Pretty new to restoring old outboards. Have been restoring old Mowers/edgers/Chainsaw etc for a couple of years but came across this little 5 horse a few months back and decided to give outboards a go. Have since acquired a couple more (yes, one is a seagull) and am on the hunt for more!
Anyways, i was an idiot and didn't take before photos, but basically i picked up this little Johnson in pretty poor shape. When i went and looked at it the bloke actually claimed it was a 15hp as all the decals were gone, but you could clearly see it was way too small for that. Managed to find a company who would make me all the original stickers again, spent many hours filling and sanding the lid to remove many cracks and dents that it had acquired over the years, and pretty much just gave it a service and a clean up. Pretty happy with the result for my first outboard restoration project!
Took it for its first run on the back of the boat on Sunday and ran like a champ (far too small to push our boat along but still would get us back down the river if the main motor died). I'm going to replace the impeller as i am not happy with the amount of water it is pumping, but overall i was stocked with how it went.
Cheers
Anthony
