i've got a motorguide varimax. bought 2 of them used for $100 for the pair s even with this one not working like it should i still feel like i got a good deal. but i'd like to try and get this one fixed if i can. motor works in forward but suddenly stops on the highest speed, and wont work in...
well im in the home stretch now with my boat project. but i need some help with the tach and speedo.
good news from anyone who read my other post is i didnt destroy anything when i ran it without the hose for a minute like a dumbass.
anyways some other stuff i did- i was having intermittent...
picked up a 1999 polaris slh wth a trailer for free because the owner just wanted it off their property. didn't have a title for it (we're in florida btw) but he did give me a bill of sale. so first thing i did when i got it home was to call police department to hace them run serial numbers and...
dear god i just screwed up with my 1973 merc 850. i was working on fine tuning some stuff with it in my driveway and running it on the hose. in between short runs, killing the engine, tweaking things and starting it up again, i was turning the hose off after killing the engine (trying to save a...
Buddy of mine just bought a cheap boat from Facebook which came with a 70hp force. Guy he bought it from let it run it on the hose but they didn’t take it to the lake. Having some experience buying used boats now that sent up a red flag to me. So we started it up on the hose together and I...
i've worked on a couple merc and johnson outboards but i'm unfortunately new to stern drives. my buddy has a 21 foot stern drive with a volvo penta engine, and 2 days ago he hit a rock and managed to break the prop shaft losing the prop and everything with it. bearing carrier and everything...
Well awesome news is that today I get to ask a much different question than I thought I was going to. Kept having issues getting my 1973 merc 850 to run under throttle. Took the carbs out for cleaning again, put in new fuel pump diaphragm and set the idlers and lo and behold it’s finally running...
Figured I’d share what I’ve been up to. Scored a free bonito with a 1973 merc 850 on the back of it. Unfortunately it had been left outside uncovered for a year through multiple hurricanes here in Florida so it looked to be in rough shape (hence the free). After taking a close look at it though...
not sure if this is the right forum for this post but i didn't see any other forum categories that seemed appropriate, so sorry if this is the wrong place to ask... I cant find any name plate on the tilt trim pump the only identifying info is the number: 45060A1
seems to be a merc. trying to...
So I got a 1973 motor and boat for free last week (awesome!) but it was free because it wasn’t running (not awesome!) and as someone who doesn’t have much mechanical skills but with a basic understanding of how it works I set forth to YouTube to learn as much as I could to see if I could fix...
