I'll try to keep this short enough to prevent people losing the will to live.
In Aug, 2018, I saw a Craig's List ad for a 1984 4Winns Marquise 170 that contained "I told the kids that if it started to cost money, it would have to go, so here it is" and that it "had a slight overheat".
OK, I...
I have seen the videos that show the bolt removal to allow sliding the gearcase out- I think that as long as it's installed with the correct orientation I'll be OK. My friend found a video showing the shroud removed, so I'll do that first.
Thanks
I don't have a lot of experience with Johnson outboards and am trying to help a friend with servicing his water pump. The Johnson outboards I have worked on were smaller and the shift shaft was easy to find but this one is very crowded.
My questions:
Does it need to be in gear when the...
If you think that was embarrassing, I was working on my boat and finally got around to re-installing the outdrive. Once it was on, I needed to raise it to A) make sure the wires at the control were connected correctly (one of the wires in the handle wasn't the same as the harness (OEM wiring)...
Test one engine at a time by disconnecting the battery, then disconnecting one ECM- in a multi-engine setup, one is set as Master and the other is Slave (don't kill me for calling it this, that's the real name for it). Check in Diacom to see which is which, so you can run the Master first. It...
If the trailering switch works, it's most likely that one or both of the wires to the limit switch is bad, or the sender is out of position. You won't be able to correct anything until the boat is out of the water. It only has one motor for both directions. These have two relays but the...
The boat owner has two props, both from Mercruiser/Quicksilver with 48-xxxxxx numbers and I have no reason to believe that anyone actually knew what to use, considering the general care given to the boat in the past.
Working on an '84 Four Winns Marquise 170 and it came with one dinged up 48-78118-17 and one dinged up 48-78116-15- the first is a 15-1/4" x 17 and the second is 14-1/2 x 15. Knowing this isn't going to shove me back into the seat but I wouldn't mind of it can get out of its own way, which prop...
I need to adjust the rocker arms after I reinstall the head on my engine, but there's no good way to grab the crank pulley. Best way? I could remove the pulley and bolt a piece of steel with a nut onto it- not a lot of clearance between the end and motor mount, though. I guess I could make a...
The boat in the title followed me home a couple of weeks ago and the add said it had overheated & he told the kids that if it started to cost him, the boat goes.
I should have asked more questions.
He said it wasn't run long after he saw that it was overheating, but I doubt this. the impeller...
