Boy you sure nailed it. It is now a disposable world. In 1958 I purchased a 18 hp. Johnson new from Steckleburg Marine in Lodi Wi. It ran for years with no problem . What memories you brought back you have no idea. Thanks for that.
I bought mine from a buddy when i was 16, 50+ years later i still have it and have not run it for 45 years. I'm old enough now that i should get it out again. Nice video.
I have seen and enjoyed this vid many times. I also have just purchased a 1965 Johnson JW-20 3HP outboard for my canoe. Lucky for me, the motor was a "Barn Find/Garage Find" with "5 Hours" run time dating back to 1965 when originally purchased. While inspecting the motor (cylinders, magneto, carburetor, water pump, exhaust tower, etc.) I can say it does have extremely few run hours. Naturally, many of the perishable will have to be replaced. As is, just only new spark plugs, it runs like a scalded dog but also idles down unbelievably low. This is perfect for future trips to Basswood and Jackfish Bay. Thanks Yankee for sharing your views on your 3HP Johnson outboard.
Johnson Outboards were the BOMB! I was raised on a 1959 Johnson 18 hp on a wooden runabout!!! They will ALWAYS be my favorite!! I also LOVED their 9.5 hp from 1964 to 1969
I got a 1953 TN 28 Johnson seahorse, I completely rebuilt the carb, and new leather primer washers I made myself, gaslines, spark plug , shut off valve, changed the lower gear oil and replaced the gaskets, and tuned up everything else. the water pump sprays water out like it should and it starts on the first pull almost every time so I never did anything with the points. I love my little motor ! I'm 17 with no experience with boat motors so I just bought one and figured it out !
I just got done restoring my 48 evinrude 3 hp and I tell you what, it runs like a champ. Thanks for sharing and I just hope that when I am long gone, whoever ends up getting motor would feel the satisfaction and delight that I feel every time I fire it up
A pimple faced, long haired 14 year old kid walked down the street the other day pushing a USA made Toro mower crank top built in 1967. He rescued it from his aunt's basement. He rebuilt it and it starts first try. I was amazed that a young man his age had such an appreciation for old USA made stuff but he is a Boy Scout. Did my heart good to spend half an hour talking with hum. Maybe there is a small ray of hope for the next generation. Protect your lower unit. Its critical. God bless.
WOW!!! That brings back memories of my Grandpa. He had the exact motor on a V-bottom. Not a ton of power for his boat but we would go out and catch tons of fish together. Thanks for sharing and bringing back those old memories of my Grandpa.
Awesome little motor! And she fired right back up too, Just like it was put away yesterday!! Nice job taking care of it. I work at a boat store that still sees these old motors come in once in awhile for service. Personally I love working on them rather than the newer outboards. Their simple mechanical elegance makes them a pleasure to work on and a testament to the engineers and builders who worked on them.
I appreciate your view on what we buy here in America, some have no idea of the beauty on vintage items. On my spare time I work on outboard motors and fishing reels both vintage, it is such a joy to bring them back to life both mentally and physically. Currently I looking at a Evinrude 4hp folding motor with case, what beautiful motors they are. Thanks for your time and presentation on your Johnson motor.
great video and commentary nice canoe mount own her brother 3hp 1960-61 that two piston design permits a fine idling and running motor the weedless prop is a bonus on mine all paint intact all decals intact dent free rust free and manual those were the days . . .
Nice Sea Horse you got. My Dad had a 1956 10hp Sea Horse ran like a top for years. Sold it to his buddy & the thing still runs last I heard. I bought an almost brand new 1976 6hp Sea Horse about 5 years ago for my jon boat & it runs.great. FYI, I pass the lake front OMC plant every day on the train. Such a shame it shut down, my family & I knew alot of people that use to work there. Same thing happened to the Chrysler plant to the north that use to be AMC.
I just pick that one tonight needed prop and front choke plates knobs too looking farward to fix it .Got to shop for prop and front of control plate knobs too ,Thank you for info Awesome work.Have fun,
I admire your philosophy; unfortunately this kind of thinking is not being taught. That is one of the reasons our land-fills are constantly growing. I myself only have a few outboards I work on, my favorite is, Evinrude's 1969 Lightwing 4hp; so nice to hear it running. Yet , most of my joy is working on vintage fishing reels and the same rule of thumb applies here as well. What a trill it is when I dissemble one of these reels for repair or maintenance, they are surely not build like today's reels. Having said that, there are some good reels made today but boy are they expensive, even so, the quality is far from what they use to be. Thank you for your thoughts and tips on this model of outboard, it all comes handy. Gracias
I have a 1957 10hp Johnson, I replaced some POINTS and COILS with my dad when I was a kid 10 years old, 32 years later I still have that motor, and there is no question if I put some gas in it, it will start. Mine eaven has a real glass float bowl. "They don't make them like that anymore."
I have the identical twin of your motor, also a 59. An outboard tech friend of mine who recently moved to BC from Ontario, says they are still very popular out there. I’m a big fan of the well made older equipment! Also own a 17 ft Clipper Prospector canoe, in Kevlar/Duraflex. 👍🏻
I aquired a 1958 Johnson 3 that hadn't been run for years. Those things will run indefinitely if cared for even a little. Parts are readily available, which kinda surprised me, they are simple to work on, I mean you can rebuild that thing in a day with couple hundred bucks and a 6 pack, and thats awesome.
Very well said my grandparents had the same dang near everything for 30+ yrs and most of it still works and wouldn't you know vintage is coming back in the main stream as the new " in style". I was in a meeting today when a woman said she needed new tires and brakes on her car so she traded it in for a new one. She said she didnt care to ever pay a car off and that she upgraded and called it a deal. WOW when credit is more common then sense what next. I think we know. God Bless
Very cool. I have some of my grandfathers USA made tools from when he use to do auto body repair back in the 50's and 60's and I use them now. Some of the companies have moved to Germany.
Wonderful old engines. I had one for many years and am currently working on the slightly newer 4 HPs. Both the 3s and 4s will push surprisingly big boats adequately.
55? Don't make me and the motor older than we are! I was born in 1959 also, and I am 53, turning 54 later this year. The motor looks in great shape. Meanwhile, I am reminded of the old joke, "if I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'da taken better care of myself ... "
Not sure how many got, "It's a Cinderella story." lolololol love the conball humour you have. It's honestly the main reason I subbed! All your knowledge it's just bonus.
Nice motor and video. I have a 1963 just like yours. I have owned it since about 1995. Mine does not have a high speed carb adjustment. Maybe it's behind the cowl?
Hello: Yankee it's a good one. You are right it was made right, made by hand by craftsman. The only thing I wonder does it take lube in the lower unit. America has changed, someone gave my friend a 18' pontoon he restored it. He called me and ask where to get a new motor. Well I told him and he said no they are all closed, gone out of business. We live in Va. he got his new motor in Ocala, Fl. he found a deal. Have a Nice Day
I got one like yours but a 1964 (JH19A). It's also in mint condition besides the dreaded coil problem. They're porous in the Bakelite or resin (whatever the stuff is). I'll resurrect that baby and have her as a backup motor on my boat. :)
I'm in the process of restoring a Johnson 1966 JW21E. She's gonna look as beautiful as she runs! I agree, they just don't make outboards like the use to. It's plastic vs. metal. Who's gonna last longer???
1959 was still a good year for US manufacturing, as evidenced by the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar. A new one is about $2000-, but a 59 is $250,000-400,000-. It was a different era, and quality ruled the roost!
I've got a 1961 5 hp Johnson that I rebuilt. I just got a 1949 Montgomery Wards Sea King 5 hp that I'm gonna sell after I get the points cleaned off. I'm 14 years old.
Hi my friend...I don't usually reply to my youtube viewings, but yours grabbed me by the ball bearings, so I must weigh in. I have a beauty-queen '62 JW-17 and four others. The storage/refurbishment procedures you mention and the venues you pursued in operation made me smile. Libbs Lake as hostile territory, LOL maybe you shoulda been running a 4-stroke, or a three thousand dollar Torqeedo electric. Makes me wonder why I have stockpiled so many NOS parts for 'em. What's gonna break anyway?
the entire time I lived there.....My father still has it, and it still burns the toast on the one side. I believe it to be a Sunbeam(which I believe was made in America)? Well at least while something was made in America other than Debt and more Fiat currency!
....Too bad no one prepped the manufacturing industry.... I'm a small American composites manufacturer, and if the damn laws weren't so unscientifically, irrationally ridiculous, and unaccountable bureaucrats and politicians didn't have mindless thugs enforcing their special-interest-driven laws, I'd be a BIG manufacturer, long time now.... rant over. - Your Yank'-ness, I wish I could part that motor out and run a coordinate-measuring machine all over every part. We can still save it. - Mike
Yank, that is why I go to farm auctions in my area,, My wife and I buy older, American made products to use, keep and also to pass on to my kids. All my tools are second-hand, American made only. Do auctions when you can,, "Obama" will get to that too probably. lol Take care, Todd
YP- If youd like to replace the copper fuel line with SS 'lab-grade' tubing and fittings, give me a shout, and I can hook you up, just need a couple measurments. JBR
Are you kidding me? A toaster not important? Its the principle behind the toaster. My mom has a deep freezer made in America thats older than I am . It was a hand me down from her grandmother that passed away. Even the power indicator light on the bottom corner of the door still works. It has to be at least 48 years old. No school like the old school. Saw a $7 toaster at a discount store. Same price our parents probably paid but it won't toast bagels for 20 years, I gare on tee ya that.
We as Americans to go back to the old ways and you wonder why people don’t have money to spend money on things over and over and over they don’t build them like they used to
it's the same for Blighty. We used to make everything in the UK and now we import alot of crap. Companies realised they could make alot more money by making things disposable. Greed is the name of the game and it's destroying the planet.
Boy you sure nailed it. It is now a disposable world. In 1958 I purchased a 18 hp. Johnson new from Steckleburg Marine in Lodi Wi. It ran for years with no problem . What memories you brought back you have no idea. Thanks for that.
Who’s still got this on repeat in 2021, love the way he says Johnson at the beginning I lose it everytime
I bought mine from a buddy when i was 16, 50+ years later i still have it and have not run it for 45 years.
I'm old enough now that i should get it out again.
Nice video.
I have seen and enjoyed this vid many times. I also have just purchased a 1965 Johnson JW-20 3HP outboard for my canoe. Lucky for me, the motor was a "Barn Find/Garage Find" with "5 Hours" run time dating back to 1965 when originally purchased. While inspecting the motor (cylinders, magneto, carburetor, water pump, exhaust tower, etc.) I can say it does have extremely few run hours. Naturally, many of the perishable will have to be replaced. As is, just only new spark plugs, it runs like a scalded dog but also idles down unbelievably low. This is perfect for future trips to Basswood and Jackfish Bay. Thanks Yankee for sharing your views on your 3HP Johnson outboard.
Johnson Outboards were the BOMB! I was raised on a 1959 Johnson 18 hp on a wooden runabout!!! They will ALWAYS be my favorite!! I also LOVED their 9.5 hp from 1964 to 1969
I got a 1953 TN 28 Johnson seahorse, I completely rebuilt the carb, and new leather primer washers I made myself, gaslines, spark plug , shut off valve, changed the lower gear oil and replaced the gaskets, and tuned up everything else. the water pump sprays water out like it should and it starts on the first pull almost every time so I never did anything with the points. I love my little motor ! I'm 17 with no experience with boat motors so I just bought one and figured it out !
I just got done restoring my 48 evinrude 3 hp and I tell you what, it runs like a champ. Thanks for sharing and I just hope that when I am long gone, whoever ends up getting motor would feel the satisfaction and delight that I feel every time I fire it up
A pimple faced, long haired 14 year old kid walked down the street the other day pushing a USA made Toro mower crank top built in 1967. He rescued it from his aunt's basement. He rebuilt it and it starts first try. I was amazed that a young man his age had such an appreciation for old USA made stuff but he is a Boy Scout. Did my heart good to spend half an hour talking with hum. Maybe there is a small ray of hope for the next generation. Protect your lower unit. Its critical. God bless.
That's awesome, I just found my grandma's Johnson motor in her attic!!
WOW!!! That brings back memories of my Grandpa. He had the exact motor on a V-bottom. Not a ton of power for his boat but we would go out and catch tons of fish together. Thanks for sharing and bringing back those old memories of my Grandpa.
Awesome little motor! And she fired right back up too, Just like it was put away yesterday!! Nice job taking care of it. I work at a boat store that still sees these old motors come in once in awhile for service. Personally I love working on them rather than the newer outboards. Their simple mechanical elegance makes them a pleasure to work on and a testament to the engineers and builders who worked on them.
I appreciate your view on what we buy here in America, some have no idea of the beauty on vintage items. On my spare time I work on outboard motors and fishing reels both vintage, it is such a joy to bring them back to life both mentally and physically. Currently I looking at a Evinrude 4hp folding motor with case, what beautiful motors they are.
Thanks for your time and presentation on your Johnson motor.
great video and commentary
nice canoe mount
own her brother 3hp 1960-61
that two piston design permits a fine idling and running motor
the weedless prop is a bonus on mine
all paint intact all decals intact dent free rust free
and manual
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That's awesome. My generation is really missing out on these kinds of things.
Nice Sea Horse you got. My Dad had a 1956 10hp Sea Horse ran like a top for years. Sold it to his buddy & the thing still runs last I heard. I bought an almost brand new 1976 6hp Sea Horse about 5 years ago for my jon boat & it runs.great.
FYI, I pass the lake front OMC plant every day on the train. Such a shame it shut down, my family & I knew alot of people that use to work there. Same thing happened to the Chrysler plant to the north that use to be AMC.
Thank you for your detailed video!! I really needed it heading in to this 59 Johnson I just found in my grandma's attic!!
I just pick that one tonight needed prop and front choke plates knobs too looking farward to fix it .Got to shop for prop and front of control plate knobs too ,Thank you for info Awesome work.Have fun,
It is great to see good old American machinery (from before the age of "planned obsolescence" ) still working!
I admire your philosophy; unfortunately this kind of thinking is not being taught. That is one of the reasons our land-fills are constantly growing.
I myself only have a few outboards I work on, my favorite is, Evinrude's 1969 Lightwing 4hp; so nice to hear it running. Yet , most of my joy is working on vintage fishing reels and the same rule of thumb applies here as well. What a trill it is when I dissemble one of these reels for repair or maintenance, they are surely not build like today's reels. Having said that, there are some good reels made today but boy are they expensive, even so, the quality is far from what they use to be.
Thank you for your thoughts and tips on this model of outboard, it all comes handy.
Gracias
Awesome! I just bought two from a guy. Both are JW-18. 1963. Way cool little engines. I also have three 1959 RDS-21 35 hp.
Best motors ever made. and at 37lbs with a lot of power smooth running they speck for them selfs I have 4 of them
I have a 1957 10hp Johnson, I replaced some POINTS and COILS with my dad when I was a kid 10 years old, 32 years later I still have that motor, and there is no question if I put some gas in it, it will start. Mine eaven has a real glass float bowl. "They don't make them like that anymore."
That's a dandy of a Johnson lol You are correct the world will never have the quality that the US once provided great vid God Bless brother
I have the identical twin of your motor, also a 59. An outboard tech friend of mine who recently moved to BC from Ontario, says they are still very popular out there. I’m a big fan of the well made older equipment! Also own a 17 ft Clipper Prospector canoe, in Kevlar/Duraflex. 👍🏻
I aquired a 1958 Johnson 3 that hadn't been run for years. Those things will run indefinitely if cared for even a little. Parts are readily available, which kinda surprised me, they are simple to work on, I mean you can rebuild that thing in a day with couple hundred bucks and a 6 pack, and thats awesome.
That was the engine my Grandfather had when we would go fishing in the 70’s .
Tactical canoe with tactical motor! Love it! I use a minn kota electric motor on my canoe its fun, but i bet that motor is more fun
Very well said my grandparents had the same dang near everything for 30+ yrs and most of it still works and wouldn't you know vintage is coming back in the main stream as the new " in style". I was in a meeting today when a woman said she needed new tires and brakes on her car so she traded it in for a new one. She said she didnt care to ever pay a car off and that she upgraded and called it a deal. WOW when credit is more common then sense what next. I think we know. God Bless
I'd buy that in a heart beat. Nice and smooth.
Music to my ears. Thanks for the video.
Very cool. I have some of my grandfathers USA made tools from when he use to do auto body repair back in the 50's and 60's and I use them now. Some of the companies have moved to Germany.
Wonderful old engines. I had one for many years and am currently working on the slightly newer 4 HPs. Both the 3s and 4s will push surprisingly big boats adequately.
14 ft aluminum v- bottom boat and pushes unbelievably with the old J-3
I love your videos man. Thanks much for taking the time and effort you put into these. They really are appreciated!
Got a 1956 5.5 hp Johnson , runs just like what yours does, Run Amsoil in it, last forever!! Longer then me !!
Looks like a lot of fun. Now I want one!
That was AWESOME!!! It's what life is all about there, man heaven.
55? Don't make me and the motor older than we are! I was born in 1959 also, and I am 53, turning 54 later this year. The motor looks in great shape. Meanwhile, I am reminded of the old joke, "if I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'da taken better care of myself ... "
Not sure how many got, "It's a Cinderella story." lolololol love the conball humour you have. It's honestly the main reason I subbed! All your knowledge it's just bonus.
Great motor I have one too
got it's younger brother ('63), runs great as well :)
Love the old school stuff!!!
rugged, simple, and reliable. not much of that left these days.
Success you got to love it.. reminds me of my old Elgin.
Nice Johnson! I've got a '43 Elgin that I restored, and an old Martin in pieces that I need to finish. There's something about those old motors!
i just got one as well here in the netherlands, i am happy with it
Nice motor and video. I have a 1963 just like yours. I have owned it since about 1995. Mine does not have a high speed carb adjustment. Maybe it's behind the cowl?
Damn. Started on first crank?
Hello: Yankee it's a good one. You are right it was made right, made by hand by craftsman. The only thing I wonder does it take lube in the lower unit. America has changed, someone gave my friend a 18' pontoon he restored it. He called me and ask where to get a new motor. Well I told him and he said no they are all closed, gone out of business. We live in Va. he got his new motor in Ocala, Fl. he found a deal. Have a Nice Day
Yuuup! very niiiizzzz indeed. Makes me wish we never sold our 12' V hull & 1954 Evinrude motor.
I have a early 60's Evenrude that folds in its own suitcase. Still Works great.
Niiiiiiizzzze, can't beat the classics
I got one like yours but a 1964 (JH19A). It's also in mint condition besides the dreaded coil problem. They're porous in the Bakelite or resin (whatever the stuff is). I'll resurrect that baby and have her as a backup motor on my boat. :)
I'm in the process of restoring a Johnson 1966 JW21E. She's gonna look as beautiful as she runs! I agree, they just don't make outboards like the use to. It's plastic vs. metal. Who's gonna last longer???
Great narration.
Man is that clean!!
WHAT A BEAUTY!
1959 was still a good year for US manufacturing, as evidenced by the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar. A new one is about $2000-, but a 59 is $250,000-400,000-. It was a different era, and quality ruled the roost!
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!
I need to convince my wife that a Canoe will greatly increase our quality of life...
at the end I thought you were going to say "Well I am Yankeeprepper and this is my Johnson"! LOL nice job.
just got an evinrude light twin 3 found it at the dump nothing wrong with it just needs a carb clean
HOT - DANG , & NUFSED !! way to go !!! JUST LOVE IT !! LOOK OUT "TROUT"
Happy Trails & Water from Canada
" GOD BLESS "
Cinderella story, best tactical canoe ever
Terrific ~ Thanks!
I've got a 1961 5 hp Johnson that I rebuilt. I just got a 1949 Montgomery Wards Sea King 5 hp that I'm gonna sell after I get the points cleaned off. I'm 14 years old.
Hi my friend...I don't usually reply to my youtube viewings, but yours grabbed me by the ball bearings, so I must weigh in. I have a beauty-queen '62 JW-17 and four others. The storage/refurbishment procedures you mention and the venues you pursued in operation made me smile. Libbs Lake as hostile territory, LOL maybe you shoulda been running a 4-stroke, or a three thousand dollar Torqeedo electric. Makes me wonder why I have stockpiled so many NOS parts for 'em. What's gonna break anyway?
Whats the oil:gas ratio you prefer for that great engine?
The older Johnson-Evinrudes were 24 to 1. A qt of oil per 6gls of gas. Newer engines were 50 to 1.
How about a closeup of that canoe mount?
Always enjoy a good Caddyshack reference
I was born in 1959 also . Wished i was running that well at 61 yo . 🙄
I have the same year as yours could you tell me the number for the water pump impellar
Why would I have the part number for the impeller just laying around?
that has got to be the best margarita mixer in the world
Love the Caddyshack line!!!!!!
Young Cinderella........ at 18 looks like about a 400 yard shot...... looks like she is hitting oh, about a 7 iron.
SHTF washing machine too?
Tanke you!...
You just can't beat old iron. I'm 56 and don't run that good. That thing rocks for 3 HP.
my dad just picked one up for $60, thing is i dont know if the water pump is still good. Anyone know if its metal bladed or rubber bladed?
+30GB It has a rubber impeller, Evinrude part number 434424
the entire time I lived there.....My father still has it, and it still burns the toast on the one side. I believe it to be a Sunbeam(which I believe was made in America)? Well at least while something was made in America other than Debt and more Fiat currency!
Back when stuff was made to run for ever and be maintained by the owner.
Not today! Everything's plastic and the cars look like eletric razors.
mine is a folding 3 that dad picked up mabee 1975 with our older 3 we explored most ove me. lakes now iv got to fire it up tear up the merrimac river.
i have the jw-18r model but it doesn't start. :(
AWESOME!!!
To think I was excited to rebuild my Briggs and Stratton mower engine...
A+ vid
Nice I have a 59 and a 67, great motors, someone put a fuel pump on mine
I agree.
Libbs Lake "I'm in enemy territory" lmao!!
Say, you don't happen to live in the Northeast, do you?
....Too bad no one prepped the manufacturing industry....
I'm a small American composites manufacturer, and if the damn laws weren't so unscientifically, irrationally ridiculous, and unaccountable bureaucrats and politicians didn't have mindless thugs enforcing their special-interest-driven laws, I'd be a BIG manufacturer, long time now.... rant over.
- Your Yank'-ness, I wish I could part that motor out and run a coordinate-measuring machine all over every part. We can still save it. - Mike
im still useing my 1958
Man thats a spitting image of mine.Dad died and have had it since 1995,not sure on the date.I use mine for trolling.
I have a 2 horse just like it.
Yank, that is why I go to farm auctions in my area,, My wife and I buy older, American made products to use, keep and also to pass on to my kids. All my tools are second-hand, American made only. Do auctions when you can,, "Obama" will get to that too probably. lol Take care, Todd
we need a bigger boat!!! lol
YP- If youd like to replace the copper fuel line with SS 'lab-grade' tubing and fittings, give me a shout, and I can hook you up, just need a couple measurments. JBR
Are you kidding me? A toaster not important? Its the principle behind the toaster. My mom has a deep freezer made in America thats older than I am . It was a hand me down from her grandmother that passed away. Even the power indicator light on the bottom corner of the door still works. It has to be at least 48 years old. No school like the old school. Saw a $7 toaster at a discount store. Same price our parents probably paid but it won't toast bagels for 20 years, I gare on tee ya that.
We as Americans to go back to the old ways and you wonder why people don’t have money to spend money on things over and over and over they don’t build them like they used to
07:00 let's hope COVID-19 changes that
The only thing the Flu has done is destroy a booming economy over hysteria and communist democrat hate continues to enslave and make more peasants.
@@Yankeeprepper I agree, and the exact same thing is happening right now in South Africa on a huge scale. We are currently on the highway to hell.
it's the same for Blighty. We used to make everything in the UK and now we import alot of crap. Companies realised they could make alot more money by making things disposable. Greed is the name of the game and it's destroying the planet.
I have one of those in a box in piece's
MAGA!!!