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I've done a few boat projects, but going to start something completely out of my line of experience and looking forward to a 15,000 dollar plus project that will take quite some time. I thought I'd weigh in here to start out and I'll try and keep updating this post as we go. So, here goes...
I need a complete, good interchange chart for Mercury lower units going back to at least 1968. I know a lot of them and have some charts, but I'm still hoping to find one chart that shows most or all of them. If I can't find one already online, I'd pay one of you very experienced mechanics to...
I've got a friend who asked me to sell an exeptionally well-mainained 21' Gambler for him. It has a 1997 225 EFI Mercury on it, hotfoot and trim controls are on the floor and the remote control box, 1500 dollar fishfinder, and a 3500 dollar prop that apparently adjusts to change your RPM's...
I have a lower unit here that I'm not familiar with. The housing is the same as for the Verado but the shift rod cover is smaller than others I've seen. Also, most of what I've seen for Verado seems to have a 1.75 to 1 ratio and this is a little less than that-maybe about 1.67 to 1. The...
I buy and sell used outboard parts. I know a lot of the stuff. Still identifying some of it. In any case, I brought in a case today that I t hought was for a Merc V6 (later models without preload pin). I thought that right up until I checked the ratio, which is 2.25 to 1, rather than the V6...
I have in the shop a 1978 200 HP Johnson. I'm familiar with how compression works but am getting 83-85 lbs. of compression across all 6 cylinders. The number seems low. We charged the battery to be sure and got the same readings. On the other hand, even compression, even if low, makes me...
Having a bit of a tough time identifying a Yamaha Mariner here. It's a 60 HP 2 cylinder with the numbers on the transom bracket-675 L 32248. Anyone help with a year? Thx.
I own a parts business and in the process of closing out a marina, we've brought in about 3 or 4 unidentified Yamaha motors. Actually, there's been some Suzukis as well but I'm more concerned with the Yamahas at the moment. These were just powerheads, removed from the transom brackets, so I...
I've got a 1999 115 FICHT engine here and don't have much experience with them. The heads were pulled when I got it, so I checked the cylinder walls and didn't find any grooving to speak of. Thought there might be some really, really light grooving, so I ordered a new set of O rings for it...
I sell used parts and closed out a marina recently. Like too many mechanics, the owner had just "remembered" what everything was. He couldn't be bothered to mark anything. In any case, I have a handful of Yamaha powerheads complete with parts here and I'm trying to identify them. They were...
Long story but I picked up a tilt/trim unit for a Mercury inline 4 or 6 cyl. motor. It's got the pump and motor inside the boat with the 2 rams on the outside of the transom bracket. There is a harness with 2 wires running into one of the cylinders. Can someone tell me what these wires serve?
I have a 1999 Johnson 90 HP here, model J90PLEEB. I took the lower unit down today and the driveshaft is really loose, almost to the point of what I'd call wobbly. Is this standard or is something toasted that needs to be replaced? There was no water or metal in the case, but the driveshaft...
I looked up the numbers on this and saw that you can use an 85 or 125 HP lower unit from 87-89. As I recall, some of those have driveshafts that seperate and some have the ones that don't. Are they interchangeable?
I have a friend here who can't use the computer, which makes us even because I can't afford his boat....anyway, he's got a 1998 Gambler model 209TE. The coast guard tag rates it for a 225 HP motor but it came off the line with a 300 HP motor on it. He called the company and they said they put...
