I bought a 1984 Ranger 373V with a 1980 Evinrude 150 Sport last fall. After a nasty winter I was finally ready to take it out for the first time since the water-test with the PO before I bought it. I checked everything and ran it on the hose with muffs the night before, and then again that...
I have a 1980 Evinrude 150 Sport, & I need to know where the tilt / trim switch should be located on the driver control panel, and what it should look like. I've tried searching the web for pictures with no luck. The previous owner gave me the switch he was using that went bad, which I don't...
I'm in the process of rebulding the carburetor on my 1973 Mercury 7.5 HP with Mercarb BB series carburetor. The idle tube's screw head stripped off, so I need to locate another one. The trouble is I'm not sure what the part numnber is. I've found the attached parts diagram on several sites...
Re: 1978 Mercury 1500 Black Max Choke Help Needed
Thanks again for the help everyone. Got the choke back on. Funny thing is that I bought 2 different models of the plunger off the guy, after driving 4 hours round trip after work. Of course NEITHER one was right! I felt like the 3 Little...
Re: 1978 Mercury 1500 Black Max Choke Help Needed
Thanks Maxz695, I believe some of those are the correct part though. '54283A 1' is one of the part #'s I found, and I also found somewhere that setup was used on Merc's 70HP and up from 1970 - 1982 or 1983. My buddy gave me the # of a guy who...
I'm pretty sure the choke solenoid on the '78 Black Max 150 HP I recently bought is bad. I get 12 volts at the solenoid wire connection when the choke button on the control panel is pressed with the ignition in On / Run position, but the solenoid doesn't make any noise or click, so I'm pretty...
I recently bought a 85 Cajun RGFM bass boat as the title says. The boat is in overall good condition {minus the typical soft floor under steering wheel console} & for a bass boat you buy for about $1K that a guy had to get rid of. The main thing is it does have some (lots) of wiring gremlins...
Re: Need 2 parts, where to buy / can use regular auto parts
Thanks for the replies. I wanted to mention a few things; I don't plan to replace the whole carburetor, ONLY the top cover, which is known as the "Air Horn". Also the pics from yesterday were not of my actual parts. I did take a...
There are two parts I need for my '86 MCM140. Normally I know you don't want to run auto parts on a marine engine due to corrosion, but I was wondering if these parts may be OK to do it with. Either way, I'd like to also know where is a good place to get them.
Alternator Bracket- Mercruiser...
Re: Trailer winch tower bow stop adjustment
Well I lowered the winch stand to the bottom hole, installed a new Poly bow stop roller, and threw some paint over it. The boat sat well against the stop roller & towed SO much better. I loved not having the boat want to bounce when we went over a...
We took out our brand new used boat ('86 Sea Sprite 175) this past weekend. While towing I noticed the boat seemed to bounce a lot. After looking at the trailer, talking to a friend, and looking online I think what I need to do is adjust the winch tower / bow stop so the bow is tight against...
I have an old 16? Lone Star King Commander V-hull (early ? mid 1950?s I believe) I?ve been working on that was given to us by wife?s step-dad. The boat has the original roller / tilt trailer with a 4 lug axle. Currently the standard for these rims is 4? between the lugs, but this axle / hub...
