My dad recently gave me his old 1972 Marlin Leo which he originally bought brand new (I grew up riding around in the boat). He's always taken pretty good care of it but it was sitting for 10+ years before he gave it to me. I've had it out on the water a few times and each time I've run into a...
I'm working on replacing my lower shift cable. So far I've managed to get the old cable out and now I'm looking to get all the stuff I need to get the new cable installed. I have an old 1972 Pre-Alpha drive with the old style shift cable (screws in from the bellows side). From what I've read I...
I've been having some shifting problems so today I pulled the lower unit off so I could pull the old shift cable out and find a replacement. I disconnected the trim rams, removed the nuts off the 6 retaining bolts, started to wiggle things apart. As soon as the seal opened up, I saw a small...
Got the boat back on the lake today after cleaning out the carb. Cruised around for a bit without any problems. Pulled up on a sandbar for a short period of time and everything was good. Started it back up, backed away from the shore and when I tried to go forward it when no where (engine revs...
My dad recently gave me his old boat. He has owned it since 1972 and took really good care of it however it had been sitting for a long time (10+ years) before he gave it to me. The boat spent it's entire life in Wisconsin and I live in Denver (I only mention this because of the elevation...
I may be moving from Wisconsin (5 minutes from Lake Wisconsin) to the Denver CO area. Can anyone recommend any good lakes/rivers in the area for recreational boating?
Not sure if I should ask this here or in the Mercruiser section. If I'm posting in the wrong place please move it.<br /><br />Ok... So. I'm sitting at my computer reading some stuff and realize it's getting a litte warm in the house so I open up the windows. A few minutes later I start smelling...
I need to pull the motor(Mercruiser 305 V8) out of my boat and I'm looking for advice on the best way to do it.<br /><br />There is a garage I may have access to that has a hoiste attached to the celing but currently there is so much stuff stored there I wouldn't be able to get the boat through...
I'm sure I know the answer to this already but I'm just not ready to accept it yet. I'll give you the whole story (in a shotened form) from the begining so you have all the info.<br /><br />Motor info:<br />Mercruiser 898 (GM 305)<br /><br />Put boat in water last summer and it stalled after it...
I have a '92 Ford Explorer and for the past several months the radiator has been leaking where the transmission line enters the radiator. It started as just a slow leak that was more of a pain then a problem (just had to keep the coolant topped off) but now it's at the point where the water...
I have a boat with a '78 Mercruiser 898 (305) which I bought last summer. Shortly after buying it I had an overheating problem and I cracked both exhaust manifolds (the old "log" style mainfolds). I bought new Sierra manifolds and today I was working on putting the risers and end caps on them...
I have a '78 Mercruiser 898 (305) with the older style manifolds (with the riser in the back). I managed to crack both of them and they need to be replaced.<br /><br />What would it take to replace the manifolds with the newer, center riser, manifolds? I know I've seen conversion kits from...
I'm looking at buying a boat from someone I know. I forget the brand of boat but it's a 14' fiberglass trihull with a 75HP Chrysler motor (I belive the boat and motor were made in 1983).<br /><br />The boat is in great shape and all the interior was recently redone using quality material. The...
