89 John. 65 commercial?

[voodoo]

My outboards has the model CE65WMLZ on the plate.It is charcoal.I can not locate it specifically in my Chilton manual, is it a commercial version? What is the difference?<br />Thanks

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: 89 John. 65 commercial?

Best I can make of it is:<br /><br />C-Canadian<br />E-Evinrude<br />65-HP<br />WM- Electric Commercial - Manual Tilt <br />L-Long shaft<br /><br />I assume it has something to do with it being a Canadian Made model OMC. Others will have more input...

 

[voodoo]

Re: 89 John. 65 commercial?

Pretty sure CE is 89 but can't figure out why it starts the model #?<br />It is Johnson, (has been repainted or rebuilt and kept in mint condition it looks like new)<br />It is power tilt, long shaft.<br />Good try though<br />CE could stand for Crappy Engine

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: 89 John. 65 commercial?

Yeah, those numbers are pretty much greek to me and you are probably right that it's a 89' model and beings how it has power tilt, I'm way off.

 

[Raybo]

Re: 89 John. 65 commercial?

Check out this page, it says your engine is a 1990. The CE means it was made in Canada and is an Evinrude. 65 is hp. The rest, I'm not sure about.<br /> http://www.marineparts.com/partspages/techhelp/TECH13.HTM

 

[voodoo]

Re: 89 John. 65 commercial?

I have now assumed is a '89 , '90 and a 1997 (saw that somewhere that WMLZ is a 1997)?<br />Would a dealer who rebuilt it (before I bought the boat) be better off badging it Johnson in charcoal or did it get done by an idiot.<br />When I first got the boat the motor constantly overheated and water poured out of the exhaust relief vents. I finaly figured out they had failed to install the grommet for the pickup tube on top of the water pump. Other dealers tried to pass it off as a VRO problem?<br />Got me thinking maybe they installed a T n T bracket on a different engine, is the serial # on the block somewhere I can check against the plate on the transom bracket?<br />It runs well but am gonna be snafued if I need parts.