I’m in the reassembly stage of my 27 Johnson P35.
One of the cylinders had the intake baffles intact the other cylinder baffles were missing. They got loose, broke up and got “consumed” in the crankcase. The inside of the crank case had significant scaring and debris from chewing up the baffles.

I know they are there for flame arrestors but I’ve seen many of these come apart and trash a motor.
I am inclined to leave them out but there is an intake deflector that holds them in that has no other means of support except the baffles.
I could use set screws to hold the deflectors in place.
I’ve included a picture of the baffles and deflector.
The baffles and deflector on the left are from the P35. The baffle on the right is from a P30.
Suggestions and opinions would be appreciated.

• This topic was modified 6 years ago by Mumbles.