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I recently bought a 1997 fisher marsh hawk 180 with a mariner 60 Bigfoot. It started to bog and misfire once it warmed up so I changed the stator. I think I got the correct one.. The old one had 5 wires(2-yellows, 1-red, 1-blue, 1-black) The new one is a quicksilver brand with 4...

Do you think it could be the water circulation pump?

Also, could somebody explain to me how to backwash it.

It was the bell housing rubber o-ring that I had forgot, so I put a new one on put it back together and also put a new thermostat in it (it said 140 on the top) the water pump still looked brand new not sure the brand but she is still running hot. I shut it off at 200 deg.. what is the proper...

Thank you for the reply. No I havent, But with the muffs on I have water coming out of the transom holes and the prop. Doesn’t that mean I have flow? There’s also a lot of water coming from the spot where you can see the shift linkage. Not sure if that is normal or not.

I recently changed my outdrive from a alpha one gen 2 to a stern drive engendering brand that I bought used from a guy that told me was the exact same. Everything seemed to work fine as far as shifting goes, but it ran hot as soon as I got it on the water. It seems to have water running through...

Also, if the engin swap goes good would it be possible to do a thru hull exhaust?

All great advice! Yea I know a guy that has a v8 mercruiser and the whole outdrive out of a junker boat. He sais it’s all there and the outdrive and motor definitely came off the same boat.

the 1950 capris with the cabin in the front have v8’s and the way the back of the boat is set up looks exactly the same

I have a 1999 Bayliner 1950 capri. It has a 3.0 mercruiser with a alpha 1 gen 2. I am wanting to change the 3.0 mercruiser and the outdrive with a v8 mercruiser and new outdrive. Will a v8 fit in the boat. Does anybody have any pro-tips for me that may make this a little easier? Any help would...