The regular pulling vehicle to take the new-old boat to the lake will be an old 02 1/2 ton Silverado. Some snowy Saturday this winter want to add electric brakes to the trailer and set the truck up run it. If someone who has been there before would take a look at the following two pics to...
Have a plate and attached gimbal from an old Mercruiser 165 that is a good spare that needs a home on a buddy's boat. It needs a bearing though.
Is it ok to drive the bearing out from the rear since everything is all out on the bench? Or is there some greater risk of breaking that lip where...
1980 17' Glastron. The boat accepts fuel fine. Actually fills surprisingly quickly. When it's full it pukes fuel back out the overflow fitting as one would expect.
Problem is the overflow line is a straight shot back to the overflow fitting. It's about a five foot line to the fitting on the...
Just read a thread discussing helping out (or not) a stranded boater on the water. Made me realize I didn't know something that might be important someday.
If being towed am I correct that you tie off to the bow ring? And if towing you tie off to the rings that a skier or tube line would go...
1980 vintage Mercruiser 165. Changing shift cable and have a question.
Inside bellows and length of outer cable housing is dry. When removing cable gut the inner housing and cable gut are wet for much of its length.
If it's dry outside how is it wet inside? As with much else on this thing...
Buddy just called who has been doing the old boat resurrection thing all summer. His and mine have been somewhat twin/dueling projects. He is now very close to putting his in the water the first time. Neither of us has a clue as to the voodoo that props do.
He's got two props in hand...
Hope I've got the terms right. My Mercruiser 165 parts manual doesn't show this so am assuming it's considered an engine part. The parts manual I've got doesn't show engine parts.
What I'm calling the exhaust elbow is the tube with the flapper valve in it. I need the gasket between it and...
Not sure if I have one problem or two but have two separate things going on. Advice from those familiar once again offered in terms that someone who isn't might understand is appreciated; please. Here's what's going on:
1980 Mercruiser 165. It shifts in to forward and reverse on muffs. When...
Old boat may get new carpet over the winter. What's there is surprisingly in tact but it's faded and won't really clean up well any longer. Are there options to carpet that people have had success with? It's a fiberglass over wood floor.
Had boat on the water this past weekend after it had been out of service for a long time and worked on a lot over the last several weeks to get it ready. Have read threads where a proper choice of prop was suggested relative to engine speed and gearing. Since I have no idea what the prop is...
1980 vintage Mercruiser 165 that has gotten a lot of work in the last months bringing it back from years in mothballs. On muffs I thought all was ok and ready for the water. Took it to the lake Sunday and discovered two hopefully related problems. So once again seeking guidance from the...
My 1980 new to me old boat has a dual solenoid trim pump. With some spare parts also have a single solenoid pump out of a maybe five year older boat. Are the pumps themselves interchangeable? Just wondering if this single solenoid part is worth keeping around as a spare.
Just above and behind the fill hole (large flat headed screw) is another screw. On mine it is not tightened down all the way.
Is this a vent screw in to the reservoir? Should it be down snug? Or is it supposed to be up? If so how far up and what is it's purpose. I found it pictured in the...
Last thing to do on this boat project is adjust the trim limit switch. Have done it. Just not sure it's done correctly as the "out" switch by itself only brings the drive up from all the way bottomed out to about 1/3rd of the way up. To go higher than that have to use the "up" and the "out"...
