Johnson Sea Horse 5.5 hp

Here’s a video of a 1961 Johnson Sea Horse 5.5. Also, I have a question from a visitor about his Sea Horse:

“I just got a johnson sea horse 5.5 m# CD17. and the s# 2051532 . could any one tell me the year, and the gas & oil mix to this? thank you very much”

If anyone can help out, please add a comment below. Thanks.

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Question on used outboard motor hours

Here’s a question from a visitor to the site:

“How does one determine how many hours an outboard motor has ran…does it have a gauge similar to the odometer on a car, or do you just have to take the owner’s word?”

If you’d like to answer this and help out, please leave a comment below. If you don’t see the comment form, just click on the headline of this post to take you to the right page.  Thanks.

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New Outboard Motor Parts Search Page

Due to a large number of requests for different outboard motor parts, I created a special search page for those of you looking for parts for outboards.

For all your Mercury, Johnson, Evinrude, Honda parts and more please visit:

Outboard Motor Parts Search Page

Just enter the manufacturer and part type in the search box where it says “outboard parts” and hit search.

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1957 Evinrude Fleetwin 7.5 running

Here’s a clip of a 50 year old+ Evinrude outboard motor, the Fleetwin, 7.5 hp running in a test tank.

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4 x Mercury Verado 300’s on a RING Powercraft

Here’s a video clip of 4 300 horse Mercury Verado outboards on a Ring Powercraft. These Swedish RIB-boats are custom made. Not something for everyone obviously…

300 hp Verados are currently going for about $9,000 on eBay.

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