I was told you do not want the baring to go bad on shaft from motor. I have a 1995 Ford powered 302 Volvo penta. My reserarch says its a single baring unit. Should be able to pull it from rear. I wish now I would of left it alone. I have huge slide hammer and a brass pipe cut open to squeeze and...
Ive got a 1995 5.0 Volvo Penta DP-C3 Replacing Shaft Baring. It does not have greese Zirt except one that is on what looks like steering arm. My shaft baring inside drive housing is bad. I was told after I remove 3 C clamps I could pull it straight out the back with little effort. I won't come...
Trying to Service Gimble 1995 Volvo Penta DP-C1. How to pull main swival pins?. Got the helmet up. The hoses disconnected. Looks like the 2 pressed pins with allen bolt locks has to be removed to back off unit. How do you remove these pins without the special tools nobody owns. Thinking about my...
I feel stupid when I read simple instructions in getting 2 #8 30 MM long and clean lub the 2 wholes on top of helmit and screw in slowly to release it. I did it screwed all the way in the circle did rotatate accidently 90 degrees as it loosened. It wont easily go back. Got 2 screws exactly 30...
Shimming lowet to upper old DP-C1. Reading manual in confusing and converting mm to inches makes mistakes easy. Upper unit race grove .317. Lower rac heighth .298. ..317-298=.019. I have 2 shims added together=.015. So now I have .004 gap I think. What do I need in both mm and then inches for...
Bought a 1995 220 Celebrity 5.0L that had the lower unit knocked off. It had a DP-E Duo Prop lower gear units (Ratio 1:95) I am finding I can find a complete single drive unit for 1/2 the price of just buying a lower duo unit. What are the draw backs of just buying a complete single drive. I...
I have a 1997 Johnson 175 on a 92 19.8 Champion and I am dissappounted at 61 MPH at 5800 RPMs. I am wondering about a problem on top end. If I hold it at 61 for about 2 miniutes she shuts down but always restarts on the way down. I have checked the filter and it is clean. Is this a rev limiter...
I am trying to prop for speed. I have 1997 Johnson 175 non fuel injected out board on a 19' champion boat. What is the best max RPM power range for top end and what is the best top end prop today. Several years ago I was always impressed with RAKER Props. What pitch do you guses?
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:rolleyes: I have a 1992 Champion Bass boat with a Johnson 175. I have 2 drives to chose. I like performance but also like dependability. I do not run in salt water. I have an Ocean Pro drive and a regular drive. Is the ocean pro wider therefore cut back some speed? Which would you sell and...
When I bought plugs I noticed there are 2 choices of plugs for the 175. Fast strike cost more. I the fast strike motor a faster or better motor or what?
I bought this motor and the owner said it just shut off going down the lake around 60 mph. I bought the motor. After looking this motor over I found a small crack in the crank case area. It is on the right side starting from bottom of middle cylinder up the side on crank case to fly wheel cover...
I bought a 1992 Johnson 175 WHR series motor. I never heard of the WHR Model. What is known about it? Heres the story. The guy was running down the lake at 60 mph and it just quits. couldn't get it started. Then he sold it to me. I got it home and with further investigation I jound a hair line...
I had a 1992 Johnson 175 WHR on a Bass boat with key on the dash. I changed it to a 1997 fast strike 175. The 92 has a small round plug and a big round plug. The 97 has 2 square plugs. Do have to change out all my controls? Do they make a conversion kit? If so what is the part #?:)
