its an ebbtide 182 2003 with a 3.0 mercruiser engine and alpha one gen 2 drive . I put everything back together . Still little stiff with that black shift spring assist thingy . but when romoved it shifts ok. but months ago i dont remember hearing clunking/grinding from the outdrive as the...
so those 2 cables ends i can put in either location on the left side right? Also what do you mean motor must be running when operating the control box?
its weird , the control and box move nice when cables are unhooked. Also cables move freely to by hand when unhooked? except for the lower cable that has that black plastic spring assist thingy. That one i can only push it and and it springs back on my end, i think thats normal ?
hello fellow boaters! long time no see/chat/msg lol
well i have a 2003 ebbtide 185 and hard shifting from the control , it makes a clicking/crunching noise at 10 oclock ( noise from box ) going into foward gear. Also very stiff. Ive taken it apart and the cables move easily by hand ? also...
ok i checked again and pump works good.. fuel has no water at all.. fuel is good / fresh very flammable even 1 drop and it goes.. I did notice for the 5th time AFTER it died, i go pump gas at the carb and no fuel at all squirts . Im 99% damn needle/float is sticking.
i bought it couple months ago and i recall the guy saying he has a hard time starting it. So i rebuilt the carb twice and still have issues. i have tried to do the idle adjustment but she wont go under 900/1000rpms
yeah my last boat i bought an oem mercruiser kit didnt have an issue this time i got 2 cheap kits and tons of issues 🥴 ill order a good kit and do it carefully this THIRD time around 😂
but i got a full tank of it 🥴😑 ive always used fuel that looked like that ? infact the fuel u saw was...
yeah my last boat i bought an oem mercruiser kit didnt have an issue this time i got 2 cheap kits and tons of issues 🥴 ill order a good kit and do it carefully this THIRD time around 😂
ok i got her to run again. only to die after couple min of running ?? 🤷♂️🤷♂️ i can get her to run again but rough and just over all same stuff again and again.. i Noticed couple times after she dies , i manually pump fuel with rocker arm ( i took off the throttle cable ) and no fuel ? But i...
u know guys i forgot to mention i always smell gas when im.next to the boat. with my previous boat i didnt. Maybe i might have a loose hose or hole in the tank ? or maybe from all that cranking just lots of fuel in the intake /carb ? gas will stay in the carb for days right? normal when u take...
