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I have all the gauges pulled out of my boat in preparation for my rewire that im about to do. I have a 3 wire plug on my controls, from what I understand this brings power and the tach wire to the dash. I can not find the pigstail to plug in to this. Dose anyone have a part# for this pigstail...

This tach was on a 150 6cyl merc, I have a 85horse evinrude. Will this tach work or do i need a new one http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/davidhicks16/IMG00061-20100913-1733.jpg

On my trailer I have your basic 2 bunk 4 center roller setup. The roller on the back of my trailer don't even touch the boat. It also sits higher than the bottom of the boat and I have to take it off to unscrew the plug. I am thinking of just leaving it off. Is this a good or bad idea?

I was all set to register my boat and I found out it has a lean against it in someone else name.

I have pulled all the wiring out of my boat and im starting fresh. I started with the lights and have a ground from the bow to battery in the back of the boat. Can I splice multiple circuits in to that ground, or is that asking for a fire?

My boat has had a motor swap prior to me taking ownership and the tach was never hooked up. Does any one have a wiring diagram on a 77 evinrude 85hp v4? Or something that can help me get this tach hooked up.

I hit a log and spun my prop hub:( and to rub some salt in my wound my tilt stopped working.

OK I did not steal it but a got for a steal. Yesterday I traded my thundercraft with no floor for a 81 dyna-trac 176 s/s with a 85hp evenrude. The guy i got the boat from traded me because he could not find a title for the boat, about 3hours of searching I came up the title.

I started to pull the deck up in my 15ft 79 titan ss, I got the seats and carpet out and found a particle board mess thrown on top of the original floor!:mad: I proceeded to get the real floor up and found lots and lots and lots more termites. I pulled all the wood I could get to out and im...

As stated in another thread I had to rewire my motor. I got it started on the muffs and it ran great, but when I put it in the water today it was loading up and bogging down while spiling gas out of the carbs. I was told it could be bad gas, a bad head gasket, or out of tune carbs. I got a...

What is the mix ratio on a 79 50hp thunderbolt?

I went to look at a 79 Thundercraft titan ss with a 79 50hp merc thunderbolt, I asked the seller to start it for me and it had no spark. Against my better judgment I paid the man and drug it home. Three hours of completely rewiring the whole outboard she runs like a dream. After all the wiring...

I have just picked up a 79 Thundercraft Titan ss with a 50hp merc outboard. The motor turns freely and has good compression but its not sparking. The 2 wires coming up out of the harness are carotid and the casing has fallen off them. I am assuming one wire is a hot wire off the magneto and the...