Re: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120

From: Lee Shuster <Lee.Shuster@...>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:51:21 -0600

Bill,

The 120 and 165 OMC Stringers are based on the inline Chevy blocks. The 153 cu in inline four and the 250 cu in inline six.

Inline engines use a single-bank combined intake/exhaust manifold, where the V engines have separate exhaust and intake manifolds.

lee

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From: omc-boats-bounces@... [mailto:omc-boats-bounces@...ultimate.com] On Behalf Of BLDFW
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:19 AM
To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120

OK....I have a question on this pic: http://img513.imageshack.us/i/mot00002.jpg/

Why is one of the two water ports blocked off in favor of a single hose?? Seems an odd setup and not consistent with the original intent; one port directing water to each exhaust manifold.

Maybe I missed it somewhere.....Is that feeding a 4cyl with only one exhaust manifold?

-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer

--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Nexi <ohnoitsnexi@...> wrote:

From: Nexi <ohnoitsnexi@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...mate.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 12:47 AM

Both reds are going straight to the solenoid. They're not stock red wires. After further review I can see that a previous owner put them in. Pics attached.

http://img200.imageshack.us/i/mot00003.jpg/

http://img194.imageshack.us/i/mot00001.jpg/

http://img513.imageshack.us/i/mot00002.jpg/

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From: jd <jdood@...>
To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's <omc-boats@...te.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:59:28 AM
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120

the big cylinder is the starter. One red is definitely power to the tilt motor (via the starter post) The other red wire is probably coming from the battery. On my '64 Buick 155, there's a blue and white for up and green and white for down. (confirm up vs down - i'm going from memory here). Not sure what the green and yellow wires are. Plain green sounds like one of the shift wires. Yellow doesn't sound familiar - maybe added later by someone...

Lee has some wiring diagrams posted - wiring diagrams look intimidating at first, but can become your friend after studying them for 2 weeks straight:

http://hhscott.com/evinrude/wiring.htm

On Aug 10, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Nexi wrote:

> Found them when my second set of hands got here. Had them hit the switch so I could track the solenoids down. They are at the top rear mounted to the engine block. I'm thinking that I can check the motor itself by running power straight to it. Only problem is figuring out what wires are what. I see 2 red wires going to something cylinder in shape on the bottom of the engine compartment just next to the drive. Then I see a green and a yellow wire going out through the drive section and don't know where they end.
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> From: Andy Perakes <aperakes@...</mc/compose?to=aperakes@...ideopenwest.com>>
> To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's <omc-boats@...mate.com</mc/compose?to=omc-boats@...>>
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:57:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120
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> I'm not sure about the 120, but on my 155, the solenoids are on the top rear of the engine compartment. I can't remember if they mount to the stern drive housing or the engine block, but there's not a lot of real estate and they should be easy to find either way if they're in the same place. There are 2 solenoids, one to the left and one to the right, (up and down I think, but again can't remember for sure as that repair was a good 20 years ago).
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> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:05 PM
> Subject: [OMC-Boats] Tilt not working on 1967 Sportsman 120
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> I went ahead and bought a battery, Marine - Starting, and started testing things out on the dash. Blower checks out ok but the tilt isn't working. I can hear a clicking in the rear when I flip the switch, but the engine isn't tilting. From researching a bit it seems the tilt is controlled by a solenoid. How do I track down the problem? Is it possible that the solenoid is bad even though it is clicking? Bad contacts perhaps?
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> Right now I'm waiting for a second set of hands so I can figure out where the solenoid is located.
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