Hello everyone !
A few weeks back I received some awesome help on here and it was and is much appreciated, now after reading a few threads, I think I need to maybe do some things to this motor (winterizing)
As per the very generous help from everyone here I plan on replacing the entire water pump and the thermostat, I already replaced the plugs, (which were in dire need of replacement) the tips were wore down to paper thin and the center electrode was below the ceramic, so I am going to assume that all important aspects of this motor need to be serviced i.e. thermo and water pump.
I noticed in one thread that a lower unit was ruined from water freezing, and I am in St. Louis MO so we get freezing weather. I just got this motor and boat, and ran it in a large 55gal poly water barrel, so my question is, do you need to drain the lower unit ? Does it hold water that will crack it ? And if so is it the lower most plug on the lower unit ? We have only had one spell of cold weather since I ran it, and it seems to be fine at the present time, but I sure don't want to ruin this fine running motor before I even get it to the water !
Second question is....about the power tilt/trim which it has on the OMC throttle handle and on the motor cowling. I am looking at purchasing a guage set for this motor i.e. Speedo, tach, trim, water temp. But every guage set I find says sensor needed, and I can't find the sensor for the tilt/trim guage, I have searched this site and the internet to no avail, I found the sensor for Merc, but none for OMC or Johnson. I recently found a small console made for Johnson/Evinrude that includes a trim guage, but it too has no sensor with it either.
And please forgive my ignorance, but if the motor has power tilt, is that not the same as trim ? I know there are power trim tabs on some boats, but if the motor tilts is that not motor controlled trim ?
And one last question, does this motor have an alternator for charging the battery while running ? Am I guessing right that it has a magneto type alternator ?
Thanks in advance for any and all help with my questions.
Marty
A few weeks back I received some awesome help on here and it was and is much appreciated, now after reading a few threads, I think I need to maybe do some things to this motor (winterizing)
As per the very generous help from everyone here I plan on replacing the entire water pump and the thermostat, I already replaced the plugs, (which were in dire need of replacement) the tips were wore down to paper thin and the center electrode was below the ceramic, so I am going to assume that all important aspects of this motor need to be serviced i.e. thermo and water pump.
I noticed in one thread that a lower unit was ruined from water freezing, and I am in St. Louis MO so we get freezing weather. I just got this motor and boat, and ran it in a large 55gal poly water barrel, so my question is, do you need to drain the lower unit ? Does it hold water that will crack it ? And if so is it the lower most plug on the lower unit ? We have only had one spell of cold weather since I ran it, and it seems to be fine at the present time, but I sure don't want to ruin this fine running motor before I even get it to the water !
Second question is....about the power tilt/trim which it has on the OMC throttle handle and on the motor cowling. I am looking at purchasing a guage set for this motor i.e. Speedo, tach, trim, water temp. But every guage set I find says sensor needed, and I can't find the sensor for the tilt/trim guage, I have searched this site and the internet to no avail, I found the sensor for Merc, but none for OMC or Johnson. I recently found a small console made for Johnson/Evinrude that includes a trim guage, but it too has no sensor with it either.
And please forgive my ignorance, but if the motor has power tilt, is that not the same as trim ? I know there are power trim tabs on some boats, but if the motor tilts is that not motor controlled trim ?
And one last question, does this motor have an alternator for charging the battery while running ? Am I guessing right that it has a magneto type alternator ?
Thanks in advance for any and all help with my questions.
Marty