RE: [omc-boats] Original E/J V4 electrical charging system

I'm also in a simialr situation with my '64 Johnson Golden Meteor 90hp. My
motor does have the external electrical box and it all looks to be in
reasonably good condition. My winter project will be to get the motor
running. I may just end up rebuilding part or all of it, including the
lower end and the tilt system. I'm also planning on repainting everything.

I have no idea what parts will need rebuilding or replacing, but at least
it turns over easily by hand. I've wondered if I can replace the external
parts of the charging system with a modern solid state unit. I'll probably
first just see if all the original style setup is in good working order or
not.

- Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Torrey [SMTP:itorrey@...]
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 7:31 AM
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Subject: RE: [omc-boats] RE: omc-boats-digest V1 #586

Hi Dan,
I'm afraid I don't have the answer to your question, but I'm interested in
what you find out. I have a '67 Starflite 100s and have also had similar
problems, (except you see seem to have a better grasp on what all the
little
black box thingies are than I do ;-) I know that some of the electronics
are
looking pretty flaky on my system, and am debating whether to focus my
efforts on this motor or a slightly older Johnson 100 with points ignition,
that is currently on my Sweet 16. Seems that the Johnson might be the more
straightforward one, but I've never tried to get it running since I brought
it home. I look forward to any discussion on this topic, and just wanted to
let you know I see myself "in the same boat" as you.
Cheers,
Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-omc-boats@... [mailto:owner-omc-boats@...] On
Behalf Of Dan McCormack
Sent: September 16, 2006 6:15 PM
To: omc-boats-digest@...
Subject: [omc-boats] RE: omc-boats-digest V1 #586

I have a 1966 Evinrude 100 HP outboard on a Sweet 16. The charging system
is my problem. It consists of a stator, transistorized rectifier (fastened
to the rear of the powerhead between the cylinder banks) and 4 diodes (2
positive, 2 negative) which are also fastened to the upper powerhead. It
does not utilize the junction box inside the boat which older versions of
the V4 engines used. My question is this: can I convert this engine to
the

older style junction box setup and eliminate the rectifier and diode set
currently on the engine. My reasoning tells me it should be entirely
possible. The need to do this is based on the fact that both the rectifier
and the diodes for this model are very difficult to come by and worse yet,
they are a ridiculous price. I have replaced the diode set once and it
worked for a while but I suspect the rectifier is NFG and ruined the new
set

of diodes. In any case fellows, can I have your opinions ?

Thanks

Dan McCormack
mcmack@...
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