Hi, I just inherited an old beachcraft from my grandpa, the motor is shot and outdrive is iffy? I have some numbers if anyone can tell me what and if I can find replacements I would appreciate it.
The foot has:
OMC Stern Drive
model 983159
serial J302519
The motor has 3.8L and
J747708...
Hi, I have a small 16' aluminum boat. I would like to hook up an auxilary light and radio up to the battery. It has no wiring as of now and I would like to keep it as simple as possible. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to hook these things up to my battery? what wire would be the best to...
Hi, I picked up a 3hp johnson from a friend, it runs like a dream but when I turn the gas petcock on after a few seconds it starts to run out of the carb? It does this while it is not running but when it runs I don't see any coming out. is this normal or is it something fixable? The model is...
Hi, I have a 1970 18hp Evinrude. I took it out and bent the gear selector lever. Of course I tried to bend it back and it broke completely off :mad:. What actually broke was the rod that hooks the lever into the housing of the engine its a small rod that broke. The motor runs like a champ, but...
Hi, I have a 1970 evinrude 18 hp outboard, I had it out and everything ran great but later in the day it was opened up full throttle and it seemed as if it went into neutral but when I backed off it trolled just fine. From there on out if I tried to go past 1/4 throttle it would not propel it...
I need help I got an evinrude motor and the guy didn't know the year, HP, or anything. I think its a 70's motor but the plates are all gone and I have nothing to go off of except two numbers on the pull start and the sprocket for the pull start but they are meaningless. Is there any other way I...
