Need some OMC help on a 1997 Johnson 130.

[THEFERMANATOR]

The timer base is pretty much the same on 120-140's from 88 to the last of em in early 200?. Some of them did have a different connector on them though. You'll need an ohm meter and a peak reading volt meter to test the timer base on it. The first test I do is go through and disconnect the 2 plugs from the timer base to the pack(one is a 4 wire and the other is a 5). Ohm them out to ground and see if any of those wires have continuity to ground. If that checks good then continue to check them for output. connect your peak reading volt meter black lead to the E terminal of the 5 pin(center pin of the row of 3). Next take the red one and hook it to the other pins one at a time and crank the engine over. You should have .5 volt or more on each one, if they fall short or are 0 with no wiring damage then your base is probably bad. If they all have .5 volt or more and all of the wiring is good then I would check to make sure you are getting good voltage out of the stator to the pack(the 2 wire connector brown and brown/yellow wires). Check those with a PRV as well for 175 volts or more of cranking voltage, if you have it then 99.9% chance that your pack has failed and isn't switching circuits internally.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Send me your Email and I'll send you copies of the ignition diag pages for that engine. I scanned em off, but they are a bit big to attatch to the forum.

[bigshrimpin]

Ferm - Thanks so much!! my email is [email protected]

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by bigshrimpin

Ferm - Thanks so much!! my email is [email protected]

There poor quality scans, but you should be able to make em out. I left them full size to reduce any loss of them.

[Skools Out]

is it a 20 or 25 inch motor? reason for asking the 25 inch motors had 35 amp charging and the others 7 so if it's a 35 amp system could be a bad flywheel.

[macojoe]

its a 25" motor

[bigshrimpin]

Thanks guys for all your help (especially Ferm for photocopying the pages). . . I solved my problem by selling the motor. I sold it to a guy through a rod and needed a powerhead/parts motor. Got $1250 for the motor yesterday . . .