Is lloyd still around? Primer leather required…

[James86_]

The same old need of pump leather seals… the last mention of him I can find was three years ago. Any alternatives would be considered as well, for now I’m attempting my own with scraps and punches with mixed results. Thank!

[aquasonic]

Yes, I’m happy to say that Lloyd is still making and selling the leather primer seals.

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[lloyd]

Yes. I am still here and I made up a fresh batch of Leather Primer seals recently. Comes with complete instructions and diagrams for installation. Send $10.00 cash only for each set (no checks or money orders) and a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope to me: Lloyd Lautner 9289 North Long Lake Road Traverse City Michigan 49685

[larkbill]

Lloyd does your seal kit also work in the early QD carb?

[lloyd]

Larkbill. I have some QD’s that I restored years ago, but i don’t recall any primer mechanism on those motors. So I have to say my seals are not for the QD’s. My seals and instructions do work in all the Johnson 2.5 and 5.0 hp motors that have a primer for starting. Includes models LS,LT, AT, DT, TD, TN

[larkbill]

Thanks for the reply, hope you’re doing well. Earliest QD, 10-13 I believe, look much like the ones shared with Evinrude but are completely different. No choke on the carb, but a primer instead. I need to dig out my Johnson master manual and look at the diagrams to see if the primers look similar.

I haven’t owned the smaller early Johnsons that used the design you are so familiar with. You must have worked on a bunch of them to get involved with making primer seals.

[lloyd]

My mother got my father a TD for their anniversary after he came back from Okinawa, before I was born in 1952. We fished with that motor all over the country. When i was a teenager back in the 1960’s I built a Minimax Hydroplane and the first motor I used on it was of course the TD. That’s when I discovered the primer wasn’t working and OMC didn’t sell them anymore. So I figured out how to make them, but I didn’t start making them for others until many years later when I joined the AOMC and learned there were many other good motors out there with the same problem.

[gjonz]

The QD does have a primer, but I do not believe these leather washers work for it.

Greg.

[Champion1]

Hi Lloyd
Do you ship your leather washers for the Johnson HD 25 to Canada?

[lloyd]

Yes Champion 1. I have and will ship primer washers and instructions to Canada. I have sent them to Australia, England and Europe in the past. Just be sure to send me a self addressed Stamped envelope with appropriate postage as noted above.

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