Finally got the new lower unit and it’s back from the shop. They were not able to find anything wrong with the motor. They only ran it in a test tank. It does shift easily now. I put it in the pond and began the lower unit break-in process. Ran well up to about 2800 rpm then started stumbling...
Thanks Fazt... Good info... I'll pull the heads and redo them. It will be interesting to see if the stuff set properly. OK to use the Blue RTV?
Does the low speed needle setting seem odd to you that it was turned out so far? (11-12 turns)
I'll also pull the carbs again and check to see what I...
Resurrecting my post... Had to step away from my project for a bit but I'm back to it now.
For the life of me I can't figure out a consistent way to post photos. I tried to get these to show up in the post, or above it. oh well. See below for what they are.
Post cleaning...
I fixed a...
I decided to shim it with a couple of stainless steel washers. That seems to have solved the issue with it hitting the motor. I still think it’s hitting the wire whenever it’s trimmed all the way in but I can’t see it so I don’t know for sure.
It still looks like the electric motor needs to be...
At this point I think I like the coupling idea. I’m just not sure how to get to it. It looks like the engine bracket needs to come off to get to the screws on the port side.
I found the 1999 Accessories Manual on eBay. I hope it has the tilt/trim stuff in there. Not sure when it will get here yet.
I tried both easing and lowering the bow, topped off fluid again and got no results.
The PB Blaster must have finally worked its magic over the past week or so as I was...
1999 J115PLEEM
Raised the motor and now it is stuck all the way up. The manual release appears to be frozen in place. Hit it for three days with PB Blaster, tried a big screwdriver, and manual impact driver and an electric impact driver. It’s starting to strip out the screw slot now.
HELP! 😣
Are you talking about these wires?
Port side top is orange with thin double blue
Port side Bottom is orange w/ thin double green
Starboard side top is orange with thick blue
Starboard side Bottom is orange w/ thick green
It does not appear that it would be easy to switch days around to an...
