Any way to find out year of johnson with only the serial #???

Nick6954

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I only have the serial # on my 6hp Johnson.<br />Wondering if there is a way to find out year from the serial #? Thanks for any help
 

Dunaruna

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Re: Any way to find out year of johnson with only the serial #???

Hi Nick, welcome to i-boats!<br /><br />What's the number?<br /><br />Aldo
 

Nick6954

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Re: Any way to find out year of johnson with only the serial #???

Thanks Aldo,<br />The # I found was J2785597.<br />Thanks for any help.
 

Paul Moir

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Re: Any way to find out year of johnson with only the serial #???

Wow, found lots of hits in that serial range, check this out:<br /><br />J2708623 1966<br />j2716616 1967<br />J2721781 1967<br />j2722679 1967<br />J2727994 1967<br />J2785597 - This is your one<br />J2820205 - 1967<br />J2828428 - 1967<br />J2833232 - 1967<br />J2835115 - 1967<br />J2835928 - 1967<br />J2880549 1968<br />j2892874 1968<br /><br />So it looks like you've got a '67 there. I can't seem to find a pic of one though so you can confirm. CD-24 would be the model number unless it has a shaft extension (20" transom) in which case it would be CDL-24.<br /><br />Hope this helps!
 

Dunaruna

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Re: Any way to find out year of johnson with only the serial #???

You da man PM! Was that just using the i-boats search function?
 

Nick6954

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Re: Any way to find out year of johnson with only the serial #???

Thank you both for the help. That will answer a lot of questions when calling about parts, instead for giving the color of the motor hoping he can figure it out.
 

Paul Moir

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Re: Any way to find out year of johnson with only the serial #???

No trouble nick!<br /><br />Dunaruna - yeah. The Iboats (well, UBBs) search function is incredibly stupid. It basically ignores spaces, tabs and <Enter>s. But that has advantages - I simply searched the Johnny/Rude and ON-RD forums for 'J27' and 'J28'. Those were what I got. Anyone can do it. ;) <br /><br />Tricky thing is it doesn't seem to work well with anything much earlier than '67, and anything much later than about the mid-80s. But every time someone asks what year outboard they have, and provides their s/n, it adds to the 'database'.
 

OBJ

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Re: Any way to find out year of johnson with only the serial #???

Thanks Paul....any info like that is great info!<br /><br />EDIT: Just tried it......far out!!
 
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