new boat owner

[mouses house]

first, i need to know if i changed the lowere end oil correctly,i drained it out the screws on right hand screw, then i put gear oil in from bottom hole then plugged it, also my tilt switch will only drop the motor not lift i have to use a jump wire in the hatch to raise it

 

[Chris1956]

Re: new boat owner

As long as you pushed the oil into the bottom screw hole until it came out the top screw hole, you are OK. What type of gear oil did you use? What year and HP motor do you have? Electric shift models use Type C Gear Oil. Mechanical Shift motors use standard Marine gear Oil for manual Shift motors. Newer motors can benefit (somewhat) from using synthetic Marine gear oil.

 

[mouses house]

Re: new boat owner

i used sae 80w-85w 90, other than that i did from the bottom up

 

[Dsilvers112]

Re: new boat owner

Lucas high performance 80w-90 works great even says it works excellent on outdrives on the bottle you can get it at the parts store and its a lot cheaper

 

[mouses house]

Re: new boat owner

so i did a fairly good job of what i did put in till the nexzt change

 

[mouses house]

Re: new boat owner

by the way its a 135 johnson v4 seahorse charger 270z 18.5 foot bass boat

 

[jonesg]

Re: new boat owner

Did you use new seals on the drain screws?
Thats the number one entry point for water intrusion.

Check Youtube for outboard maintainance vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0la6c5FDg

 

[mouses house]

Re: new boat owner

no,they looked in good condition, but just in case couldn't I just silicone over the screws with clean silicone for a precautionary measure?

 

[jonesg]

Re: new boat owner

Silicone is for fish tanks and babes.
New seals are the way to fly, buy a bag of them here on iBoats for cheap.

 

[mouses house]

Re: new boat owner

ok i see i'll take a look,,,,signing off for the nite later