Search results

the chances that a 32 year old low end boat only needing a starter are slim to none. The motor may or may not be salvageable as indicated the comment above. Additionally, most likely there is some structural issue to the hull as well. we are just trying to indicate that a 32 year old boat is...

it it the clear tube coming from the fuel pump? if so, your fuel pump ruptured. that line is to direct fuel from a bad fuel pump to the motor so it runs bad, then you fix it vs having fuel enter the bilge and blow up

the lube levels most likely have dropped, leading to a bearing failure, hence the bust-out of the top cover. you do check lube levels often, correct? you do pull the drive every year, or at least the upper gear box to inspect the u-joints, correct? right now, there are a bunch of upper gear...

^ +1 what he said

Pull the manifolds, most likely leaking water down the cylinders and rusted the valves

Lack of maintenance You will most likely neet a complete transmission, maybe a whole outdrive. You will have to pull the drive apart to see the extent of the damage

Asside from the obviousness that the motor was left neglected outside to the elements for years, making it no longer useful as a parts motor There is a big corrosion hole in the leg, a decade of moss and mildew, the coils are cracked. Not sure what you see as value. None of us have a dog in...

my guess is your "friend" currently is upset with you its worth $0.10 per pound as mixed metals scrap after you remove the lubricants, hoses, etc. (and have more than a ton) if you break the motor down to cast iron, steel and aluminum bits, the aluminum is worth $0.53 per pound, steel is $178...

its almost never the coil only about 3 out a a million changed coils are actually bad. people replace the coils because they think its the problem without doing actual troubleshooting. the issue is one of the following things: a corroded wire. Solution here is to clean all corrosion. or...

what ever you do, dont do this: if brokeback mountain had a gas station

Im a second order vegetarian. food eats vegetables, I eat food

remember, you have a displacement hull. plenty of pontoon threads on here where someone pulls a 50hp off to install a 90hp and the speed is the same, however the fuel consumption and noise are increased. if you are planning on getting the pontoon to go up to 40mph, it probably wont.

most likely the carb is dirty and needs to be pulled apart its not the neutral safety switch, that only disables the starter. the shift interrupt switch only comes into play when coming back to neutral your issue is fuel system related.

when was the motor last aligned?

you also need the rubber bit over the button.

here is some light reading. https://www.pontooners.com/maximum-horsepower-pontoon-boat/ keep in mind, unless properly designed, you may not be any faster with 200hp than you would be with 50hp on a pontoon. you need to get a displacement hull up on plane. that means lifting strakes, etc.

Now that you know what is under the helm. go to the back of the boat with a helper and look to see if you have actual slop, or if its just low-speed bow wander

Dash tachs are notoriously off and their inacuracies are usually not linear. they are nothing more than a digital to analog converter and a volt meter unless its a CAN BUSS gauge reading directly from the engine ECU (which your 2000 3.0 would not have) just a bit of corrosion on the...

no way to lube a steering cable. usually the inner sheath wears thru and the cable starts to rust in place. just buy a new cable. $150 well spent

Looks good, however you know that their phantom black is just Ditzler PPG black in a more expensive label. rattle can solvent-dry paint will not stay on a motor. best is always a catalyzed paint. Mercruiser/Mercury marine paint process and paint materials (pulled from the manuals) are in the...