’64 Johnson 18hp

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  • August 24, 2015 at 6:34 pm #2343
    4stroke
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      Question about the shifter mag plate stops for fwd, neutral, and reverse. Do neutral and reverse use the same stop point?

      Thanks,
      Dick

      August 24, 2015 at 7:36 pm #22595
      frankr
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        I think not, but subject to correction.

        August 24, 2015 at 7:46 pm #22596
        4stroke
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          It’s looking like "not" too. Lots of slop where the shifter arm contacts the mag stop arm.

          August 24, 2015 at 8:29 pm #22598
          Mumbles
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            Your ’64 FD has three separate stops for FNR. Starting in ’67 they combined the N and R stop. With the earlier ones, you could really feed the motor some oats while in reverse. 😀

            EDIT: Ignore what I said above. I should have said in ’67 they combined the F and R stops so the later motors will get full power in reverse. The earlier ones only got partial power in reverse. A bit more than a fast idle. My bad. 😳

            August 26, 2015 at 2:58 pm #22697
            johnyrude200
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              After you swamp your boat once, you’ll find you’re own special preference for how fast in reverse you want to go!

              August 26, 2015 at 3:23 pm #22698
              frankr
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                "Feed it some oats". Wow, I haven’t heard that expression since my uncle died about 40 years ago. His short version for make it go faster was "oats it!"

                August 30, 2015 at 6:59 pm #22924
                4stroke
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                  So I replaced the throttle stop flat brass rod with parts from an earlier ’57, no change. Scratched my head for a few 💡 then put the rod I took off in the vice and bent it so it would go into the stops further and now it stops at all three points. 😀 Just seems strange as I can’t seem to find any way to adjust this and that the rod on both work the same without bending it. 😕

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