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Here's my situation, apologies for any extraneous info: I've got an older boat with a late 80s model Mercury 115 outboard which I only take out a handful of times per year. I changed out the side control box last year. Everything ran fine past year except for old throttle and shift cables...
Short story: I need help diagnosing why my trim won't operate with a new control box on an older outboard.
Long story: I've got a c.1984 Mercury 115 tower of power with the original Quicksilver control. Boat is a late 80's 17' bowrider. Had to replace the control box and had to upgrade to a...
TIA for help coming up with a troubleshooting priority checklist for my 1983 115. Here's the facts:
I bought this boat 3 years ago after having not owned a boat for many years. I had had a Donzi Z21 half a lifetime ago. Just wanted a cheap but dependable little combo boat to go cruise the...
