Re: Hydro-Electric Lube Question?
Hi Guys, <br />Thanks for the fast reply... I am definately glad I joined now..
<br /><br />Any help, diagrams, tips from those who have tried this or know someone who has are all very welcome.<br /><br />I bought this outboard a while ago, and proceeded to fix it up.. I replaced the powerpack ($400 AUD)<br />Painted the leg properly, ($100 in etch primer and Acrylic lacquer, and untold hours sanding.)<br />replaced the fuel lines, the impeller and anything else I could find that looked like it might need fixing/replacing. so this gearbox thing is rather upsetting as I thougth I was ready to go.<br /><br />So I have to pull the leg off again?<br />I don't have a service manual yet, (they wanted $100 AUD (about $50 USD) to ship it over here to me. which I can't afford this month considering how much I have already spent on the motor this month already.<br /><br />If you have any diagrams or notes about doing it, I'd really love to get a copy. can you email them to me? (frankieh@vianet.net.au) or are they on hard copy??<br /><br />I have taken legs apart before, my old evenrude selectric has been stripped by me a couple of times, I swapped the forward and reverse electric clutches in that around because forward let go under high load, and I did all that without a service manual or a clue.. so I can probably do this too, but I like this motor more, so I'd like to be sure.<br />(the only problem with the old Selectric was that when I dropped the leg off, 500 needle rollers fell out the bottom.. which was a nightmare to put back in. but the Johnson has no needle rollers around the drive shaft, so no probs there.<br /><br />Anyway, if anyone has any diagrams, or info that I can have a look at, I'd be very relieved and appreciative.<br /><br />One old bush trick I was thinking of trying was to drain the leg out, fill it with diesel and run it for ten minutes, the diesel detergents clean off the gummed up oil. anyone know if thats a profoundly bad idea?<br /><br />I started the machine today, with the wires disconnected, and hooked possitive directly to the two wires via a jumper lead to the battery, (hoping to see it jump in to reverse.) alas, no such luck, the solenoids were drawing current, but nothing at all happened. (so its not the switch gear, which I had already tested with a multimeter anyway.) as I understand it, both wires no voltage in Forward, one 12V in Neutral, and both 12V in Reverse, the switch is reflecting this perfectly.<br /><br />One last thing, where is the Diode? is there an easy way to test it, (ie with a multimeter)<br /><br />Sorry for the long abstract post, I was just so surprised to find people on the net who understand what I am talking about.<br /><br />Many thanks<br /><br /><br />rgds<br /><br />Frank
