1958 Johnson RDS-20 35hp rebuild

[Pappy]

Do yourself a favor.....actually two.
Start your own thread. Easier to keep track of the comments and a better reference for you.
Put your location in your signature. Lots of us know folks around the country that can help if not too far away.
Let's start there before we hi-jack this thread.
Gorgeous boat by the way.....am glad Lesa hasn't seen it. Yet....

 

[Shaugh]

Fishnfiddle,
Nice boat and motor. Getting them seaworthy is not a difficult task when you have a resource like this forum. Lots of people here that will help you every step of the way. Make your own thread and send more photos... we like photos...

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Maiden voyage yesterday... unfortunately the drain plug leaked.... Had to come in quicker than I wanted. Looking at the engine when I was trying to adjust the carb it seemed to be bouncing around too much.... but I did make a short video:

https://youtu.be/xDj6ywV5Tug

Closer inspection revealed a broken front motor mount.

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I've never done this before. Anyone have a "quick" way to do it ? On first look I have to tear it down to the giblets in order to get it out ?

Your video is marked private.

 

[Pensapilot]

Im late to this discussion but just lost my rds20 superseahorse hood into the lake….hit a submerged object at a relatively low speed and it jarred it loose. Before could get turned around to retrieve it ….it sank.….it had all the chrome parts including the electric starting piece on the front…totally heartbreaking…
Im here after performing an internet search for RDS 20..i found a hood on ebay but haven’t received it yet…of course im starting from scratch again and hoping to find the ever elusive electric starting piece…

Anyone reading this have any leads? Shot in the dark i know..

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Pensapilot]

Trying to figure out how to post pictures..the icons above don’t seem to work

 

[Shaugh]

How deep did it sink ? I bet you could find somebody with dive gear to find it for you ? Probably for a lot less money than trying to buy one.... a couple hundred bucks would be getting off cheap....

 

[Pappy]

Agree with Shaugh. Hire a diver. Talk to anyone who fills scuba tanks and they should be able to refer you to someone who can help. Would hate to lose a classic engine like this when it can certainly be found.

 

[Shaugh]

In case you can't remember where you dropped it.... St. Marks ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/374069361472?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D38e379462a5d47f49a45aa6374706c63%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D185440125430%26itm%3D374069361472%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A65f36776-e397-11ec-b3de-cec3795b0f06%7Cparentrq%3A2bf6a4191810aa7214555550ffffda38%7Ciid%3A14