I just purchased a mid-1980s Mercury outboard that's in excellent condition. But it has one problem that i didn't realize when I bought it. A mechanic told me that it's not possible to hook a remote shift/accelerator up to this unit.
Call me silly, but i though you could attach shift controls...
I'm trying to learn more about this boat, so I'm hoping to tap into the expertise of this group. I just bought an old AlumaCraft from the late 1950s or so. I thought it was an FDR (for Flying D - Runabout) because it looks exactly like the photos I've seen of old FDRs.
However, I just noticed...