The motor I have been looking at I was able to confirm based on the feed back from this forum which was great..Motor is a 1977 200 HP Johnson. Numbers I had inverted digits and should have been 200TXL77. My concern now is that originally being told by owner this was a 150hp motor I had looked into the rating spec for my boat to make sure it could handle the 150hp.<br />Boat is a 17.5 ft 1983 Larson Mach I. With a Motor rating up to 150HP.<br /> <br />Transom is solid and weight from what I can tell from reading should be about the same between both motors. The motor runs like a top but am I going to have issues in trying to put this motor on the boat? <br /><br />Thanks one again for your input.