VR55 Found

[chris-p]

Picked up a VR55 at a swap meet today. Definitely a Project!

Missing quite a bit, but enough to build from.

Will be looking for a tank, jugs, exhaust, piston, 4 sets of rings, gearcase and prop to start.

Randy…..have you had the VR55 head gaskets made yet?

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[Bob Wight]

NIce find. Good luck with rounding up all the parts and bringing it back to life. Keep us posted with the progess.

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20

“Every 20 minute job is only a broken bolt away from a 3-day project.”
"Every time you remove a broken or seized bolt an angel gets his wings."

[tarcigam]

That will be a project for sure. Just the same, I certainly would have bought it .

[Randy in Tampa]

i’m not sure if the gaskets will work on the VR 55 I know it will work on the VR 45 and VR 50 but nobody seems to know what the correct cylinders are, Nice find maybe a little difficult to find the stuff to put it together though, we have a club member that has been looking for parts for one for many years they seem to be as rare as frogs fur and hens teeth, I do know also the cylinder heads are unique and padded on both sides inside and have a number stamped on them, crankshaft cylinders and cylinder heads will be the hardest parts the find, I hope your crankshaft is good! The rest of the motor is common and same as many other motors 😎

[oldelto]

Chris, Check serial # stamped on crankcase. Looks like #154xx. Possibly ex VE-50.

[chris-p]

The big stamping on the rear of the crankcase is 23F96
Small stamping base port side is 04733

Stamping on the Rotary is 23D102

[oldelto]

Look at 1st photo right below piston on crankcase. I see number??

[chris-p]

104733?

The last number is hard to make out, could be a 3, 9, 0…..sorry not sure

[chris-p]

Well looks like what I have is a VR rope plate on a service motor! Started taking it apart today, and found that hole on the mag plate is smaller than the hole on my XR55 mag plate. The XR55 and the VR55 are supposed to be the only two 4 cylinder OMC motors that share that mag plate with the larger hole as they have the extra room of the bearing at the top of the crankshaft.

Ah well, still happy with a Service Motor.

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