I snuck in a few minutes on a 1967 3 hp Johnson folder, last night. It came without a recoil rope. I got out my specified 5/32″ cord and cut it to the 71 1/2″ specified length. I installed it on the sheave. (sorry, Mercury terminology slipped out) As far as how much space it took up on the sheave, it looked like the perfect length. I then installed a correct handle, from another Johnson three. However, once it all was all assembled, the “arrow here, rope recoiled” indicator was off by more than a quarter turn, which put it in almost the exactly WRONG place to function as it was designed, to increase torque through the compression stroke. The rope will have to be shortened 5 1/4″ in order to have the arrow in the right place. It struck me that this happens pretty much EVERY TIME I do an OMC recoil. What am I doing wrong?

• This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by billw.