When I last ran it last season the fuel was fresh. I haven't had the boat out hat as they're is still some ice on the lakes. Spark arrestor is clean. Not sure what flapper your talking about
Hello, first off my boat is a 2005 SeaRay 175 sport with 3.0 mercruiser motor. Bought it last year, seemed a little slower on take of than I thought it should be and only get 4000rpm at wot without trim and 4400 trimmed. Just last week I took it to a repair shop to have them look at it and...
I recently not the boat and it had mice in it, I got it all cleaned up for the most part. I noticed there is a carpeted wood "shelf" under the dash above where your feet go. I would like to remove this shelf top and peek in to see if I need to clean up under this. I don't see any screws or...
Hello everyone, I am looking at buying a 99 Monterey Montara 196 with a 5.0L volvo penta. It needs some work, just not sure if I should steer clear or if it won't be too much to fix. I have mechanical knowledge and have worked on my mercruiser 165 lots. This boat i guess was running hot and...
Hi my motor cooked on my trim pump, I am wondering if anyone knows the best place to get just the motor? Or does anyone have a used one for sale? My boat had the 165 inline 6 cylinder mercruiser
I am thinking my lower leg is in need of a rebuild, I found a used set of internals for a mercruiser 188. My boat is a gm inline 6 with the mercruiser 165. Would the gears out of the 188 fit my 165?
So my trim is a 3 button trim. I used to be able to trim down and trailer up, but the trim up didn't work. Now I only have trailer up the down quit working. I installed a new solinoid and if I jumper it it will go up but when I jumper down it just sparks. My trim system only has one solenoid and...
Hi i have a 1973 mercruiser 165 with a inline 6cyl 250cid. I recently replaced the lower shift cable due to not being able to shift into reverse. After cable was replaced i tried to adjust the shift cables according to the manual i got. I can get the reverse gear to grab by adjusting the cable...
