Hi everyone ,saturday will be our maiden voyage in boating, purchased 1978 Bonanza 18ft 165 merc open bow , always garaged in fantastic shape!($2300-I think was a great deal) :) Took it to repair shop to have checked out,needed shift cable adj. but everything else checked out great! Our family...
JUST PURCHASED-1979 Bonanza- 165 I-6 Merc , shifter has knob you pull out for nuetral ,does not seem to be going into N(shifter does not feel looser as it should when in nuetral) - also when I did get it to go into N would grind when going into fwd & rev and sometimes die when put into rev.-...
Looking at buying garaged/great cond 1979 Bonanza-165 Merc. I/O - seller was shifting from fwd to rev & engine died every time shifted into rev-he said he would adjust shift cable-also said he has made this adjustment a few times over the years-cable needing replacement? adjustment just a quick...
1975 Galaxy 16ft 120 Merc. I/O -, when purchased seller said outboard coupler was bad , put water muffs on and ran for maybe 5 min,fwd & rev seemed to work fine,then prop quit spinning & temp started to rise-shut it off then -does this sound like coupler/u-joint assy.?- unit did not make any...
Hi,1st time boater, purchased 1975 16 ftGalaxy Ski w /mentioned powerplant,seller said this was problem w/boat,(o/b coupler) said he replaced it 2 yrs ago for his father but dad didnt do alignment or bolt down front mount to boat-there is a metal plate where mounting holes would be-have repair...
