Re: Johnson 40HP Tilt/Trim
Burito Springs? We, are too far away from the highway to be on the farm worker migration route. Around here it's just snow birds who drive their boats like they own the ocean. I don't think they're drunk. I think they are just really bad at sharing. We have a stretch of water called "miserable mile" right near sanibel causeway. Islands on the left, oysters on the right. No matter what comes in the other direction you have to stay in the narrow channel.
at any rate, you're not missing anything with the J/E single ram. It's a bad design. the top seal is wrong part and is lucky to last 10 years. They used a radial shaft oil seal like the kind used to seal engine crankshafts. Those seals are made from rubber and won't last if exposed to sun, ozone, water like that. It should have been a urethane rod wiper. Then the poppets are made from delrin plastic. They should have been made from steel with a needle and seat design like every other trim system since 1960. Poppets are generally non-replaceable parts and plastic is going to end up creating DOA, non-repairable trims unless you are willing to machine a brass replacement or something. the piston seals are quad lobe with backup rings. jeez, it's a 50hp engine. regular orings would cost 1/4th as much and last 30 years. what's the point in a system with 10 year top seals and 15year poppets? and the manual release .... on and on .... they nearly doubled the cost of building the trim while cutting it's lifespan by 30% or more. it's probably the most poorly designed trim I have ever encountered. So you're not missing anything.