MrGiggles
Well-known member
Took my new to me 83 Johnson 25hp on it's maiden voyage last Thursday before the cold weather get here.
Today I was messing around with the boat and tried to spin the motor over to look for timing marks. It acted like it was stuck, took a hard pull to get it to move, but it did free up and spin normally. I suspected that it might have froze, so I tried to shift it and it was stuck in neutral. The prop does spin freely.
I put a heat lamp close to the lower unit for a couple hours, when I went back to check I saw that quite a bit of water had leaked out, and it now shifts normally.
What are the chances that anything was damaged? I guess the best way is to take it all apart. I need to replace the seals in the lower unit and replace the impeller since I don't know how old it is, but I'm not sure if the parts will get here in time for my next outing.
Why did water stay in there anyway? I do not trailer or store the motor up (this motor doesn't seem to have a lock to keep it upright), I leave it down just like it would be if I was on the lake. Is there a drain hole somewhere that is plugged?
Today I was messing around with the boat and tried to spin the motor over to look for timing marks. It acted like it was stuck, took a hard pull to get it to move, but it did free up and spin normally. I suspected that it might have froze, so I tried to shift it and it was stuck in neutral. The prop does spin freely.
I put a heat lamp close to the lower unit for a couple hours, when I went back to check I saw that quite a bit of water had leaked out, and it now shifts normally.
What are the chances that anything was damaged? I guess the best way is to take it all apart. I need to replace the seals in the lower unit and replace the impeller since I don't know how old it is, but I'm not sure if the parts will get here in time for my next outing.
Why did water stay in there anyway? I do not trailer or store the motor up (this motor doesn't seem to have a lock to keep it upright), I leave it down just like it would be if I was on the lake. Is there a drain hole somewhere that is plugged?
