Johnson Outboard Serial Number Search

Evinrude Outboard Motors
model to HP, year code explanation
1913-1979

Johnson Outboard Serial Number Lookup


Recreational Outboard Motors
There is another list similar to this for Commercial Motors, starting as small as 2.3hp and another for Racing Motors
This list is set up in alphabetical & then numerical order AND in repeating vertical column order to the right.

Evinrude Johnson Outboard Motor Model Year Lookup Guide Please select a year range above to find the year your outboard engine was manufactured. For commerical engines between 1977 to 1999 please see the following: Commercial Outboard Model Year Look-up Guide. HomePage Outboard, Inboard, Stern Drive & Jet Ski Repair Manuals Marine Motor Look-Up Guide Marine Engine Look-Up Guide If you have the model number of your engine, and would like to know the year it was made, please use this table. Evinrude outboard engines have a serial number label that is located on the transom bracket. Serial number labels will reference the date of manufacture for the engine by providing visibility of the month and year the engine was produced.

It appears that the factory may have had a code system at a couple of times, but it soon became so cluttered that it then became meaningless.

It also appears that there was some effort to incorporate HP as the first number with the year as the second in this model code after 1979. And a last number of 2 being a standard shaft, with a 3 being longshaft.

You may also see duplicate model numbers (like the 6002 & 6003) & maybe for the same hp of motors, but usually there are considerable number of years difference in manufacture (like 30+) so identification is easier.

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Johnson Outboard Serial Number Code

Just because a motor size or model ended here in 1979 does not mean the model was discontinued, but possibly carried on using the newer model numbering code system, in 1980 when the code word INTRODUCES was implemented.