Hello.
I have a 1972 Bell Boy with a 120 hp sterndrive omc. It has the water intake that you hook up the hose to for on land starting. It has a cap. Well I forgot to screw it back on before I headed out on the lake. Ran fine at first for about 5 minutes. Then massive overheat and loud engine...
Hello.
I have a 1972 omc 120. Here is a picture of the engine. On the left side (close to the camera) there is a cylendar hooked to the engine and pipes running into the block. Is this some after market fresh water cooling or a power steering pump? It is no where in my manual.
Thanks,
Van
Hello.
I have an 1972 18 foot Bell Boy with a 120hp omc.
On dry land with the water going through the engine it revs in netural above 4500 rmp. In gear it does the same.
When I put it in the water I can't get it above 3000 and that runs it at about 18 mph.
The engine runs great, fires...
Re: 1972 OMC 120hp Goes forward in reverse gear and reverse in forward
thanks guys this is great great information. on my way home from work now to check it out. a related question, the guy at the marina thought this was not an electric shift outdrive. could this be the case or are all omcs of...
Hello.
A few months ago I purchased a 1972 Bellboy with an OMC 120hp 4 cyl.
I did a basic tune, up, replaced the tilt solenoids, fixed up the tilt clutch and that's about it. Ran great on land at home wit the water hooked up.
I took it out on the lake and it fired right up. However when I...
