Mikk Wardwell
New member
The other night, while steaming home after an evening of bass fishing, my 1975 Johnson 115hp started losing power and then shut off…..went from about 40 knots, to 5 knots, to dead in the water within about 7-10 seconds. As I started back toward the motor to see what happened I could see a buncha steam and hear water boiling. So I pulled off the cowling, to help it cool down, and finished the trip to the dock with my trolling motor. Back at the dock I tried starting up the 115 to check the telltale but it wouldn’t fire. The next day I changed the impeller/housing and the lower unit oil and took it back to the lake for a test run but, again, it wouldn’t even begin to fire. Checked all connections n found a small 30a fuse that was blown. Still wouldn’t fire. Used a multimeter and found appropriate readings from the starter all the way to the coils, but no spark from the plugs. Btw, I also changed the plugs when I did the impeller and lower unit. Any ideas on where to go from here? Thank you, in advance, and happy boating!