replaced the impeller last year and thermostat at start of this year. first trip out ran fine for over an hour, we went back to marina and parked for few minutes then went back out and it overheated. got it home, took into shop and tech couldn't get it to overheat -he put in tank and ran for...
had all the symptoms of a switch failure last weekend, took boat into mechanic this morning, he couldn't start so checked carb for gas & plenty, checked for spark and none- isolated to shift int. switch so pulled it off and checked with ohmeter and tested ok so put switch back in and put boat in...
this is probably a dumb question but I was sanding and teaking my steps on back of my boat this weekend and some of the oil got on the fiberglass. 24 hours later it's still shiny, made the area look like new. What if I wiped the whole boat down in teak oil? does it ever dry? would the sun/water...
I need to replace the "button" anodes on my outdrive. They apparently secure the bottom of the outdrive where it's flush against the transom. I've ordered the new anodes. Can I remove one at a time, probably with some vice grips and replace with new without affecting the alignment of my drive?
have a 76 Cobalt tri with 188 and am restoring. ordered decal set for sterndrive from sterndrive.com and usps in charge of shipping... been a week and no one seems to know where the order is but my cc has been charged. anyone else had any trouble ordering from these folks? anyone know where i...
I've got a Mercruiser sterndrive. Lower unit needs re-painting. I know about starting with Alumaprep, then Alodine... my question is after that am I ok to use a spray can of Quick Silver Mercruiser phantom black spray paint? Will it stay on? Thanks.
