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My cousin has a little 15hp Johnson thats probably 40 years old. It still runs just fine. Hes changed some fuel lines and other typical maintenance items, but its as solid as they come.

My dad bought a Johnson 9.9 brand new in 76’ and proceeded to run the everliving shite out of it on shallow rivers for the next 20 years. There’s no tell-tale, it just sends cooling water to the exhaust and has a small hole drilled in midsection where you can half arse tell if the water pump is working by whether it’s coughing hot water or not.

I overhauled it for him a few years back, and the impeller was gone, chunks of black rubber stuck to the exhaust screens, sand in every nook and cranny. No telling how long he had run it basically just siphoning water through it. New impeller, plug, and carb cleaning and it ran like a top.

I guess it was really over when they went broke and sold, but I’ll still drink one for OMC tonight.

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Posted by BFIV

Virginia

Member since Apr 2012

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Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:43 pm to TheDrunkenTigah

My Dad bought a brand new 6 horse Evinrude "Fisherman" in 1968. It's at my mother's house now and she's 96. We went all over with that little motor. Lots of memories. Still runs, too.

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Posted by cajuncarguy

On the road...Again!

Member since Jun 2013

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Posted on 5/30/20 at 9:09 pm to TheDrunkenTigah

I have my brother's 70s 9.9 sail drive long shaft electric start. It has maybe 10 hours on it. I might have someone go over it and get it running. I know you can buy the shorter shaft and housing so to use it as a regular outboard. Probably has different gearing also. It's like new.

This post was edited on 5/30/20 at 9:12 pm

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