Ok, anyone who followed my other posts are kinda up to par but for those who didn't I will quickly refresh.
Boat is a 1978 Cobra 17 ft
When I purchased this boat it had a 1978 Mercury 115 on it and would gps 47.8 mph with a quicksilver 21p. Since I have had race cars and hot rods since before...
I have a 1974 150 that is causing me some sleepless nights. I just swapped this 150 onto my boat replacing a perfectly good and dependable 115 because I want more power (yea I have heard all the grief about taking off the 115 that was running as perfect as when it was new but I wanted more power...
I am into this boat for about $275 right now and that includes the gas to go get it, new trailer wiring and lights, trailerjack and transom tie downs. It seems really light and once I connected the bottom carb linkage it runs really well and is surprisingly quiet.
Re: 1978 Mercury 1150 (serial 5052778) kill switch retrofit help
Thank you for your reply, I appreciate your time. I am very comfortable with electronics and once I know what wire to either interrupt or short I will get it done. My problem is I don't know on this engine which I should do and I...
I just upgraded from Jon Boats to my first bass boat (1978 Cobra Phantom with 78 1150), YEA ME!
I am disabled and am now on a mission to install a kill switch on this old engine. I purchased a quicksilver kit # 87 19674A07. In the RUN position the two wires do not make a circuit. In the OFF...
UPDATE: So I woke up this morning and decided to drive the two hours back to the shop to see if maybe I could get lucky and see my cowl cover in at least one piece for me to put back together. About 15 miles from the shop I found it on the side of the road on a stretch of road that is very low...
