Search results

  1. SuperNova

    Mercury Black Max 150 info

    Hi guys, I just need to put my mind at ease or open my eyes. I'm looking at a 1987 Wellcraft V-20 steplift cuddy cabin boat with a 1987 Mercury BlackMax 150 hp outboard on it. It is one of the "clamshell cowl" models. It been sitting for 4 or 5 years now, suposedly winterized properly. I...
  2. SuperNova

    Looking for advice on new motor buildup

    I posted a while ago that I had finally collected a pair of roller-cam vortech 350's by various means. Both engines are in decent shape, but need to be freshened, you know, rings and bearings, valve seals, etc. I was on one the the high-performance mail order websites and started looking at...
  3. SuperNova

    Finally got a set together...

    My boat runs twin 260 merc's with alpha 1's and a while back I managed to come up with a '99 5.7 factory roller-motor for 150 bucks..brand new. Great, now all I needed was a matching engine for the other side.....well great news...one of the guys inthe shop mis-diagnosed a customer's engine...
  4. SuperNova

    Rethinking Christmas consumerism

    I hope this post is ok, I don't intend it to be religious or political as I am neither political or particularly religious. What I am is confused about a few things relating to the holiday season and the gross commercialism and consumerism it has become. I find myself struggling to buy gifts...
  5. SuperNova

    What I got my wife for her birthday..

    She can cross another one off the bucket list..
  6. SuperNova

    "Dog Hair" for transom repair?

  7. SuperNova

    ....You May Need A Boater's Safety Class

    I thought I'd start a new thread of boating related one-liners. See what we can come up with. I'll start. If you can't pronounce "bowline" properly, much less tie one, you may need a Boater's Ed. course. If you think "Gunwale" is pronounced like it's spelled, you may need a Boater's Ed...
  8. SuperNova

    need some help quick..stupid question

    I'm pulling a 5.0 chev out of an old celebrity with an omc drive and don't have the books and also no experience with omc i/o's. the question is; what do you have to do to get the motor out. I don't need the basics just what comes with the motor as far as bellhousing assembly. does it come...
  9. SuperNova

    Upper Chesapeake Bay 6/14 until 6/21

    I am headed to the Ches. Bay for vacation this week. I'll be staying in a house, where I can keep the boat in the water, up at Carpenters Point on the Northeast River. Anybody else going to be down in the area? Maybe we can arrange a get-together. Let me know. -- Stan
  10. SuperNova

    Missing reed block gasket on 89 Mariner 150

    I have been having running issues since I bought this boat in Sept. It had a bad miss at 1100 rpm and smoked a lot at idle. I checked compression and one cylinder was a little lower than the others- #1 I think it was. I did a link-n-sync and that helped a little but it still wasn't right. So...
  11. SuperNova

    Alarm on a 89 Mariner 150 beeping

    I took out my little Checkmate for it's first run this weekend and it ran fine for the first 20 minutes, but then I started getting a steady beeping from the alarm horn after the engine was started. One beep every second or so. Checked both the oil resevoirs and they're both about 3/4 full. I...
  12. SuperNova

    A celebrity here on Iboats!!

    Congratulations are in order for "Arks". Rob and his boat "Winter Dream" made it into the May issue of Boat US. Back page top right picture. I thought that was pretty cool.
  13. SuperNova

    rubrail advice wanted

    I need to install new rubrail on my '86 Nova III this spring and would like any helpful tips anybody might have to offer, including which type of rubrail to use. Thanks in advance for your time. -- Stan
  14. SuperNova

    To counter-rotate ...or not

    I have a boat with twin Alpha 1's. Both drives rotate in the same direction and I was thinking about changing one to counter rotating. I have looked into it and know that you have to get the lower leg, and I know exactly what is involved in the change (pretty simple, really). My question is...
  15. SuperNova

    Daddy Again!!!

    The new baby was born 10/21 at 5:17 p.m. She was 5lbs 14 oz and 18 inches long. A little peanut, but she and her mother are doing well. Now I just have to come up with a name for her. :D She's #3 so maybe Trinity :D -- Stan
  16. SuperNova

    Simple Question on Mariner

    I would like to get a service manual for my Mariner 150, but I am not entirely sure what year it is. I thought it was a '93, now I am not so sure. It may be mid to late 80's. I don't have the serial number with me right now, but if you can tell me how to decipher it, I would appreciate it...
  17. SuperNova

    Mariner 150 -extra tube from lower unit.

    I have 1993 Mariner 150 that I just bought, and it looks like it has a new lower unit on it. My question is: There is a small tube with a fitting on it that sticks up out of the lower unit in the front it looks like a pitot tube and has a metal fitting on it tha looks like a sleeve an two...
  18. SuperNova

    Mariner 135-2 dead cylinders

    I am looking at purchasing an early 80's Checkmate Diplomat with a probably same vintage Mariner 135. The owner tells me that he had a tune-up done and leak-down test performed and was told that 2 cylinders were weak/dead. What might I be looking at getting myself into on this thing? I think...
  19. SuperNova

    Family issue--question. Need advice.

    Most of you know my grandfather passed away at the beginning of summer unexpectedly. We used to spend summers with them and after I was married my wife and I used to go there for the weekends and sometimes for vacation. Needless to say I was always close to my grandparents. About 6 years ago my...
  20. SuperNova

    Headed to the C. Bay this weekend

    I am headed to the Upper Chesapeake this weekend, Bohemia River area, maybe down to Fairlee or Lloyd's. Anybody else going to be in the area? -- Stan
Top