I am not too familiar with Johnson outboards and I bought a advertised 85hp Johnson Javelin on the cowl but the motor as a red sticker with timing degrees and it says 1976 115hp on the aluminum air intake and the motor seems to be painted factory white. The lower unit has a stripe but I cannot...
I have a Grumman 5.0 aluminum boat which weighs in around 800lbs (no motor) and I am planning on spraying the bottom with a rubber liner and I was curious how I could flip it over with little or no help but myself?
I have a engine cherry picker, standard engine stand and plenty of 4x4's to...
I am not sure if having a little metal on the lower units oil drain plug is normal or not on a '84 90hp Mariner.
There is just a little bit there and the pieces are really small. I am the new owner of the PO's boat and the maintenance history is not there. The oil in the lower unit did look...
I just bought this off of a guy damaged only because it was low use looking and it came from inland and never saw salt (unlike mine). He was trailering it from a Bass competition and jack knifed his boat off of the road. He mentioned that he used to use transom savers but a friend showed him...
I was at the scrap yard looking for some aluminum to patch up my transom and I came upon this really great condition head. The spark plugs had not even been fired up. The head does not have any visible problems and looks fantastic. The only identifying info is E-1 then 93JPORT on the sprocket...
This one is about should I tell her or just let it go :facepalm:.
My wife is an avid germ freak and if something got dirty with something it was not intended to touch ... pitch it.
Now my dilemma ...
I was cleaning three carbs with carb cleaner on a Mercury restoration project and I noticed...
What does the Cylinder Bleed Hose on at 1984 Mercury 90hp inline 6 do? Is this something I should pull and check both directions with air to see if there are any plugged areas or might I ruin sometime of directional valve?
Does this hose need to be of "fuel line" quality if I replace it? Or...
Is my trim motor accessible to remove without removing the complete trim system? See photo. I read the technical book and they mentioned it can be pulled without pulling the unit but I have no idea how to get to the rear screw and even so, do you think it would even come out based on the...
How do you stop the corrosion that happens with threaded fasteners going into the Mercury Mariner block? Look at the photo to see what I mean. I have some of the waterproof lower unit grease if that helps or hurts? Suggestions? Ideas?
In the midst of working on this recently acquired Grumman 5.0, I noticed that the motor never turned and the steering wheel seemed locked. This motor is steered by a rotary steering unit that has the steering cable that goes to the steering tube on the motor.
Here is the questions and or...
Just out of curiosity, are there any charts about what strength of rope is needed for an anchor for various size boats? Mine is a 17' Grumman 5.0 that weighs in with the motor, boat hull and accessories at around 1200 lbs. The anchor is probably around 12 lbs with about three feet of chain on...
Re: Suggestions on looking for corrosion inside engine
So here are some photos of the corrosion I mentioned around the gaskets. Please let me know if anyone thinks this is a warning sign before I commit to buy this boat. I hope the photos help.
How do you get a replacement US Coast Guard MAXIMUM CAPACITIES label if you don't have one for your boat or its just getting too darn hard to read. I can actually see mine but I would like to restore the boat and replace the old one. Suggestions? I have a US Coast Guard station about 20 miles...
