johnson engine

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Hi guys n gals, just getting into boating and purchased a small 14ft fletcher cathedral hull speed boat. the engine that came with it has johnson seahorse and a big 18 on the back, on the side there were numbers that i think were the horse power (40hp im told) the model no i think is FD12 1r or FDL21R Can anyone shed any light on whether this is correct. Thanks.


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[jfm]

Suspect it's 18hp. Can you post a pic?

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[VicS]

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[Honey]

With a number of FDL21R I am not sure about the first two letters but I think the L indicates long shaft (20" transom), the final R indicates rope start & the 21 is the horsepower at the flywheel which would be about 18 at the prop. It sounds like an 18hp to me!

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