Fix the intake screen on a 1982 Johnson 25 HP

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Hi.

This is my first post. I am restoring a 1982 Johnson Seahorse, 25 HP 2 stroke. In short, it wasn't "peeing." I cleaned and then changed the tell tale hose. But the intake screen has big holes, and these Louisiana rivers are muddy. I ordered a new screen and plug from Crowley Marine. How do I change them out? Do I drive them out from where the screen is with a screwdriver? Then push the others in?

I have a 16 foot 1972 all-weld Jett Boat from Friendship, Arkansas, the old name for Xpress.photo 3.JPG

Many, many thanks.

Dayne
 

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BigNat - - - I did the same thing a few months ago.
Here is how I performed the procedure.
https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=33537
OH, I would suggest not to use that metal replacement plug.
Use a tight fitting wood plug - just in case you have to remove it again.
Much easier drilling through wood than that metal plug.
Wood will swell when it gets wet and will not fall out.

any questions, gimme a holler . . . .






There is nothing more grand
than to be just messing around
in an old boat. POGO - 1960
 
I drilled the plug with a smaller than 3/8s and then went through the steel plug. Then I used the 3/8s to clear it good. It took a while to drill it.

Went to the river, and it worked great. Until... I got a lure stuck in a tree this evening. I got it out, but not before being attacked by a large nest of red wasps. I was stung on the head, nose, ears and down to my knees. About 30 stings. Very painful. My buddy rowed us out into the middle of the river. He wasn't stung. I've never been hit that hard. Made for a rough evening. I could not drive home.

By the way, I lost the spinner bait at the landing. :cry:

Thanks for the help.

Dayne
 
HOLY CATFISH BATMAN !!!!
Crap, man !!! of all the things that could go wrong with that, you hit the Honey Hole !!
If you had some issues with bee or wasp venom, that could have turned out very very bad.

wow !!! Last time I got hit that hard with (5) wasps was in my storage shed, but I had room to RUN AWAY.
In a boat, you have very few options for your safety.

so GLAD you have been Blessed with more fishing days.



Oh, the plug that goes into the cavity to hold the water screen in place is aluminum, not steel.
Again, I recommend a wood plug . . . in case you want to clean it again in a couple of years.
 
I made a couple of errors in my posts. I have a 1971 Jett jon boat, not a 1972 (It's 1642 with 21 inch sides; I cut down the transom to fit a short shaft motor.). Also, It was hornets. I went back yesterday but had already surmised that they were not wasps. It was chaos. The nest was in camo: water oak leaves and Spanish moss. Absolutely a hornet's nest. When I was fighting them they were so fast it was hard to tell their make and model, which was another sign that they were hornets.

The screen worked fine. I've made two long runs with no trouble. It's already banged up, which I take to mean it's stuck in there solid.

Thanks for all of the help.

Dayne
 
Dayne, did you use the metal plug to hold in your screen or something else ?

#2. wow - hornets are 10 times more aggressive than wasps !!
we all should be cautious when entering unknown foliage along river banks.

#3. keep an eye on the intake screen - if it gets too banged up, you may have
to take it out again and reshape it. #2 Philips head screwdriver works fine.

Happy Boating !!
 
This sure seems like the Summer for wasp stings.
I have had two Wasps get up under my full face helmet visor so far this Summer while riding and nail the Hell out of my face.
Probably looked pretty funny watching a guy on a motorcycle slamming himself in the helmet repeatedly while at speed.
Was the only thing I could do to kill the darn things!
Then last week I was helping my girlfriend paint her deck out in Tennessee and a nest full came out from under the boards while I was on my knees painting in between the cracks. Didn't make it out of there fast enough and got stung a few times. Those wasps sure don't have much of a sense of humor........
 
not relevant to the original post, but, bears adding to the second topic - WASPS !!!
I am allergic to honey bee venom but the common red wasp, sometimes called the mahogany wasp
doesn't really affect me that much with the occasional sting here and there. Just some pain and swelling.

This morning, I was helping my wife pick some grapes at the neighbors vineyard.
I kept telling her (jokingly) to be careful of "vine snakes" and huge bugs and rabid raccoons
that will leap out of the vines and chew your face off.

then - BAM - two wasps nailed the back of my left hand. it really didn't hurt that much at first.
but now, 4 hours later, my left hand looks like a catchers mit !!!! DANG IT HURTS SOMETHING AWFUL !!!
Been taking oral benadryl tablets and massaging the itching gel into it every 15 minutes or so,
have a bag of ice on it and it just HURTS !!!! I saw them fly away so I know it wasn't a snake bite or a spider.
The red wasps in my storage shed get me sometimes and they are aggressive and try to get another
stinger into you as you back up. But these two guys that got me this morning just stung and took off fast.
It wasn't a hornet or yellowjacket. I know them pretty well. I know it was the red wasp (on steroids).

Then awhile ago I remember a post on the fishing site I belong to about saltwater stings from LionFish,
catfish, and other nasty things in the ocean.
REMEDY: IF you can get to HOT WATER, soak the affected area in HOT WATER about 115 to 117*f.
or, as hot as you can stand it. The water MUST remain a constant temperature of 115-117*f. that means
you must run the hot water tap every few minutes to maintain a constant temp. Temperatures above 120*f
can lead to tissue damage rather quickly. So have something to monitor the temps before you do this.
the COLD PACK will only allow the toxin to survive in the human tissue and continue its damage: pain and swelling.
HEAT will kill the toxin right away, within 10 minutes or so. but it MUST BE CONTINUOUS CONSTANT HEAT.
Not hot, let it cool, then warm, then back to hot. CONTINUOUS CONSTANT HEAT. for as long as you can stand it.
if the affected area is your face, neck, torso, etc. use washcloths soaked in the 117*f hot water and change
out every 10 seconds. You MUST maintain that same heat source on the sting area to kill the toxin.
I learned this when I got a small prick from a saltwater catfish that jabbed my hand and I thought my hand
was going to absolutely fall off. I kept it on ICE, which only allowed the toxin to do its nasty thing.

It has been 20 minutes now since I started the hot water bath and the pain has subsided tremendously !!!
the swelling and tightness is still there, but, the pain is very much less than it was 30 minutes ago.
ok, back to the sink for more hot water.
I am just so thankful that it wasn't a rabid raccoon that jumped out of the vines and tried to chew my face off.
I would NEVER live that one down !!!! lol lol I am having a hard enough time (from the wife) about this stupid
wasp sting. she has been mumbling all morning - - - ohhhhh be careful, bugs, ohhhhhh snakes, oooohhhhhh
rabid racoons, ohhhhh be careful honey, something will get you. ohhhhhhhh careful.

https://www.lionfishhunters.org/Danger.html
 

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