seen hahaha. As for the question, I love the variety in your channel too, like what the other people here have said. I think, in a way, most of us your fans here are here because we love your channel as is. Though I assure you, that even if your channel got a bit more commercialized, with much narrower focus, I'd still watch your videos. And I'd like to think that most of us are like me as well. Why I mention this is that I don't want you to be discouraged from trying to capitalize and make videos that ultimately gets you more reception and money. Call me materialistic, but I think money is very important. It motivates people, it lets people do things that they want to do. As a fan, that would be nice for us too, since if you could get more revenue off your videos, then maybe you would tackle larger, more expensive projects; and so on. And yeah I'd like you to get nice things for you and your family as well. I do understand that this is a very fine line to draw here, so I really hope you don't get this wrong. So to summarize: I love your videos as is, but I wouldn't mind if you wanted to try things that gets you more money, and I believe a lot of us would agree.
@Pear, I feel that the first step to making "more money" as you put it, is to do things that are enjoyed... This man likes what he is doing and he is quite curious of how it works... That is a great thing... Do what is liked, then the money will follow.... That engine - is now quite sought after... And there are many people who collect these... His interest in them will give him many positive contacts... That is what makes people more aware, and knowledgeable. Who they associate with and what others know about them...
@@michaelmartinez1345 You are also right. But at the same time, it is widely known that the YT have a specific model that they want the creators to follow, guided by "the algorithm". It bogs down a lot of creative and talents ones who are not in that spectrum, and sometimes people just loose the motivation to continue because of that, especially smaller channels. I've seen guys who put out really long videos with an extremely ambitious scope, and be good at it, but yet stopping to post altogether because of the financial burdens, especially among the younger creators. It would be absolutely amazing if he could stay true to who he is and grow more, which, i agree he does have more than enough potential to. However, I just wanted to state that if things didn't somehow align well, and he wanted to try something different, I am sure i would still enjoy his videos. Thats all.
My little brother still uses my dad’s 5 1/2 HP 1955 sea horse all the time. It’s still a 2 pull motor, runs great and has been in continuous service since about 1961 when my dad bought it second hand. Indestructible outboard! With fresh fuel and a new plug, this one will start and run too
Subscribed. Because of the old boat in the thumbnail picture. I’m thinking about a 1960 Sea Ray 12’ or 14’ ? Lots of good memories fishing in northern Wisc with my Dad. Spooner, Lake Nakomis, Mt Morris, Upper Gresham Lake.... “ the sunsets are so much more beautiful in Wisconsin “ my Dad had said. And I agree.
Cork floats were actually pretty common back in the day. You see them on the old 2 stroke Law-Boy lawnmowers. That carburetor looks like the old "updraft" style carburetors commonly found on power lawn equipment.
you can coat the cork float with a good varnish as it doesn't react with the petrol.I repaired the petol guage in my 1964 Opel Kadette (automobile made in Germany) when the cork float in the petrol tank got petrol logged. i just hung it out to dry in the sunshine (in south africa )for a couple of days and applied a couple of coats of varnish and it worked perfectly well. that was way back in 1974. Thanks for the video
In this age of disposable everything, it’s uplifting to see things from an older generation being brought back to working order. Companies have made things nearly impossible to work on yourself. This, sadly, is the age of landfills.
Things are disposable because nobody taught the value of taking care of anything and respect what they have.. Most everything can be worked on and has spare parts available and is made to be worked on... it's easier to junk it than sit down and learn something is what's sad
@@jasonmorse6003 "Most everything can be worked on and has spare parts available" - This sadly isn't true anymore, and unfortunately Phil May is correct. And most of it has to do with the proliferation of software (we are talking about new products after all). Whether it's electronics, tractors, cars, motors, or many things mechanical. Companies are more and more quite literally disallowing consumers to repair the products they newly built products they own. These companies *deliberately do not stock parts,* and often even *disallow allow consumers to access parts outright via various unscrupulous methods (often imposing software-based restrictions/locks).* And if there even is a means to repair, these companies often monopolize it (the repair sector), only allowing the customer to send their products in to them specifically, deliberately keeping parts access out of consumer hands. *That is, if they even will repair their product in the first place, which they often don't (even though they easily could).* *This is exactly what the recent "Right to Repair" movement is about.* People are literally no longer able to DIY-repair the things they own due to these restrictive polices. I strongly implore you to look into right-to-repair, and just how ridiculous this debacle has gotten. Farmers disallowed to repair their own tractors and being forced to hack into them if possible (John Deer is a big culprit for the farming industry). Car owners unable to repair their own vehicles without voiding warranty (you must go to the dealer). Same thing with the majority of consumer electronic devices such as phones and computers. Apple, Samsung, (and many more, this is just a tiny example of the companies and products affected). It's everywhere. If you are buying a new product as a consumer, there is a very good chance you will not be allowed to repair it yourself. *Even if you happen to find the parts (it could be software-locked to a specific unit/device/phone/engine/tractor/VIN #/etc!).* And it's just getting worse and worse. If you are buying a new computer or phone, there is a very good chance you are SOL if you try to get it repaired, or try repair it yourself. It didn't used to be like that. I used to be able to find a part (often straight from the OEM) and fix it myself without some bogus restriction (often software based but not always) behind it. "Right to Repair" can use all the support it can get. These companies are lobbying as hard as they can to convince politicians that these practices are justified and that DIY repair is harmful. Often these lobbyists say that these companies are "protecting" consumers (from injury) by disallowing them to repair, as well as using arbitrary and often ridiculous arguments such as implying that "consumer repair helps domestic abusers" among other ridiculous statements to attempt to convince politicians who do not know better (seeing as most politicians are not mechanics, engineers, nor software developers). Believe me, I wouldn't believe a lobbyist actually said that last one (about diy-repair aiding "domestic abuse") either. All I can do is attempt to spread the word and hope you look into it yourself. It never used to be like this, but as more time goes on it becomes the norm, sadly.
You will get there! I bought a cheap boat some years back- 1980's- and it came with a 'free' engine- An Evinrude Fast-Twin. I spent hours on that engine. The carb was the problem and more precisely, the fuel-pump that delivered the fuel to the float-bowl. The neoprene or rubber diaphragms were shot (similar to a chain-saw or brush-cutter's carb). I got it running off a car electric fuel pump from the 60's.
Congratulations on getting your family heirloom up & running. I remember my dad buying a brand new 4hp Johnson for his dory back in 1973. It too was a twin cylinder like yours, and it was very smooth, and quiet for a 2 stroke. This motor was 50 to 1 fuel mix so not bad at all in smokiness. I wish I still had it. I currently own 2 small 2 stroke outboards (air-cooled 3hp Tanaka), and two 4 strokes (2.5hp Suzuki, 6hp Tohatsu), and I have found the 2 strokes to be more reliable. I have had my 4 strokes die on me a couple times requiring the use of my paddle to get me home, but my 2 strokes have always been dead reliable, and much easier to work on.
I used to operate my Dad's identical engine. I got quite good at it. He always ran all the fuel out of the carb when he was finished operating it. One thing I did notice is that it appears that you did not open the tank vent on top of the gas cap. Maybe you did, but I did not see it. I sold the motor to an older gentleman years ago and he intended to use it to run a small fishing boat. Good video and good luck.
good work on restoring this nice little Johnson outboard motor mate as i liked restoring older outboarrds as they are far easier to fix unlike the newer motor are harder to fix as these older Johnsons was a beauty as i liked the older outboards better then the newer ones as an ex marine mechanic i worked on these outboards mostly the newer models of these 50s outboards from the 60s onwards and later versions of these outboards was really good but not so good on the servicing at home like servicing as later motors you have to take them to a shop for the servicing wheareas you can fix these older outboards at home as id was saying thiswas my views as an ex Marine mechanic as i serviced these outboards in a outboard shop years ago now thiswas my first taste of fixin these older outboards in my short time as a marine mechanic as you see thiswas a good motor in my views as these will love forever longer with the right servicing and care these will outlast all the newer motors with the right care and servicing and maintences they will run forever for the rest of the motors life was needed good care and servicing and maintences as these was really will live forever if the good care was practiced all the time from the day you finish the resto work thise views from my time as a ex marine mechanic on working on these older Johnson and Evinrudes as these was really good outboards made by the really good outboard makers was OMC was a really best and good outboard motor makers was OMC was very good motors in the day and still is now
Great project! Maternal grandfather had a ‘53-54 Evinrude Sporttwin 7 1/2 that was similar. Great memories! Yeah… stay away from alcohol blend gasolines. They have cost me some expensive repairs - mostly carburetors. Live and learn.
That engine one year older than me. Grew up in the 50’s and 60’ fishing in Indiana and these Johnson’s powered almost every row / fishing boat. Man this brings back great memories.
You have made me think how much fun it would be to start my 1935 Champion horse and a half outboard which I bought for $12 when I was 12. It has not run for at least 55 years. I turn it over once in a while to keep it free---Maybe.
I have a 25hp Johnson outboard in my shed that is the same color as yours. It is a 50's model also .It came with a tiller handle, remote cables and controls plus an old steering wheel. It will turn over, but have not tried to start it. It has a 5 gallon tank.
I love variety too, and your channel provides just that. In my everyday life I too do all kinds of stuff from arts and crafts to woodworking and gunsmithing. Keep up the good work, I truly like your videos and style!
not much of a mechanic but stuck with your whole video...home boy you are solid...I enjoyed your effort and video....don't go into the gulf or to the Bahama's....lol...maybe a small lake...bring a paddle....thanks for sharing the story.... .
Well done. My Dad had either an 8 or 10 hp Johnson {same color as yours) but he did not spend the time or give the care that you do. He never did get it to run well. That was over 55-57 years ago.
I got a 1947 seahorse from my grandma when I was a teenager. It had been sitting for 50 years and was brand new. She said if I got it going I could have it. I had it going in about 2 days and was able to take her for a ride with it before she died. The smile on her face was priceless. She said grandpa had bought it and could never get it to run so it got put in the wood shed. I still have it.
What a great memory you have. I hope you get to pass it along.
Had he not opened the air screw in the tank.?
wow this made me tear up a little thanks for that awesome story man
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I love a success story. Once renovated an 80cc Puch motorscooter a friend had bought which had stood in the rain for a couple of years and was seized solid. I filled the cylinder with oil and was hammering the piston down the cylinder with a block of wood and a hammer, then repeating the process to free it. My friends rather pompous elder brother walked over, took one look and said " You'll never get it to work!". Had it running the next day. Happy days!
What a trip down memory lane ! We had the exact same motor when we were kids, mounted on a 14 foot wooden rowboat. The gas cap has a little nut on it to let air into the tank. There is a lever on the top of the engine to put it in neutral for starting, then you close the lever to engage the driveshaft and prop.The thing ran for years with no maintenance. Thank you for posting this .....Jim.
This is very kool. Im 80 and remember so many old motors. I have a pretty nice collection that I'm venturing into a revival venture. Im glad to find these reviews. That is s classic jewel. I remember when we wrapped s rope sround a pully to crank them. Dandahermit
Wow I assumed that would be s single.
Wow. Thanks for the memories. My dad had the exact same outboard back when I was kid. I remember him setting a 55 gallon drum in our back yard with the top cut out of it, and filling it with water so he could run/tune the engine as needed. It was always fascinating to me to see and hear it run.
Wow, memories! I recall a 44 gallon drum with a British Seagull running in it, just like your dad did. It was probably 3/4 HP - they were humble. This is in Australia where Imperial gallons were 1.2 times the volume of US gallons, hence the 44 gallon drums. I once read an account of the British Seagull being the most efficient way invented of turning 2 stroke fuel into smoke!
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you have no idea how many memories you just brought back to me. My grand father had one of those and was given to me. I ran that thing "a lot" and it never quit.
Yep, the fuel filter is sintered bronze. That was used for many fuel filters, even on oil burners. It's very effective at low flow rates, and has more durability and actual filter area than screen filters of the same size.
I was delighted to watch this video because my grandfather had what appears to be the exact same outboard engine. He used to take me gigging for frogs in his rowboat with it. The last time he took me was in 1963 when I was 6yrs old. He died in 1964 and I inherited the engine from my grandmother in 1968. Being from Vermont, my grandfather always winterized all his engines. When I went to start his his outboard, it pretty much took a few pulls to start like yours did. I ran it on a 10ft Jon boat for a few years until his son (my uncle) gave me his Herters fiberglass boat. Being older by then the engine didn't push my boat fast enough so I traded the engine with my dentist for a Mercury 9.8 engine and never thought much about my grandfather's outboard again. Now, as I watch this video, I wish that my youth had of realized the value of what I had. I can only imagine how nice it would be to still have my grandfather 5hp Johnson outboard. Great video and now I'm a subscriber to your channel because, as a grandfather myself, I'm interested in all of the things that you mentioned that you will be making videos about. Greetings from Northwest Florida.
Great Job! If you haven't done so already, replace the outboard's water pump impeller and service the lower unit! I was given a 1955 Johnson 5-1/2 HP outboard by my Scoutmaster (had not run in 15 years) and I had also restored it to operating condition. Water pump impellers will take a set after a period of not being used and will begin to deteriorate. While the old impeller initially pumped water, it broke apart during the first or second outing with the outboard and overheated the engine. Impellers are relatively inexpensive, fairly easy to replace, and can help save heirlooms such as this. Additionally, change out the gear oil and check the lower unit seals.
Thanks for interesting information! I didn't know this, about the impeller.
I'm retired after almost 40 years as a heavy truck mechanic and service manager. It was almost a "men only" industry but was slowly changing. You should be proud of the example you set for other women. I enjoy your videos. Keep it up.
Many, _many_ years ago I lived on a beach in a big sheltered bay. There was a beat up old alloy rowboat on the property and, under it, a tiny old Seagull motor. It had not run in who knows how long. Decades, at least. Being an ignorant kid, I filled it with gas, bolted it to the rowboat, dragged it down to the water line and launched it. I spent literally hours and hours slowly drifting around the bay, yanking on the rope as the sun got lower. After the sunset, I finally called it and started rowing back to the beach. As I pulled the boat onto the sand, I yelled at the little Seagull and gave it a hard yank, just to punish it for defying me. And it started. I puttered around that bay until sunrise. It may have been the best night of my life.
Absolute quality. I was an outboard mechanic in the 70's, Johnson and Evinrude part of OMC outboard marine corporation. Without watching the video entirely, the things to watch out for would be all the rubber type parts like the gearbox seal and the water impeller. For a mechanic Evinrude and Johnson were easier to work on than Mercury or Chrysler. Chrysler were rubbish.
The first Japanese outboard I saw was Yamaha. A copy of Johnson. When the Honda 7.5hp came out it was brilliant from day one.
Incredible the impeller was okay after all those years. What a lovely little outboard.
Great timing on this. I just got a 1955 10hp Johnson outboard that has been sitting about 7 years that I am looking at getting back out onto the water.
Oh man can I go on about these little motors. Basically their very similar designs all the way up to the early 80s when they went cdi ignition. But what that means is there's about 40 years worth of omc motors that use the exact same parts like ignition coils points and water impellers. Super good motors all the way through. Some things to note tho . The coils are garbage if their original, he got his running on them and that's rare, but they will be cracked and have moisture in them that leads to losing spark when they heat up. But on the bright side their under 20 bucks a pice and the new ones are good quality. Same with the impeller, it will be junk but once again like 12 bucks shipped to your door. Your motor is the very beginning of the "modern" omc design. Having the forward and reverse lower end and basically sharing all the bits and pices they used for like 20 years after. Crank seals and stuff like that tends to be pretty stout on them. But check it all of course. Yours uses a pressurized dual line tank and they work good if you can get it all sealed up properly, but if not, or you don't have an original tank there's a quick way to drill a port on the motor and run a newer style pulse pump for a modern single line tank. Pretty solid motors, yours being the early bearing style will like roughly 25:1 oil mix on new 2 stroke oil. The 16:1 was meant for standard sae 30 oil. It's over kill with the modern 2 stroke oils, but run 50:1 in it and it will blow a rod bearing eventually. Obviously there's a lot more finess to setting up and running them then new outboards. But if you set it all up right it will work just as good. I'm currently building up a 1961 18 hp for my tinner. And it's basically the same as your motor. I love these little motors and have had a bunch with very little issue. You can always pick one up for 50 bucks, but of course that turns in to about 200 bucks once you've replaced all the necessary bits. But once you have they work great and you sure get some looks out on the lake.
My father had one, when I was just a boy,...many times we have put that motor on the back of a boat and gone fishing,....The memories are flooding back, just seeing that motor,...THANKS !!!
That "screen' is actually sintered bronze. I had an old Chevy that had a filter like this on the carburetor fuel intake. This is era where you CLEANED the fuel filter instead of replacing it.
Yeah I remember those old bronze filters back in the day located right on the gas line intake to the carburetor 👍
Sintered filters are still available today. I know of at least one that makes them from stainless steel.
I had an outboard exactly like that. I got it cheap because the carburetor leaked gas and the engine ran badly. The wire keeper and screw that held the cork float to the valve stem had sunk deep into the cork allowing the cork to ride too high in the chamber and not fully close the valve. I fixed it by flipping the cork upside down so that I could attach the keeper to the pristine end. That fixed it! The engine ran beautifully after that.
The slow idle circuit as you indicated is not inside the main carburetor body but outboard and separate of it, although it is plumbed to the main carb’s float chamber. That little port that the low speed needle valve is connected to isn’t a rotary vane pump, it’s actually a separate and very small venturi with its own tiny reed valve. At slow idle speed the throttle butterfly in the main carburetor body cuts off the main venturi completely and the engine slow idles on that tiny outboard venturi.
The fuel screen is actually a ceramic filter.
The float valve isn’t a needle valve, it’s a poppet valve.
Sintering is basically taking a bunch of (usually) small particles, packing them together tightly and then heating them to a temperature a bit under their melting temperature. As if by magic they will stick together to form a single solid piece. The reason it happens is because atoms are constantly moving, when raised a sufficiently high temperature that is also below the melting temperature there is a reasonable chance that individual atoms randomly gain enough energy to migrate from one lump of material to another in close proximity. This process works particularly well for metals and glasses. P.S. I like variety.
There's a way to make glass things, that work the same way, that I just can't recall the name of, or find. You pack crushed glass in a form and tag fuse it - makes it not as translucent, as the uncrushed glass, because of the air in it.
I bet you could use an air stone used for a fish tank in place of the original screen filter
So; is this haw gold is applied to ceramic surfaces?
I have a 1958 5.5 hp. I did a similar resurrection in 1989. It has run perfectly ever since. By far the finest small engine I have ever worked on and used. They are very smooth, perfectly balanced and powerful. Nice job on the overhaul and video!
What mix do you use?
Sweet! I remember back in 1969, my brother attached 2 'expansion chambers' from Yamaha 80 exhaust pipes to the 2 cylinder exhaust housing on our 10 horse Johnson. Ran some 3/8 piping down under the stern of our 12 foot Glassbar runabout, to make them "wet pipes". Put it in Lake Arrowhead [Hamiltare]. It ran great and sounded awesome. We lasted about 2 hours on the lake and got towed to the boat jail. Which was really hypocritical because there were race boats all over the lake [SS22]. But it was super fun... and LOUD!
Evenrude fast 10 twin was a great lil engine also.
First learn your lessons on exhaust resonance. That is not easy. But done right, it can give you some horsepower. Jesus, help those fools who do not understand themselves. Any idea why many twins have two seperate pipes? Yes, that always works okay. Calculating where to place that pipe across those two exhausts, well, that is the problem. Exhaust pulse in pipe 1 can pull the air from pipe 2 in exactly the right time. That is the thing you are tuning these exhausts for. Good luck.
I have this same engine, I bought it at a garage sale 13 years ago and put it in the garage at the cottage and never touched it. Pulled it out last year and it started first pull. I used all summer on the sale boat. Just pulled it out for this summer, started 1st pull.
JUST SOLID!!!
I love your channel. You bring fantastic stuff to the table and you make me realise that I too can do all(or at least some) the stuff you do. As a teacher myself, I can say that you’re a great educator. Keep up the good stuff!
My father would take this exact engine to Jim's Rowboats in Manasquan, NJ and rent a boat for the day. The cost was $2.00 and this was in the late '40's and early '50's. Your external observations were dead on. Somewhere there's an 8 mm film of me driving the boat alone. Great memories, thank you.
I like variety. You show a lot of things I've never thought to even search for.
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I watch all of his videos (almost always like his stuff)!
That’s what HE said.
That little engine is so cool. That thing will run forever with just a little care. Love it.
I love old carbs. Dead simple, made to last, and designed with the expectation that the owner will be doing most/all of the maintenance on it. Especially when you get into carbs from the teens or naughts.
-Instruction owners manuals from back in the day described (among other details) how to clean, adjust carbs, including valves (4 cycle).
Today's mentality'.. instruction manuals warn (among countless other formerly' common sense),
"Don't drink the battery acid" ;{
You wish it were dead simply. Never ever tank that alcohol infested gasoline. It ruins your carburettors and the rest. It really does. Just once is okay, if you burn it the next day. Keeping that junk in your tank is asking for trouble. Dead simple? You wish!
@@voornaam3191 Not entirely sure what methanol mixed gasoline has to do with the complexity of an older carburetor, but I'm a master mechanic who works on classic motorcycles. Those carburetors are dead simple, no wishing necessary.
I just stumbled across this channel. Im not into boats at all other than kayaking. But seeing that old motor come back to life no problem had me grinning
My late Father in law had this motor's twin. The low speed adjustment was always a royal pain. When it ran good it would go all day. Watching this video brought back some wonderful memories. I'm eighty three I still miss our fishing trips to Oregon Lakes. We always mixed fuel at 24 to 1. Great video
That motor was identical to my first OB motor I bought it in 1957 .even had the cork float .funny thing years later I was on duty with marine rescue and a bootie asked if we had a spare plastic bung .I gave him a cork .he was furious ." That won't keep the water out "
I said" well it kept the wine in the bottle and we used them on boats before plastic bungs were invented "
Good job getting that motor running .
Thanks for the inspiration. My dad has a 2.5 hp(think it's even a twin), my uncle had a 5 hp that we took to northern Wisconsin, my grandfather had a Martin 60 and I've been using a 63 Johnson 10 hp for the last few years on fishing trips
They had you use way more oil in the gas back then. I've got a 1956 3 hp Johnson that my grandfather bought used in 1965. The engine still runs! They didn't have good oils back then, but my grandfather always ran 50:1 and NEVER had trouble. I think that people were overkill back then. My grandfather also had a chainsaw that said 16:1, he always followed the manuals for everything, but said he couldn't see to cut wood the smoke was so bad! He ran that 50:1 worked there too. Also, I believe ethanol is falsely accused for almost EVERY fuel problem! Yeah, there are some disadvantages, but Tetraethyl lead caused some issues too (to say the least). Carburetors used to clog back then too! Thanks for getting this vintage gem going. Wonderful video!
You mentioned not being able to replace the seat in that carb, you can always lap that needle and seat if it's not sealing. I'm sure you know that.
I'm old enough to remember we had needle seat cutting and lapping tools in the shop.
Yup! That's indeed cork. My 1960 Seahorse 3 HP also has a cork float, and so does my 1967 Evinrude 9 1/2 HP (it's rectangular, though). Extruding plastics wasn't a big deal back then and I think it would have been expensive instead of a simple cork float. I surely didn't expect a sintered bronze alloy filter in the tank. Well, learned something new today. :)
Great job getting this fine engine back to life again.
Cool stuff. Some decades back, my grandfather saved two red and white Johnson motors from the scrapyard, a 5½ and a 7½ horse. After a bit of TLC they fired right up and have been moving a little jon boat around with no problems since.
Variety for sure. I have Eilgn in the rafters of my garage that was my wife's grand fathers. I think it is a 3hp and from the same era as yours. My father in law rebuilt it in the the 70's. He used it till his death in the mid 80's .I really should get it down and get running, but having cancer will likely mean I won't be able to. I am hopeful my son will some day. I am really enjoying this mini series. Keep up the good work.
Variety is the spice of life ... someone once said . Just found your channel now and im already intrigued and enjoy watching things be fixed, broken and or new to me . I like to learn and especially learn things i dont normally come in contact with in daily life . Cant wait to see what other stuff you got going on :) Cheers .
Hmmm, well, honestly, I have 2 reactions. One, is that you are having fun and have expertise, which I admire. Two, having grown up in the 1950's as a boater, the truth is, there is a reason these motors were trashed when they got old. Cuz they were a constant source of angst, and not worth saving except for museums and nostalgia. Always 1001 things that could go wrong, and did, after they got to be several years old. Life was spent fruitlessly adjusting carburetors, changing fuel, replacing gaskets, praying, thinking and asking the Johnson dealer how much a newer more powerful replacement would cost :)
-Same today... for some people ;}
Metal and bodies of water is a recipe for money pits only! Even aluminum can corrode in marine environments. Nasty, really.
Buy a sailboat, keep an outboard~
Make a crab claw sailing proa if you just want a hobby.
You need the book "Johnson Evenrude and the legend of OMC". My dad is big into all things boating and this is one of my favorite books he has. These outboards are like chevy engines, many parts are easy to find and are universal between engines. One project I am working on is taking a electric start lawnboy push mower engine and mating it to a ESKA lower unit. Why?, Because it's from when lawnboy was owned by OMC. :)
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That book has saved many motors from remaining on the lake bottom!
Yes variety is the best. I love what you do because it's what I like - going from mechanics to welding, to woodworking. It's all fun, thanks for the variety - favorite channel of 2023!
The old engines were generally 16;1, mixed with 30 ND. New sub here. Can't wait till next week.
Interesting yeah i in my sixties so i saw stuff like this.
I think you can run less oil now because the oil is better, but I don't know how much less.
Mid 60s starting using 50 to 1 ratio 2 strokes.
Very thoroughly Showed what he was doing, showed each part explaining it's function and made the video very interesting throughout the entire video. Sir you are an excellent teacher.
WD-40 is a great cleaner for those old engines. Mineral spirits as well. The filter is a "sintered" bronze from that era. Very common. Several of the smaller OMC engines had these, either in the tank or the external filter/glass bowl of the larger engines. If you ordered a new cotton covered starter rope it will do the same as your current rope in short order. Trust me!
The engine was only running on one cylinder when you got it running. Check by pulling the plug wires one at a time while running and you will see.
When running in the pail or bucket make sure the static water line is above the water pump which is located just above the parting line between the lower unit and the exhaust housing. The old pumps will rarely prime since they were not designed to be self-priming.
You will need coils and condensers for it. The old coils and condensers will fail once warmed. Those parts are still available !! Points are set at a loose .020.
Great info. Thanks.
The engine only has 1 cylinder ? So what do you mean it's only running on 1 ?
@@thomasmarshall5728 Thomas, the engine is a 2-cylinder engine that was only running on one of them.
Without having seen this, yet. I resurrected a T-5 Johnson motor identical to this one a few years ago.
I had to make my own carb float out of a wine cork and Seal-All.
I sold it to my good friend's son. He fishes at a small lake where he rents a boat.
It still runs flawlessly.
Ole Evinrude was a genius.
For those folk who don't know, a outboard water pump impeller will melt in very quick time if there is no water running through it.
Even if you have the earmuffs supplying water they leak so much you shouldn't use them to do more than flush the engine after saltwater use of the boat. That's what they were designed to do, not to run the engine while tuning or testing on the "hard"
If that little beastie hasn't run in 40 odd years the impeller will be fairly crusty and brittle so a new one will be needed if you are going to use the engine even though it still pumps out the tell tail hole there probably won't be enough flow to cool the engine properly.
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I like the variety in your content. Perhaps a representation of being a Jack of all trades.
Keep putting out the varied content and I'll continue watching. I have the same issue on my channel, like you I do all kinds of shop work. Btw I started watching you with the solar panels, then went back and watched your older stuff. All of it was interesting.
I've been looking at TH-cam videos for years,.....and this is the first channel to which I've subscribed. You sold me sir,......terribly interesting and informative,.......bravissimo!!
You dont need to run 16:1 Oils have made insane improvements over the years. 40:1 with the new two stroke oils will work absolutely fine. I have ran 50:1 with Amsoil and no issues.
16 to 1 ONLY,.. .50 to 1, with FULL synthetic,Amsoil, is possible.
Crank bearings didn't get better till mid 60s though. My '67 says 50 to 1 due ro improved Johnson oil, and crank bearings.
Haven't seen a green Johnson since the middle 50s- cork will get gas logged.
Liquor store cork and varnish does wonders as in the past.
I’ve got one! This is inspiring me to get started on reviving it. Mine looks practically new. My neighbor moved and I went down to say goodbye to him and he gave me the motor.
Personally, I like the variety, and this bell has zero risk of being un-clicked any time soon. Your content transcends locks and lathes and stumps and motors. You are consistent. Trust me.
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I love variety. That's why I never got married. LOL. 56 years married. Anyway, I appreciate how much you know on such a variety of subjects. I'll watch anything you put out.
Also remember that vane pump serving as the idle jets uses a rubber membrane, which might be quite stiff through time, so it might never be able to drive enough fuel for a nice idle. Any irreplaceable rubber parts I recommend treating with silicone oil, which should help bring back some elasticity.
I started off with a 1957 10hp Johnson my uncle gave me, he said when he bought it new their was no 2 cycle oil. He said you used 30# motor oil, 1 quart to 6 gallons. I still have it and the parts motor. Im sure it will still run even tho its been 25yrs or so. It has a double line fuel tank with a primer on the tank..you just got a new follow$$
We had one of these when I was a little kid back in the late 1960's. We used it to get to and from our cottage on an island. So cool to see one again
I just got my great grandpas 1953 Corsair navigator running after 32 years. This video is amazing
Personally I like the variety of your videos, and I think it acts as a good filter to find other like-minded people. I enjoy pretty much all of your content, and I'm sure there are way more of us than that 200k sub number suggests. Keep on keepin' on, and you'll get there. Cheers~
Looks just like the two and a half Johnson I had as a kid. I must have replaced at least a dozen propeller "shear pins" because of all the rocks in our cove. I had a great time cruising on Greenwood Lake NY/NJ. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
Also, if you replace the cork the new one has to be sealed with a "dope" that you can get at a hobby shop.
I once found a piece of an ancient Budweiser can inside of a brake cylinder for a 1949 MG TC-D Roadster. You do what is necessary to repair old machines. Enjoy your work
The "family heirloom engine" is the most American thing i've ever seen hahaha.
As for the question, I love the variety in your channel too, like what the other people here have said.
I think, in a way, most of us your fans here are here because we love your channel as is.
Though I assure you, that even if your channel got a bit more commercialized, with much narrower focus, I'd still watch your videos. And I'd like to think that most of us are like me as well. Why I mention this is that I don't want you to be discouraged from trying to capitalize and make videos that ultimately gets you more reception and money.
Call me materialistic, but I think money is very important. It motivates people, it lets people do things that they want to do. As a fan, that would be nice for us too, since if you could get more revenue off your videos, then maybe you would tackle larger, more expensive projects; and so on. And yeah I'd like you to get nice things for you and your family as well.
I do understand that this is a very fine line to draw here, so I really hope you don't get this wrong.
So to summarize:
I love your videos as is, but I wouldn't mind if you wanted to try things that gets you more money, and I believe a lot of us would agree.
Nicely stated.
@Pear, I feel that the first step to making "more money" as you put it, is to do things that are enjoyed... This man likes what he is doing and he is quite curious of how it works... That is a great thing... Do what is liked, then the money will follow.... That engine - is now quite sought after... And there are many people who collect these... His interest in them will give him many positive contacts... That is what makes people more aware, and knowledgeable. Who they associate with and what others know about them...
@@michaelmartinez1345 You are also right. But at the same time, it is widely known that the YT have a specific model that they want the creators to follow, guided by "the algorithm".
It bogs down a lot of creative and talents ones who are not in that spectrum, and sometimes people just loose the motivation to continue because of that, especially smaller channels.
I've seen guys who put out really long videos with an extremely ambitious scope, and be good at it, but yet stopping to post altogether because of the financial burdens, especially among the younger creators.
It would be absolutely amazing if he could stay true to who he is and grow more, which, i agree he does have more than enough potential to.
However, I just wanted to state that if things didn't somehow align well, and he wanted to try something different, I am sure i would still enjoy his videos.
Thats all.
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Sir u were on that like a flea on a hound of never giving up n so patient. Great job sir I will definitely ring that bell!
Fuel filters like that are usually brass beads fused together in a form.
Yes, variety is a good thing. I'm the same.
My little brother still uses my dad’s 5 1/2 HP 1955 sea horse all the time. It’s still a 2 pull motor, runs great and has been in continuous service since about 1961 when my dad bought it second hand. Indestructible outboard! With fresh fuel and a new plug, this one will start and run too
Did you check the gear oil? impressed that the impeller worked after so long time! Probably hard as a rock though…
Like variation in your content! 👍
Subscribed.
Because of the old boat in the thumbnail picture. I’m thinking about a 1960 Sea Ray 12’ or 14’ ? Lots of good memories fishing in northern Wisc with my Dad. Spooner, Lake Nakomis, Mt Morris, Upper Gresham Lake....
“ the sunsets are so much more beautiful in Wisconsin “ my Dad had said. And I agree.
I've found ultrasonic cleaners good for unclogging screens, even just the little jewelry ones.
Damn that’s a good idea
Man, I love your humour as well as patience and persistence. You deserve all you get out of your videos.
Cork floats were actually pretty common back in the day. You see them on the old 2 stroke Law-Boy lawnmowers.
That carburetor looks like the old "updraft" style carburetors commonly found on power lawn equipment.
you can coat the cork float with a good varnish as it doesn't react with the petrol.I repaired the petol guage in my 1964 Opel Kadette (automobile made in Germany) when the cork float in the petrol tank got petrol logged. i just hung it out to dry in the sunshine (in south africa )for a couple of days and applied a couple of coats of varnish and it worked perfectly well. that was way back in 1974. Thanks for the video
That is so darn cool!! I’m about to do this with my 56 5 1/2 Johnson. This got me so excited!!
In this age of disposable everything, it’s uplifting to see things from an older generation being brought back to working order. Companies have made things nearly impossible to work on yourself. This, sadly, is the age of landfills.
Things are disposable because nobody taught the value of taking care of anything and respect what they have.. Most everything can be worked on and has spare parts available and is made to be worked on... it's easier to junk it than sit down and learn something is what's sad
@@jasonmorse6003 "Most everything can be worked on and has spare parts available" - This sadly isn't true anymore, and unfortunately Phil May is correct. And most of it has to do with the proliferation of software (we are talking about new products after all).
Whether it's electronics, tractors, cars, motors, or many things mechanical. Companies are more and more quite literally disallowing consumers to repair the products they newly built products they own. These companies *deliberately do not stock parts,* and often even *disallow allow consumers to access parts outright via various unscrupulous methods (often imposing software-based restrictions/locks).* And if there even is a means to repair, these companies often monopolize it (the repair sector), only allowing the customer to send their products in to them specifically, deliberately keeping parts access out of consumer hands. *That is, if they even will repair their product in the first place, which they often don't (even though they easily could).*
*This is exactly what the recent "Right to Repair" movement is about.* People are literally no longer able to DIY-repair the things they own due to these restrictive polices. I strongly implore you to look into right-to-repair, and just how ridiculous this debacle has gotten. Farmers disallowed to repair their own tractors and being forced to hack into them if possible (John Deer is a big culprit for the farming industry). Car owners unable to repair their own vehicles without voiding warranty (you must go to the dealer). Same thing with the majority of consumer electronic devices such as phones and computers. Apple, Samsung, (and many more, this is just a tiny example of the companies and products affected).
It's everywhere. If you are buying a new product as a consumer, there is a very good chance you will not be allowed to repair it yourself. *Even if you happen to find the parts (it could be software-locked to a specific unit/device/phone/engine/tractor/VIN #/etc!).* And it's just getting worse and worse. If you are buying a new computer or phone, there is a very good chance you are SOL if you try to get it repaired, or try repair it yourself. It didn't used to be like that. I used to be able to find a part (often straight from the OEM) and fix it myself without some bogus restriction (often software based but not always) behind it.
"Right to Repair" can use all the support it can get. These companies are lobbying as hard as they can to convince politicians that these practices are justified and that DIY repair is harmful. Often these lobbyists say that these companies are "protecting" consumers (from injury) by disallowing them to repair, as well as using arbitrary and often ridiculous arguments such as implying that "consumer repair helps domestic abusers" among other ridiculous statements to attempt to convince politicians who do not know better (seeing as most politicians are not mechanics, engineers, nor software developers).
Believe me, I wouldn't believe a lobbyist actually said that last one (about diy-repair aiding "domestic abuse") either. All I can do is attempt to spread the word and hope you look into it yourself. It never used to be like this, but as more time goes on it becomes the norm, sadly.
I am really glad the algorithm got me here. Great backstory on the motor. I really enjoyed the video and am heading over to find part 2.
You will get there! I bought a cheap boat some years back- 1980's- and it came with a 'free' engine- An Evinrude Fast-Twin. I spent hours on that engine. The carb was the problem and more precisely, the fuel-pump that delivered the fuel to the float-bowl. The neoprene or rubber diaphragms were shot (similar to a chain-saw or brush-cutter's carb). I got it running off a car electric fuel pump from the 60's.
Congratulations on getting your family heirloom up & running. I remember my dad buying a brand new 4hp Johnson for his dory back in 1973. It too was a twin cylinder like yours, and it was very smooth, and quiet for a 2 stroke. This motor was 50 to 1 fuel mix so not bad at all in smokiness. I wish I still had it. I currently own 2 small 2 stroke outboards (air-cooled 3hp Tanaka), and two 4 strokes (2.5hp Suzuki, 6hp Tohatsu), and I have found the 2 strokes to be more reliable. I have had my 4 strokes die on me a couple times requiring the use of my paddle to get me home, but my 2 strokes have always been dead reliable, and much easier to work on.
got 1 in my shed now still has dealer decals from the dealer in Centralia Wa. ran it in 92 need to get it up and running again.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. My dad had a 3 horse power motor on his small tinny when I was a kid. Great video.
YT really knows what I like or what Im interested with. What a facinating machine
I liked when you said "tappy tap tap." Beautiful little engine.
I used to operate my Dad's identical engine. I got quite good at it. He always ran all the fuel out of the carb when he was finished operating it. One thing I did notice is that it appears that you did not open the tank vent on top of the gas cap. Maybe you did, but I did not see it.
I sold the motor to an older gentleman years ago and he intended to use it to run a small fishing boat.
Good video and good luck.
I don't know anything about boats but your vid is quality and very entertaining. Great job.
Great video, great commentary. Did Anyone else want to see him throttle it back-and-forth a bit
The simplicity but yet it was so far ahead of it's time at the time. Thanks for sharing!
good work on restoring this nice little Johnson outboard motor mate as i liked restoring older outboarrds as they are far easier to fix unlike the newer motor are harder to fix as these older Johnsons was a beauty as i liked the older outboards better then the newer ones as an ex marine mechanic i worked on these outboards mostly the newer models of these 50s outboards from the 60s onwards and later versions of these outboards was really good but not so good on the servicing at home like servicing as later motors you have to take them to a shop for the servicing wheareas you can fix these older outboards at home as id was saying thiswas my views as an ex Marine mechanic as i serviced these outboards in a outboard shop years ago now thiswas my first taste of fixin these older outboards in my short time as a marine mechanic as you see thiswas a good motor in my views as these will love forever longer with the right servicing and care these will outlast all the newer motors with the right care and servicing and maintences they will run forever for the rest of the motors life was needed good care and servicing and maintences as these was really will live forever if the good care was practiced all the time from the day you finish the resto work thise views from my time as a ex marine mechanic on working on these older Johnson and Evinrudes as these was really good outboards made by the really good outboard makers was OMC was a really best and good outboard motor makers was OMC was very good motors in the day and still is now
Great project! Maternal grandfather had a ‘53-54 Evinrude Sporttwin 7 1/2 that was similar. Great memories! Yeah… stay away from alcohol blend gasolines. They have cost me some expensive repairs - mostly carburetors. Live and learn.
So nice to Watch. I got similar 2.5 hp Seahorse and the same age ( looks the same) . It still runs : )
Very informative video good to see your old original outboard up and running
People like you truly amaze me
That engine one year older than me. Grew up in the 50’s and 60’ fishing in Indiana and these Johnson’s powered almost every row / fishing boat. Man this brings back great memories.
You have made me think how much fun it would be to start my 1935 Champion horse and a half outboard which I bought for $12 when I was 12. It has not run for at least 55 years. I turn it over once in a while to keep it free---Maybe.
I learned more from you in one vid about outboards , then in all the time playing around with them.
I have a 25hp Johnson outboard in my shed that is the same color as yours. It is a 50's model also .It came with a tiller handle, remote cables and controls plus an old steering wheel. It will turn over, but have not tried to start it. It has a 5 gallon tank.
I love variety too, and your channel provides just that. In my everyday life I too do all kinds of stuff from arts and crafts to woodworking and gunsmithing. Keep up the good work, I truly like your videos and style!
Thanks for the memories and I worked on those old engines when I was young I remember the cork
Great little motors. I used one I did this to in the 90's for many years. Thank you for sharing this.
not much of a mechanic but stuck with your whole video...home boy you are solid...I enjoyed your effort and video....don't go into the gulf or to the Bahama's....lol...maybe a small lake...bring a paddle....thanks for sharing the story....
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Well done. My Dad had either an 8 or 10 hp Johnson {same color as yours) but he did not spend the time or give the care that you do. He never did get it to run well. That was over 55-57 years ago.
I watched this video and part 2 straight through and loved. I know nothing about motors or boat motors and I found it awesome!!! Thanks!!
Variety is a good thing, all the channels I watch have variety. Keep going the way you are, love watching your stuff.
Hey John - everything you do is interesting for me. I think the mix is perfect - keep doing what you do👍👍👍
Love this! I had a 1974 Cub Cadet lawn tractor and it's fuel tank had a gauge built into the fuel tank cap. Powered by a real cork float.
Really enjoying your channel ,variety is the spice of life!
Great video! I actually cheered when the motor finally started running!