I took the boat (89 Sea Ray, 115 4 banger merc) out this weekend. A couple of things occurred.
First my throttle control wasnt working properly and when i checked under the cover I found that the little plastic bracket that holds the throttle cables in place had broken, leaving the 2 cables...
I went to load up my boat yesterday morning and the tongue jack wouldn't rise up to allow my towball to go under the hitch. It also wouldn't go down. I looked at what I think is the only accessable area (popped off plastic cap on the top of the unit) where I saw several worm gears that...
I was at the lake with my son this week and after we had had lunch in a cove (where I had raised the engine) I took off to another spot and gunned the engine. The prop started spinning in the air and the revs went off the tach. Turns out I hadn't lowered the engine all the way down. I back...
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I have a question for all you boating fans.
I fish from a 17' Searay with a 115 merc o/b. At idle it goes a little too fast for trolling and I hate to pop it in and out of gear. My buddy told me to just raise the engine a bit to reduce speed on the troll. I...
