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    bass boat engine height with jackplate mercury 1500 very 'squirrely' at speed

    Ok, anyone who followed my other posts are kinda up to par but for those who didn't I will quickly refresh. Boat is a 1978 Cobra 17 ft When I purchased this boat it had a 1978 Mercury 115 on it and would gps 47.8 mph with a quicksilver 21p. Since I have had race cars and hot rods since before...
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    1974 150 (serial 3915965) wont rev, low power

    I have a 1974 150 that is causing me some sleepless nights. I just swapped this 150 onto my boat replacing a perfectly good and dependable 115 because I want more power (yea I have heard all the grief about taking off the 115 that was running as perfect as when it was new but I wanted more power...
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    1978 Cobra Phantom

    I am into this boat for about $275 right now and that includes the gas to go get it, new trailer wiring and lights, trailerjack and transom tie downs. It seems really light and once I connected the bottom carb linkage it runs really well and is surprisingly quiet.
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    1978 Mercury 1150 (serial 5052778) kill switch retrofit help

    I just upgraded from Jon Boats to my first bass boat (1978 Cobra Phantom with 78 1150), YEA ME! I am disabled and am now on a mission to install a kill switch on this old engine. I purchased a quicksilver kit # 87 19674A07. In the RUN position the two wires do not make a circuit. In the OFF...
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    Johnson FD-18E UPDATE

    UPDATE: So I woke up this morning and decided to drive the two hours back to the shop to see if maybe I could get lucky and see my cowl cover in at least one piece for me to put back together. About 15 miles from the shop I found it on the side of the road on a stretch of road that is very low...
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