Hey guys I'm repowering and was wondering if my 89 Johnson GT150 controls will fit the 1997 Johnson venom 225 I'm going to buy? I say controls are in throttle shift and ignition wires? Please let me know thanks guys.
hey guys i have a 89 evinrude 150 CJ150STLCEM, had the motor running great this weeknd ran great all day and then when I went to start it at night it wouldn't catch just cranked, it sputtered a little bit but not again after resuming cranking. I didn't get to check for spark bc it was late and...
Hello guys I have an 1989 Evinrude xp 150 E150STLCEM, and I have been doing some searching and reading and found a few different results saying my motor has around 175 horsepower due to some factory upgrades done to these motors, is this true? Any help would be greatly appretiated
Hey guys over the winter months we are beginning a project speed boat using our 16' bow rider. The boat is a 1987 Edson bow rider. We have aquired a 1989 150 hp evinrude outboard off of a bass boat for it and are creating all the proper reinforcements for the transom etc by welding up some...
Hey guys, we have decided to do a throw back and create a dukes of hazard boat The general lee, but I am having a hard time locating a coast guard orange paint for the boat. I figured its probably the closest colour to the dukes car does anyone kno where I can buy the orange paint from, I hear...
hey guys I acquired a 1987 edson sunburst boat nice bow rider im going to mount my 115 on it and was wondering how I am able to use the boats hydraulic steering to hook it up to my outboard as this outboard is mounted on a cable steering system right now is there anything else I need or will it...
Hey guys I was running my motor this weeknd and have run into the problme of it dropping a cylinder during acceleration it will bog for a bit then work it's way out but once you try to go full WOT it bogs and jerks and wants to go but cuts in and out. I had it going really well yesterday but...
Hey guys I was wondering if this is normal for a 1969 johnson 115 when running on the muffs b/c of the lack of water flow? when I say foot of motor I mean the exhaust portion of it not the actual gear case, the water was coming out of the two exhaust holes so I know there was water getting...
Hey guys jsut thought id ask to see if this was ok to mix in my gas of my 1969 johnison 115hp. the motor runs great now no issues but I thought id run this jsut for the heck of it to ensure it cleans any more gunk out, is this fine to use or will it cause me issues...
Hey guys Im looking to hook up my teleflex tach and I need to know how many poles my alternator has to set it correctly? Ive tried looking in the manual but haven't come across anything like that. Does anyone know how many poles I have by chance? or can tell me how to figure it out? thanks alot guys
Well guys in my last post I picked up a 1969 johnson 115 v4 motor for a great price. After finding out it needed special oil for the gearcase i asked the old owner what he had used, said he had the 90w oil in it and used it once with this oil, so I freaked out and started to tinker with the...
Hey guys I cam across a good deal on a johnson 115 seahorse. I can get it for a really good price but had a few questions:
1. what is the proper oil/fuel mixture for them,
2. what is the proper gear lube?
3. Another queston I have is I noticed there was alot of oil on the motor and pan where...
Hey guys, im thinking of starting a project boat, thinking of a 14-16' aluminum v hull but making it a bullet, my goal is to put a seadoo engine with jetdrive in it. I was wondering what you guys thought would be faster just upgrading to a bigger outboard or the jet drive idea, any input would...
Hello guys, I have had nothing but troubles with my motor and now she won't run at all only cranks over . When she was running it was hard to keep her idling I would have to screw with the choke to get it going and once running would not allow the boat to plane out. So now im stuck she won't...
Hey guys I'm looking for some answers I'm stumped. I have a 1980 evinrude 50. My problems are as follows: it takes alot of playing around to get tge boat started playing with the chokes etc. Then once started revs great but has no power when wide open throttle it's as slow as a 9.9 the boat...
