I just bought a 2001 50hp mercury 4 stroke off a guy that repowered his pontoon. Heres my question, I am trying to start on a stand so I can see what it needs before either selling or putting on a boat. I have it hooked up to a battery and the wiring harness hooked up. The trim on the motor...
Ok, so I am looking at buying a 2002 50hp Merc four stroke that has been laying on a pallet for a couple of years. I am going to try and get running before I buy it. What other than change the oil, and lower gear lube do I need to do with it before I try and start it? I am thinking putting...
Well after buying a 1988 Sea nymph 19'GLS with a 1988 90 hp mariner on it the excitement is gone. Did all the usual stuff of replacing lower gear lube checking oil in the oil injection tank, then started on the muffs. Everything was good. Went to the lake and no power. Discovered back at the...
Ok so I recently purchased a 1988 Sea Nymph Great Lakes Special as a project boat. It came with a 1988 Mariner 90hp 3 cylinder engine. When the boat was advertised it said it needed a new starter. Well, after messing with it I changed the battery out with a newer one and it spun the starter...
Ok, finally finished putting a 2002 BF90A2 on the pontoon boat. The boat is rated for up to a 90hp so it worked well. After all the rigging and wiring I put the motor in a stock tank for the initial start to make sure it was going to start. I haven't done any work on the motor except change...
Has anyone changed the water jacket anodes/zincs in a BF90? I also read that for freshwater that Zinc anodes are not recommended. Can anyone tell me if this is true? The only anodes I have seen are zinc.
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I am taking off a 40hp merc and putting a Honda 90hp on my pontoon. The question I have is there an adapter that will plug the Mercury gauges into the Honda wiring harness? the boat is a 1999 Suntracker Pontoon.
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I am trying to get the tip cap off of my Hurricane. it is an old one 1988 but needs new stringers and deck. I can get the cap to lift at each rear corner but is stuck on the transom. Any suggestions to get lifted are much appreciated.
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Tom
I have a 2002 Honda BF90 and have been looking for a Flush mount control. I found a used one with the cables and harness from a 2002 BF225. Will these work for the Honda 90?
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Tom
I am rebuilding a 1988 Hurricane Deck boat. It is sitting on a Shorelander trailer that is a single axle trailer. Heres my question if the boat is 1780lbs empty and is 18'6" long
Where the boat sits between the fenderwells is 75" wide. Overall it is 96" at the top side to side. I am going...
Hey gang need some help. I am building a deck boat and need a top mount shifter with key and kill in the control box. I find used ones but all of them are 1995 and older so the harness plugs are different. Is the adapter worth buying and making the conversion. I have heard pros and cons. Or...
I love this site. I am about to start my first rebuild on a Hurricane deckboat. its a 1988 196 Fundeck. The prior owner already cut the deck out and tried to replace the deck with 1/2" pressure treated and fiberglass the seams. Glass didn't stick. The stringers are gone. So, I am left...
I recently bought a 2002 BF90 to put on our pontoon. Everything is in pretty good shape but, the harness from the motor to the switch panel has been hacked up. I bought a new key switch panel for the pontoon but the prior owner of the Honda 90 cut and spliced in yamaha switches and cut up the...
Hey gang. Getting ready for a Hurricane deck boat rebuild and ran across a 1998 Johnson 115 for 1500.00 at a boat shop. It is a VRO and have heard and read alot of different opinions on this system. My question is two fold: How many variations of the 115 is there ie.SPL and VRO. Mine...
