Thank you. I got it removed pretty easy with a bearing puller. Came right out. How hard is it to replace the 2 neddle bearings in the housing. I have a biind hole puller i can use to remove them. I bought a reseal kit and am planning on replacing all seals and o rings bit didnt know if the...
1988 Johnson 175hp. Model#J175STLCCM.
I need to remove the bearing housing assembly to get to the o-ring that is behind it i found out that it is leaking from behind the housing.. I can see the 4 bolts in the bottom of the housing and i have removed them. My question is can i just use a 2 jaw...
Hello I have a 1988 Johnson 175hp. I bought the boat knowing it didn't have a kill switch installed knowing I could install one myself. It has the OMC controls. Motor starts and runs no problems. I received my kill switch I ordered and installed it. One wire to the black/yellow wire the other...
I'm in the process of installing a kill switch on my boat. It's a 1988 Johnson 175hp since it currently doesn't have one. I understand that one wire from the kill switch goes to the black(ground) wire from the wire harness. The other wire from kill switch goes to the black/yellow wire from the...
I have a 1988 Johnson 175hp that the VRO housing has cracked on. The motor was given to me and I knew that this was problem when I received it.it had already had the oil injection deleted from the VRO. I have 2 fuel pumps off a 1979 175hp that was told they would work in place of the VRO. The...
No damage to #3 piston or any of the other pistons or piston walls.the engine was rebuilt by my grandfather 7 years ago and was mostly only run and 1/2 throttle it's entirely life he just didn't care much about getting there in a hurry. It has sat unused for about 2 years since he past and I...
1988 Johnson 175hp crossflow.
Upon removing head to inspect piston and head gasket noticed that head gasket had a small rear in #5 cylinder starboard side. All pistons and cylinder walls line good other than ot of carbon build up on top of pistons. While inspecting the heads I noticed that the...
I inspected the pistons and cylinder walls today and I did notice the the head gasket on #5 cylinder was bad. All pistons look good and cylinder walls also. I have 2 head gaskets on order. I did notice on the #3 cylinder while inspecting the cylinder head cover there is a good amount of pitting...
I did notice yesterday will troubleshooting. With air cover off I placed my hand over each carb and can feel good amount of air being pulled in. I the placed my hand over each carb quickly and gas came out of the top and middle carb but hardly any from bottom carb. Could I have a stuck needle...
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The water pump is new I installed it about 3 months ago temperature buzzer has never altered me of an overheat. I also doubled checked to make sure the warning buzzer is working and it is. VRO pump is also new less than a month old. I have taken it apart and double checked to make sure...
