My 850 bogs down when I put in gear.
I have to "hole shot" the motor to get the boat going.
And then I am fine.
What I mean by "hole shot" is that I rev up the engine and slam it into gear and give it full throttle and then I get going.
Otherwise, if I just put into gear and give gas it...
I have a 15 foot 1975 Newman with a Mercury 850 with Mercruiser controls. The boat pulls to the right---- hard --and I asssume the stearing cables are out of whack.
How do I adjust them?
its a 1975 Mercury 850 (85hp).
I put new plugs, fuel filer, cleaned carbs. It starts and runs for a while and all of a sudden it just stops! I can pull a tube, drive around for a while--- and then all of a sudden nothing. And then it may or may not work well for a while again.
and yes, I...
