115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

appleo

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seahorse.jpgcan you tell from phot approxmste model year of this beast?

i dont see any power trim do you?

thanks
 

racerone

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Re: 115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

1978/79 model ?
 
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BoatingCop

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Re: 115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

It could be a '77-'79. Does it have a tell tale on the starboard side of the motor? They started putting tell tales on in '78. What is the serial number?
 

jimmbo

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Re: 115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

Looking the cowl, I would say 78
 

boobie

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Re: 115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

Look on the stern brackets or a core plug the size of a quarter on the power head for a model #.
 

emdsapmgr

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Re: 115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

model identification 2.jpgLooks like a 1977. Cowling decal design looks a lot like the factory parts diagram. No power trim. If it had trim-the 77 trim was the old-style which mounted outboard of the transom brackets. You can confirm using boobie's i.d. method. Here is a pic of the core plug he refers to. The 77 used a single power pack. The 78 and up used two-for a number of years.
 

jimmbo

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Re: 115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

In 77 only the 140 used the new transom bracket/lower mounts. The 115 and 85 were still using the older style.
 

emdsapmgr

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Re: 115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

Good fact. Looks like the 77 and 78 cowlings had strikingly similar side decals. The power pack would be a telling factor.
 

jimmbo

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Re: 115hp Johnson Seahorse...help with apprximate age

In the late 70s Johnson was a lot like Mercury, making it had to tell the year by the cowl
 
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