During the winter months I rebuild/repair powerheads. A guy throws a motor off and says I can have it because he is tired of it. He tells me #1 has no compression and it made noise when it ran. Heh, FREE with a lower unit and all, might be a money maker.
Imagine my surprise when I pulled the...
We had a warm spell, 36 degrees, and started on maintenance for customers. Of course this customer wanted his water pump kit replaced, gear oil changed and u-joints serviced.
A cold hard winter has little critters looking for shelter and seeing no tape over the prop I suspected I might...
I purchased this business 8 yrs ago and there are so many places that we keep finding stuff that is NEW, yet old, that our saying has become "Look for one thing, find another."
I came across these gems yesterday.
Re: Looking for Mercury 1978 4hp carburetor 1377-6566
Now that the insanity of the holidays is subsiding I managed to get this one cleaned up. I will be in the shop tomorrow and check the 2 4 hp mercs out there and see what yr they are and what carb they have.
Looking through my service bulletin collection I came across this and don't know if it had been shared before but thought I would anyway. I find test wheels very helpful in diagnosing problems or setting full throttle timing accurately. I use a fiberglass tank that is 10' long X 2' wide X 2 1/2'...
