1962 75 hp Johnson - Part 5 - Reed Block And Distributor Swap

This 75 hp Johnson has been a real challenge. When the owners first brought it to me it wouldn’t start. They took it to three different Marinas for service and still couldn’t get it running. One of the Marinas refused to work on it because it was too old and there was considered cost prohibitive.
I was able to get it running but it idled rough and developed a slight miss a WOT. I gave it a tune up with new plugs, points and condenser and still it was hard to start with a slight miss at WOT.
I discovered the distributor pulley had a sheared woodruff key and the distributor shaft was also sheared causing the timing to be off. I found a replacement power head on one of my Johnson/Evinrude Facebook groups and the owner purchased it for the parts. In this video I swapped out the reed block and Distributor. If this doesn’t make the motor run better I’ll have to swap out the Power Head.
Let’s see what happens!
Part 1: Will it Run?
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Part 2: Stalling & Revving at WOT
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Part 3: Stalling at WOT - Fixed - Carb & Fuel Pump Clean - Lake Test
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Part 4: Hard Starting - Bad Reeds & Setting Timing
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Part 5: Reed Block & Distributor Swap
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Part 6: link & Sync
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Part 7: Recap Running Before & After Link & Sync
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Part 8: Lake Trial… Finally
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[@crafter170]

Amazing the juicy parts you can get from an old duff engine .Another clever bit of serious tinkering .Well done.

[@LivetofishOutboardRepair]

I was lucky to come across this old Power Head. I’m still working on getting it to run well but we’ll see in the next video if it will run without missing at WOT. Stay tuned for more. Thanks for watching.

[@crafter170]

@@LivetofishOutboardRepair Yip .One mans rubbish is another mans treasure .Thinking outside the box is the way .Spot on .I'll give the next vid a wee keek .Cheers.

[@crafter170]

@@LivetofishOutboardRepair Ps I mind when I was a teenager the woodruff key sheared on a little honda engine .What a pain in the posterior that was man.