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I am in FL and looking at a few boats to buy...came across a 1991 Chris Craft Concept 167 with a 3.0 OMC Cobra. I have only owned outboards, and really am not sure what to look for in one to judge whether or not is it worth the money. This one needs a little "TLC", according to the owner, and I...
I have Mercury 140, battery cables are in pretty bad/corroded shape so I figured I'd change them out..Unfortunately I forgot to turn my battery switchbox (round red one) to "all off" and when I was taking off the bolt on the motor that holds the positive from the batteries I got a spark from...
Mechanic tells me I need a power pack.. #3 isn't firing on my mercury 1400, he went through the troubleshooting and came up with this. The shop has a used one for $100 installed, cheaper than I can find online.
I have heard that you should replace both power packs at once? Is putting a working...
Anyone know how to get the shift cable out of this:
it's a mercury 140, 1980-ish.
I took the throttle cable out to get to this but I can't figure out how to get the shift cable out. There was a nut I removed, but that wingnut looking thing won't budge.
Thanks on advance for any help!
Hello All,
I bought a boat (my first) from a friend of mine, engine is a outboard Mercury 1400, S/N 6263573. I looked it up online using the links in the sticky thread above and it is 1980-81 I believe..First off, are there pdf manuals online somewhere for it? I found a few manuals on a link...
