Recent content by jakebrake

  1. J

    obsolete xd 18 parts?

    so, I went to start the old mercury 18xd and do some fishing.....yeah. didn't end well. the choke knob came off in my hand. as it turns out, a lot of the plastic linkage parts were brittle and....well.....are no longer useable. came to discover that half of them are obsolete. so, I am about to...
  2. J

    how do i adjust my shift linkage? alpha one?

    ok, i had removed the outdrive, separated the upper and lower. i have no reverse. both directions on the shifter give me forward. according to a mechanic he says shifter linkage because...depressing the neutral lock bar still has moving shifter difficult forward, reeaalllly hard reverse...
  3. J

    reverse? i don't thinks so.

    FINALLY put the tub in the water! problem number one? yeah, no reverse. when i put in in forward, she fshifts good, and takes off with a vengeance. when i put her in reverse, she goes forward with a vengeance. needless to say, this made launching and loading an interesting, and rather wet...
  4. J

    kamikaze mission

    Okay folks, here's the nightmare...Just purchased a 1971 caravelle Wahoo 21ft cuddy.(Hey, it was cheap...reaaallly cheap) before i rip everything to shreds, does ANYONE know what the stringers should look like? as in , diagrams, etc? does anyone konw when they went to all fiberglass? I figured...
  5. J

    Kamikaze mission?

    Okay folks, here's the nightmare...Just purchased a 1971 caravelle Wahoo 21ft cuddy.(Hey, it was cheap...reaaallly cheap) before i rip everything to shreds, does ANYONE know what the stringers should look like? as in , diagrams, etc? does anyone konw when they went to all fiberglass? I figured...
See more
Top