I posted a week or so ago about a 1999 Welcraft and 115 Johnson (with a bad cylinder) I picked up for almost nothing. I started my rebuild this morning and have a couple of preliminary questions. First I would like to mention I got an added bonus with this new project. Years ago when I rebuilt my old 89 110 it was ate up with corrosion, making the job much more difficult. This boat I am working on now I believe has never or seldom been used in salt water. The engine so far is totally free of corrosion, it's as clean as the day it came off the assembly line. I ordered a manual for this motor which is actually a 98 (J115TSLECM) so I will be tearing it down without a manual. I removed the carbs and all the electrical parts this morning and am probably about an hour away from removing the power head. I<br /><br /> Hope to have it ready for the machine shop Monday and as soon as I get word on the boring measurements I will be ordering parts. This leads to my question. When I bought the boat I did a compression test and 3 cylinders were 118 lbs and the fourth was 85 lbs. I removed the heads to look at the damage and the bad cylinder was scored. The head was dinged up too. Do I need to replace that head or can the dings be ground down or resurfaced somehow? Anybody know what a new matching cylinder head costs? I already know about what the rest of the parts are going to run me.
