Well while I finally winterized the boat today I noticed some discoloration in 2 spots in the transom.....I poked with my finger and sure enough its soft spots....the one spot I put my finger in about 1/4 inch or so...The transom seems solid everywhere but these 2 spots.....it appears to me that...
I was on my way home from teaching the final class of a boating class. It got me to thinking one of the other instructors said to the class congratualtions you just did something 90% of fellow boaters have not done....So I guess I was wondering how many have actually taken a class?
I bought a aftermarket lower unit and mated it to my old upper. It went together like it was supposed to except when tightened up on the aft end only by the anode tab there is a paper thin gap. It is tight everywhere else includeing at the oil hole between the halves. No Oil is seeping out and...
My brother has inhertied my former headache of a 1980 mercruser 140. The reason he inhertited it from me was there was water getting in the motor some how. It was not that prevelent untill i changed the impeller. After I changed the impeller water was shooting out of a spark plug hole. When I...
How lose should the u-joints on the drive shaft be? There was no slop or side to side action that i could se but they are very lose as in there is no stiffness when moveing them around. When i take the outdrive out they flop around and when I move them around by hand they move real easily and...
well I have adjusted the shift cables and I think one of the cables needs replaceing. But whish one would need replaceing? I adjusted the drive cable according to all the instructions i could find. I pushed the cable all the way in locked the prop in a counter clock wise motion and held it there...
I know there are probably alot of opinions on the matter and you know what they say about opinions. With that being said what is a good fair priced chartplotter fish finder combo or is it best just to buy two seperate units? Also I have a garmin nuvi 205w for my car will the charts sd card work...
Ok about a month ago I hit a ladder in my yard with my prop dinged up the prop. I replaced the prop and the lower unit because i thought a bent prop shaft was causing the vibration. Well i was wrong. With the new lower unit the vibration is still there. The weird part is it only does it in gear...
Ok I know its bad luck to not have a name on your boat. I am sure it has been covered on here before but I recently purchased a boat and it has the name Jamboree II. I am less than impressed with the name. I would like to rename it. Is it bad luck or juju to change the name and is there some...
I have a bent prop shaft on my 1975 mercruiser 888. I have priced tring to fix it myself and the cost in the proper tools alone is prohibitive. I would imagine at $70 an hour its not much cheaper to get it repaired by the mechanic either. I found the SE 106 lower unit for $695. Does anyone know...
I have a 1975 mercruiser 888 a couple of weeks ago while i had the muffs on i hit a wooden ladder in the yard....i know bonehead move. so anyhow so i start it up in the yard again this morning and there is a knoking in the outdrive. I check the oil its full and clean and right color. I took the...
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Ok today I was getting ready to take my 1975 24' Reinell with a Mercruiser 888 out to slay some fishies and I decided for some reason to tun it with the muffs on. Well when I did I put it in gear and heard some knocking from the outdrive. It did it in Forward and Reverse but not...
I have a 1980 mercrusier 3.0 when I lift the outdrive everything works fine untill its lifted fully then after it reaches the top fluid shoots out of what appears to be the bottom left corner if your faceing the stern. It stops fine at both the top of the trim limit and at the top of the up but...
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I have a 1980 mercruiser 140. I have water at a steady trickle comeing out at or near the number 4 spark plug. There is no water in the oil. ( it is normal colored and not milky or white.) What are the possibilites this could be and possible fixes. Any ideas are appreciated. Also is...
