I came across this picture from when the now long gone visitor repaired it 3 years ago. I had taken it on a few short rides and it continued to stay in forward. I'd press the gear change button and the throttle would move as I pressed it but wouldn't change to reverse or neutral. Today I made a...
I have a Tracker Panfish 2004. I had been having some trouble starting it so I was pushing the middle button on the throttle, which puts it in neutral, so I could increase the gas so it would idle faster. I finally figured out my starting problem but now it stays in forward gear. If I push that...
It used to work OK but now something is making it blow fuses. I stuck my phone back there but still can't see it much less figure out how to get at it. Could someone give me some tips on how to go about this? I'm not very skilled at this but it's a major hassle to get it out of the water and to...
I have a rebuilt carb that I'm trying to learn up on putting in a merc bigfoot. Today I was taking a picture of the existing carb to send to the local dealer to get O rings. I noticed there were bits of gas on the carb. It seemed to be coming from the black thing I show in my picture (I'm...
I'm a real newbie when it comes to doing things on motors. Sometimes I've fixed things though when I had a good video showing what to do. I bought a rebuilt carb for this motor and would like to try to put it in. Really fed up with the local dealer who has a monopoly on boat motor repair around...
While checking the engine # I made this video of how it sounds revving up if that gives experienced ear any more info.rev merc 25hp 4str - YouTube Thanks
Couldn't really grasp the manuals I saw. I'm extra basic as far as motors go. I was all set to bring it in to a non dealer repair place that I used years ago (with mixed results). Then I brought it in and picked it up the same day. This time the guy said I had to leave it and it could take 10...
OK. I bought a spark tester and made a video of what happened. https://youtu.be/jU-E5je6Vx4 I put it in between both plugs and the motor would start and a red light could be seen flickering . I should have left the camera on longer and it was a little brighter than I would have liked to see the...
The boat sits most of the time. I had problems starting it but when I got it started it would only go half speed.Got the old gas out and put new ethanol free 98 oct gas and Seafoam in it. Still half speed but occasionally would go faster for a short time. Later, I changed the spark plugs that...
I'm not too knowledgeable about motors. The boat hasn't been used since last Spring. It started up fine recently. There wasn't much gas in the tank. It sputtered some when I took it out. Some days later I squeezed the bulb (like always) and it got firm. It was cranking but not catching. I have...
I am trying to see if I can get the water to come out of the peehole. Last year it wouldn't come out and I knocked a Mud Daubers nest off the top (see photo) and the water started flowing again. I took weedeater string and cleaned out the peehole as far as I could go. Then down by the...
