I'm not too familiar with trim systems. I was hopeing someone could enlighten me on my problem. After a day at the beach with the engine trimed all the way up it is difficult to get it back down. It's a Mercruiser Bravo I drive. To get it down I have to raise and lower the drive several...
The boat died on me the other day. After a few checks I realized the boat was starving for fuel. I could disconnnect the outlet on the fuel pump, turn the motor over and nothing. It has a mechanical pump thats driven via a cam off the seawater pump. The pump is about 4 months new. It's got...
I've got a new mando alt. on my mercruiser and noticed it won't function unless a certain RPM is achieved(for example 2000rpms). Is anyone familiar with this type of alternator and is it common for a marine alt. to have a cut-in RPM?
I'll start with a little history. I generally start the motor per the manuel with one pump of the throttle to prime the engine and then crank with a quarter throttle. It generally fires right away. Once it does I slow the motor down to a 1000 rpms. Once the operating temp. starts to rise and...
I'm pretty sure my '97 454 doesn't run 5600 rpms. I suspect the tach is off. I don't recall it ever reading as high. What if anything could happen "overnight" that might cause this? Is there a way to check?
I writing in regards to a recent problem with my '97 232 Baja w/454. The boat sounds almost as if the engine is missing, and suffers from a loss of power. Two days prior I had the boat out and it ran beatifully. No problems whatsoever. The only thing I can think is that when I hosed the...
