Hey everyone I have a 1983 115 tower of power inline six two stroke. I took it out last week for the first run of the season and all was great, went to use it this weekend and ran into an issue. First it didnt want to start so I gave it throttle to start but would not run at idle. Noticed it was...
Hey everyone I'm looking at going to a four blade prop and wondering what the pros and cons of each prop is. They seem identical besides the rubex has a rubber hub which seems strange but I would like some real feedback. My boat is a 1980 glastron cvx 16.6:700lps, 1983 mercury 1150 tower of...
Re: 115 "tower" leaking fuel.
here are some pictures. It is coming from the starboard side, to much to just be fuel dumping from the front of the carbs and the collector plate tube exist on the port side. Also found a cracked hose, not sure what it's for, maybe vaccum line?
Hey there, I have a 1983 115 tower of power. While I was winterizing it I notice it was leaking an excessive amount of of fuel(gas+2stroke oil) down the starboard(right) side of the engine and leg. I know these engines are known for this but this is far more then I've seen before. I investigated...
Hey there I have a 1983 115 tower of power on a glastron 16.6 cvx with a 21p SS prop. When accelorating it has a devloped a bad bog. If given full throttle as if holeshoting it will just sputter and die. If the throttle is more graduraly applied it will get to 2000rpm+ and take off. It runs...
Hey there I have a 1983 tower of power 115 and was wondering what the max rpm for this motor is. I'm pulling about 5300 rpm with a 21p quicksilver SS prop. It's on a glastron 16.6 cvx. The reason I ask is I'm not getting max speed out of it, only about 45mph. Any thoughts?
I have no spark in #6 cylinder on my 1983 115 mercury tower of power. It ran great before winter but hasn't ran right this season. I replaced the coil, plug wire and plug still nothing. I need some help to figure this out.
