I'm hoping this is a stupid question... but I need an answer before moving forward... I have the new gears and clutch dog installed.. After I torqued the bearing carrier bolts I noticed that it is nearly frozen.. I mean I can't turn the driveshaft at all... I loosened the carrier bolts a...
I just disassembled the gear case and replacing both gears, pinion and clutch dog... How great is the need to reshim the driveshaft or replace seals? If reshimming is a necessity, how is this done without dropping another $300 on a SPECIAL TOOL? Also, I do have new driveshaft housing...
I've got my lower unit disassembled to the point of removing the driveshaft. I see there yet another special tool # 0311875 socket to turn the driveshaft in order to loosen the pinion nut. A few questions..... Does anyone loosened this nut without that tool? I see one guy that swears he has...
I didn't want to hijack anyone's thread, so starting this one. TT worked fine 2 weeks ago out on the lake. Got her home and nothing. No clicking, no motor engaging...nothing. Checked the switch and power at the switch plug, all is well. Checked the only fuse I could find, that's ok too...
Re: 1973 Starcraft Chieftain restore
Holy MOLY!!! Over a year has passed without a peep out of me! Well, I still have the old Chieftain, I did get her going and been out catching fish ever since!!! lol! I wish that were true.. I have not done much work on her lately other rewired the...
Re: what do they do to rebuild a starter ...generally?
Brushes look new..... Commutator was glazed.. shined it up like new.. Checked negative griund again and made sure there is good contact. Same issue. I think I'll take the starter all apart and look for corrosion there... I have tried...
Re: 1972 100hp johnson "electric shift switch"
Here's a pic of the part I have.. It's a Pollak brand switch. I think I bought it when I was playing around with my old hydro-electric and decided to buy a newer motor w/ manual shift before I installed it. Let me know what the best price you're...
Motor was rebuilt 2 years ago and ran great! It has sat since and now it turns over very slow. I have tried 3 different charged batteries... (maybe all 3 are bad? I'm hoping that's the case!!) I pulled the plugs and w/o compression, it turned over faster. What should be done after it...
Ok... trouble.. I bought Hi-Lex controls a looonnnng time ago.. they have instructions for Johnson, but I think I must have the wrong cables... can anyone tell me for sure?? My cables have holes on the ends... The cables must secure the slots in the 2nd pic, but how? one cable has an octagon...
Re: 1973 Starcraft Chieftain restore
Finally came up with an easy way to cut recesses on the edges of my hatches so that the Nautoel will wrap around and not add any heighth to the hatch. I used a table saw set at about 1/16" high and set the rip fence on the left side of the blade 2" out...
I've had this boat now for 4 years... haha.. All wood from the cabin to the transom was rotten. I decided to redesign the cracked old splashwell too.. it took up too much room. I had it "done" once, then decided to change things again!! It had a '69 Johnson 115 O/B on it when I bought it...
I have a '74 Starcraft Chieftain w/ 115 Johnson O/B. Pretty sure the steering cable and rotary steering are original.. I am putting in a new Teleflex NFB SS-132 steering box. How do I remove the old cable from the old steering box? There is no pin-hole like the newer ones have. The only...
Is there any need for AFD with ANY outboard??? I have an '84 Johnson 115.. getting ready to run wiring... going to use a selector switch, but I'm not sure if AFD would do anything for me...
Any input?
Thanks,
Tom
I have an '84 johnson 115. I just bought it, so I'm not real familiar with it yet. I also bought some controls that I thought were for this year, but they turned out to be the huge ones for 73-78 motors. It looks like they'll work, but I have tilt/trim and the controls do not. I have read...
I just bought an 84 115 Johnny and have no experience with a VRO motor. What's your opinion? Can you pre-mix the oil/fuel or do you have to use the separate tank? Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Tom Smith
