HI i Have a 225 Johnston on the back off a 18ft speedboat what i want to know is why has the engine been mounted 2.5" off centre , if you know what i mean, when i look at the rear off the boat the engine is 2.5" more to the right , when i have the boat on the water the boat never sits level , you would think that all the weight was on the drivers side because the boat lies to that side , so to to make it level i have to put more weight on the other side , would it be better if i mounted the engine centre or is there a reason for mounting it off centre , this boat will reach speeds off 65mph but at that speed you would think that the boat was going to go on its side especially if im in the boat myself and there is no weight on the other side , steve<br /><br />Oh and by the way i'm from Northern Ireland , if you look on the map you'll spot the big lake right in the centre , Lough Neagh which is the largest fresh water lake in Europe i'm right on the south shore off it , oh and by the way this is a very good forum , pity our Johnson service centre wasn,t as good , their a joke , cant get service and cant get parts , no wonder any guys over here wont buy johnson engines , i personally love them , if only we had a decent dealer , i phoned them the other day beacuse my gears were jumping out off reverse the find out what may have happened and see if they would have a look at it , when i told them it was a 1988 it said , " Oh it about time you changed that engine its a bit old to start working on , i can do you a very good deal on a new Johnson" well i managed to fix the problem myself thanks to this forum , the guy before me that had replaced the dog didn't set the hieght off the rod at the right height so i was getting forward ok but just wasnt just not engaging in reverse so i set it at the height the manual said took the boat out and now it works fine.
