I have an Evinrude 40hp VRO that will only start when hooked to jumper cables. Had the battery checked and they said it was weak.
Of course I plan on replacing but was wondering if there could be a bad alternator??
I don't know much about 2stroke but someone told me you have to charge your...
So I was cruising down the lake on my vintage 72 Glassmaster when out of no where the alternator jumped off its bracket and shredded my drive belt!! I noticed when I tried to slow down and stop the "transmission" did not want to respond. So I killed the power and went to check the engine and low...
Basically I need a kit of some sort, or somewhere to find bellows, gasket, etc. for a 70s model Mercruiser MC-1(?) Stern drive.
I'm taking on water where the stern drive meets the transom. Could be the transom gasket, could be the cracked destroyed bellows (at least two have holes in them).
I...
So I took some measurements and found I probably have a completely wrong sized prop on my boat.
First off. The boat is a 19' tri-hull with a 140 hp I/O Mercruiser. Last time I took the boat out with a full load (7 grown adults) it had a bit of trouble leveling on a plane.
The current prop is...
So I noticed that at least one of the bellows needs to be replaced. If that's the case, might as well change them all! And the main drive bearing while I'm at it.
Can anyone give me some pointers as to what I need to do? It appears I will need to drop the outboard, never done this before. Or...
I have a 73 Glassmaster 140hp 3.0 that is taking on a bit of water. I noticed that the floor near the bow was a little wet so I opened up the dry storage compartment and noticed there was about an inch of water in the back corner. The water never increased but it also never drained. Also, I...
