It is tucked away as you said
That tank is not approved for confined spaces. Sure ain’t gonna pass muster with the coast guard, the dnr , or the local water patrol.
The tank won’t be too heavy to pull out and check, after you burn off half the fuel. You should have a pretty good idea how much...
Same here.
True, you may get a little electrolysis if the water is in a connection ( a poor connection ) for a long enough period of time.
But it will not cause a short and blow a fuse.
Fresh water is simply to poor a conductor to do that.
You could set your battery in the lake, or flood the...
The one installed, looks to be about right
Can’t get much shorter.
Does the cable and helm move freely when disconnected from the motor?
The cable bracket on the transom is for use with a motor that doesn’t have a tilt tube.
You need to find out what each color wire on the TOP harness connects to.
And the corresponding color wire from the Force motor. Then splice them together.
FYI: wire colors changed over the years for both Mercury and Force. So first identify the year of both motors. Then locate wiring diagrams...
Run power from switch to starboard light, and splice on a 10’ wire from the pos wire and connect it to the port light.
Provide a neg ground wire from each light, back to you neg ground buss bar.
That would be a long list, but start with the basics.
compression
spark
fuel
fuel pump
cleaned carb
broken flywheel key
kill switch
primer bulb
fuel tank pick up
fuel tank vent
If you do it randomly, you will get random results.
But 2 results will be most common.
The 1st , nothing will happen.
The 2nd , expensive smoke as racerone stated.
Best to use large plastic bag over motor to capture the smoke, so you can put it back into the wires.
Proper engine mounting height.
Correct prop pitch.
Correct size motor for the boat.
Why did he buy a boat that doesn’t plane?
Or did it just start happening?
If so, something has changed.
Does it have a coast guard capacity plate?
Oh yeah, its been modified a bit.
You definitely NEED a new steering cable. That one is a disaster waiting to happen. Thats a lot of HP to be flopping around back there with no steering.
Also, those 4 screen door pull handles for tie down anchor...
Pretty sure you don't have Sure Lube hubs.
Sure Lube hubs have the zerk on the outside, AND the old grease is expelled thru the outside of the hub alongside of the spindle.
You may have Super lube, or EZ lube, redi lube, spindle lube, or ? hubs.
