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1963 75 HP Johnson Reeds

Hey Jim. Of course I remember you. I sold the Surfer after over 20 years of ownership. The smoothest boat I ever had the pleasure of owning.
 

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Unrelated to the thread, but those are some gorgeous shell lakes. I just bought my first, a 1966 caliente with an 80 hp johnson of the same year. Cool to see that theres still several of them around.
 
Thanks. It is a beautiful boat and in original condition. I ordered a new coil on the 16th via USPS and it isn't here yet. I'm anxious to get it back on the lake. I set the points with my multimeter so they are exactly according to specification. It's surprising how far off they were by setting them at .020. I need to keep my eye open for a set of pointers for my smaller outboards.
 
Pointers John? You mean points or the tool with the hooked down points on each end?
I have some duplicate tools. Do you have a part #?
 
I just did new points in my DU drive. Set to .020 then used the ohm meter with alarm. Both sets were very close but I did tweak them.

Rear cylinders (remember this is an outboard powerhead rotated 90 degrees so flywheel is forward) were loading up at idle & took a bit of time before they cleared out.

Today I took carb off, floats were physically good but rear was heavier than front (weighed on calibrated scale). Both floats were heavier than the new ones. Rear by 30% and front by 13%. Both floats were at 7/8", specs are for 15/16" to 1". Set to 31/32" with new floats & needle/seats. So I lowered the staticly measured fuel level by 3/32" plus whatever the more buoyant floats add.

Hopefully I'll get a water test Sunday.
 
Yes. By "pointers" I meant the tool that goes on the crankshaft. To recap my repairs, like I said, my distributor timing was off two cogs, retarded, my coil was very weak, the points were barely opening, and, as it turns out, I never had the right rotor. When reading the manual it showed the correct rotors for the two different types of distributors. I'm thinking that was why it was still missing after I finally got it running. My coil hasn't come in yet, so I ohmed out a couple coils I have and found two good ones. The one in my distributor is brown and has cloth wire. It has to be an original from back in the day. Quick question: When did they stop using bakelite as the rubbing block on the points. The ones I got on ebay are bakelite so I didn't use them. I used a good set of used OEM points. I appreciate the guidance during my endeavor to get the old boat running. As said, it has never run better in the 25 years I've owned it. It's strange that it even ran at all.
 
Those " pointers " are nothing but a dummy flywheel.-----You can use your flywheel to set the points.----Takes a little longer , but works just the same.
 
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