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    looking for Vapor Pump Assembly gaskets

    1995 115 ocean runner J115SLEOC I have dissasembled the fuel bracket and most of its components. It was crudded up, I found the vapor pump assy for sale and also a main diaphram ..but there are two gaskets and the diaphram used, and the place i was looking didnt list the gaskets seperately...
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    shuts off in nuetral, but restarts in gear?????

    haveing a few issues all at once, but hope to peel away and isolate for questions. yesterday the starter wasnt turning fast enough to make spark, in the morning at 0 degrees. but later after charging the battery and it warming up to 28 degrees it did start. now today the motor was sounding...
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    where is the upper main bearing vent ?

    I did some work on my motor and with the airbox off , I noticed the hose that feeds into the back of the airbox up top has a T in it...one end is connected to the recirculating valve( I think thats what it is called) the other end is loose. The manuals diagram shows it to go to the upper main...
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    tach died today

    motor has been running ok..... charged the battery last night....it started at 60% and in the morning it was 100%.. out on the river, I started the motor at least a dozen times for various reasons....some time through the morning the alarm was TRYING to sound...it was like it was...
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    1995 115 ocean runner, stumper

    motor shakes and breakes up above 2600 rpms..purrs like a kitten up to 2500 rpms...2500 or less all vitals are good water pressure 20 psi, water temps 120 in both heads... what happend...is two scenarios was running all day great , i was running down river at 4500 rms for about 2...
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    1969 evinrude 6hp float orientation

    I do have a manual at home, but i wont be home for a few days and I have my carb apart now. Id like to know what the orientation of the float is. with the carb upside down and the needle seat facing up....which side of the float faces UP the side with the curved cut outs? or the flat side...
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    help with crankcase fittings and nipples

    I have a few nipples on the crank case cover that need to be replaced. One looks like it might be a one way valve, but air passes both ways...and it is different than the schematic i have for my motor. my question are there any one way valves on the cover? and if so which location? and does...
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    whats the difference between an ocean runner and a fast strike?

    Johnson made two 115 hp 60 degree V4 motors in several years in the late 90's one was called the OCEAN RUNNER and the other was called FASTRIKE one had a 500 rpm higher WOT and developed its HP at 500 more RPM as well I looked up many parts and they are all the same number between the 2...
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    fuel pump might be going

    motor is dying out often...not all the time..but often enough now...took a while before I got to squeezing the bulb just before it dies and finding that the the bulb was soft and that pumping it gave life back to the motor...because i go out alone most of the time!! the book has a few...
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    what is happening when....

    lately my motor will start ok...and I am off and running, but about 5 minutes or so out...the motor starts to stutter and dies... I go check the bulb and it is weak...so i pump it back up... and she fires up and we are off...and it doesnt happen again.. happens each time i start up after a...
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    advice-help pulling inner exhaust housing

    cant seem to lift up or even budge this black section, which is the inner exhaust housing from the midsection. the exploded diagram calls for 5 bolts... I found 4 , 2 in the back and 2 up front... dont know or can possibly think of where the other one is....but this hosuing isnt budgeing I...
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    picked up a bunch of OMC tools today...

    kinda happy about the find. I actually have two motor apart now!!! and some of the tools are very specific to my two most important outboards.. once of which i am getting a block back from the machine shop next week. seems a guy that went out of business several years ago, finally decided he...
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    exhause housing blockage....opinions please

    I had taken the power head off the 90 ocean pro I have.. it had the knock..but otherwise ran really good. looking over whats left of the motor on the stand i figured id try and take the inner exhaust housing out...and facilitate a nice paint job it is really stuck, so i went onto looking...
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    starter bendix no engaging

    1995 115 hp ocean runner. starter bendix will not kick out to engage the flywheel, the motor spins when you turn the key though.... the starter has never given me trouble in the 1.5 years i have had the motor...not one hitch... ran the boat last saturday. during this past week i decided to...
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    seemingly loose high speed jets??

    1995 115 hp ocean runner.... been learning more as I go, took some carbs apart this past week that came from my 90 hp Iam rebuilding and from the extra set of 115 hp carbs I have planned for when the rebuild is done...sooo been measureing and cleaning jets...mainly air bleed and high speed...
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    HELP: removing upper mount 90 hp ocean pro ...secrets???

    changed up the title a little I took my power head off tonight...what a pain...200 lbs of torque for 2-3 " of screw X 6!!!! yuk thank the lord for a cheap electric impact gun. now onto the current proble, under the power head ther is a dual rubber mount...that the steering arm base had...
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    shimming the drive shaft, without the OMC guage

    does anyone know the dimension and tolerance for the setting of the drive shaft bearing housing.. I have bought a series of new shims and am ready to reassemble this drive shaft with new bearings and washer, and shims. the book calls for using two seperate guages and a feeler guage to set. I...
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    gonna troubleshoot a motor KNOCK..need some help

    I have a 1997 90 hp Ocean Pro... was told it had a knock before I bought it...but after hearing all the trips it made with the knock I was gambling it was going to be something minor.. I mounted it and ran it...but the knock was a little more that wanted to hear...it ran great...but since i...
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    OMC tooling...where to get it?

    I made a special socket to hold the drive shaft while i tighten the pinion nut( make the wrench for the pinion nut toooo!!!) and was telling the guys at work that I saved some money making instead of buying it. I wanted to check what it would cost to buy it. but cant find asy place that sells...
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    machineing clutch dog and forward gear...

    OK make that clutch dog and forward gear anyone see any reason why not to? 1995 115 hp ocean runner I can set up in my shop and machine these gears with nice new sharp carbide tooling. they are not really that bad at all.. I am refurbishing a lower unit and am getting close to reassembling...
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