Motor ID help?

[Skools Out]

the power pack won't help either due to you can put 85 to 87 wiring on V4 loopers up to about 94, and no that's not a TL model due to it's a 25 inch motor so is a J140TX**.

[nymack66]

I stand corrected . If you cross reference the pack on CDI charts the 87 is unique ..
Here is how I found out what mine is, remember I went through the same thing and you guys help me big time ...
I ref the pack numbers, screws on the butterfly 3 = 140 hp, numbers on the power head, numbers off the coils, numbers off the carbs, jets sizes and called it a 87 since :)
It only took me 4 months plus !

[THEFERMANATOR]

85 is the odd ball, 86 and 87 both work the same in the packs. 85 is also the oddball in more ways than one. 85 had a unique intake different from all other 140's as well as a special tuner that didn't run for crap down low as it was HUGE. Remember that 85 was the first year of the 90 degree loopers, and the 120/140 were the first to hit the streets. The 200/225 V-6's weren't official until 86 once OMC had ironed out most of the looper bugs. The other problem is that so many parts are interchangeable on the loopers with only small changes and iding an engine that is over 20 years old after god knows how many others have wrenched on it is just about impossible unless you tear it down and go through every nut and bolt in it.

[RWilson2526]

Jesus, how do you guys know this stuff? impressive to say the least.

[Skools Out]

well i've worked on them seems like forever OMC wise, and currently own 4 of the Johnson / Evinrude 140's one set is a counter set. plus have a complete set of J/E factory shop manuals for yrs 1980 to 2005 all hp's including the 4 stroke stuff by Suzuki. a lot of the guys here say i have the fastest fence in the south. it only has 730 hp on it lol.

pics of fence lol







pics of frankinmotor

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Skools Out

Hey I see an 86-87 225 there, not many of them left around down here.

[Skools Out]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

Hey I see an 86-87 225 there, not many of them left around down here.

lol that is an 87 Ferm with a low total of 430 hrs from a bass boat and it has never seen salt yet as it is from Lake Lanier Ga. I'm going to use it on the V20. other 225 is a 1990 that matches the frankenmotor as a counter set. the 2 counter 140's are BR's old 1990's.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by RWilson2526

Jesus, how do you guys know this stuff? impressive to say the least.

The exhaust ports below the cowling are the dead giveaway to it being an early model looper. In 88 they all went to the higher exhaust port. Also the single pack off on the side vs the big one in the middle also indicates 85-87. A stock 85 140 would have had a V6 style lower with the bigger prop, but in 86 most had the V-4 lower and 87 many went back to the V6 lower on 25" shaft engines. Just a few of the identifiers to narrow em down.