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    starter q

    i have a 89 merc 470 ( i know ) but anywayse i had it out yesterday and turned it off for a few and wenen i went to fire it up noting all that happend was the starter was just spinning and ant ingageing... so i would assume that the starter is shot but my question is that is there a diffrence...
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    trim gage wireing q???

    ok so i have done alot of reserch and have found nothing i have a 89 wellcraft w/alpha one outdrive and i have had all new bellows put on and also new trim limit/sender no my boat dont have a trim gage and the sender wires are through the transom and tied up... now my question is the wires trhat...
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    alternator conversion

    ok so i prepering to get ready for spring and i was wanting to up grade my 89 merc 470 with a alt and now that i have done alot of serching and homework i cant figure out 1 thing . now aside of the brackets to mount the alt can i use the grove on the balancer pully or do i need a bolt on ??? to...
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    horiable day ...due to loss of stearing

    well out on the water yesterday and everything seamed fine till the ride home .i had noticed that last weekend when leaving the canal that when the weel was in the straight position there was what seamed a void in the stearing but after on plain things were fine.now yesterday comming home i had...
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    dreaded 470 queston.....

    i have a 1989 wellcraft 20 ft cuddy with a mercruiser 3.7 165 hp model #ac042ts s/n 0c534867 i duno if any of thoes # will help but i am hopeing that its not a 470 i have never herd of that motor and was woundering if this is one of them please help if anyone knowes .......and if not do you...
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    dumb lower unit question+++++++

    well here it is i had just bought a 1989 wellcraft w/3.7 v6 merc w/ alpha 1 out drive this is my first i/o so bear with me . my question is were exactualy do you fill the lower unit because i have looked and looked and there is absolutley no screws on either side of the out drive????? any idea...
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    Primer Bulb

    is a primer bulb strickley to prime or does it do any thing else .? b/c my motor runs and starts fine but in high wot it dies . so my question is if my motor runs and idels perect then my fuel pump is fine ?and the bulb pumps but looses presure ......new bulb maybee???????/
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    need help (stumped)

    ok here it is. i have a 70 rude 85h/p the proublem is that when i launch the boat starts up fine and idels fine take it out of the canal and open her up and she planes out fine (quick) runs fine for about 1-2 min and it falls on it's face .starts right up fine and will idel just fine but after a...
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    maybee another carb cleaning?

    ok i have a 1970 rude 85 h/p well what happend was that a fwe weeks ago i had proublems with my carbs b/s at about 1/4 throttle it would just fall flat on its face . so i rebuilt the carbs and ran it for a coupple weeks. now i have a proublem that every now and then when at full throttle it...
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    foward/neutral/and no reverse....

    i just had the leg off thinking that wires were not conected, so thew were and i was just woundering if its possiable that i can have foward and netural but no reverse. do you ppl think that its somthing in the leg ? or could i have the wireing wrong on the push button b/c my netural is the...
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    what next ...please HELP

    :mad::confused:ok her it is i have a rude 1970 85/h/p .well i have had proublems with the lower unit,fixed. proublems with wireing,fixed. proublems with the carbs,fixed.no i have a new proublen {what next} the other day wile on the lake my motor lost power and i shut her down.then i took the...
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    compresion reading's

    i cant find anywere what my compresion reading should be ....... i have a 1970 rude 85 h/p and my readings are 85 on all four cylenders does this sound right ?? or what should they be ???????
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    (pee hole ) .....

    :cool: my question is that do all o/b have a pee hole b/c i have a 1970 rude selectrict shift and its a 85 hp . i do not see any were the water is peeing out ??? and it sure idi get real hot so i shut her down and towed here back in i havent droped the lower unit yet to look at the impeller...
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    need help getting this old rude back in operation

    hi , well here is my isue. i have a 1970 rude 85 hp elect shift and the motor was running fine till a coupple weekend's ago.so heres my proublem motor starts,idles and runs good in foward till you pass like 1/4 throttle then it will die instant. i checked compression and changed plugs and fuel...
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    1970 evinrude stalls with extra throttle please helppp!!!!!

    i have a 1970 evinrude selectrict shift and had just replaced the lower unit and i have had it out a few times and everything was great but today wen out fishing things were fine for hours and then when started when we went to leave when you givw throttle it stalls out and cant figure it out for...
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    matching a evinrude lower unit

    does anyone know if a lower unit from a 1972 rude 125 h/p 283r s/n#j02907 fit my 1970 rude 85 h/p 85093b s/n#b03247 ??? please help........
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    1970 evinrude lower unit ????

    i was woundering if any one would know any thing about my lower unit >>?? i have a 1970 evinrude electric shift and had troubles finding a new or used on for a good $ and was woundering if there was any way to put a lower unit on it that was not electric shift ? like a machincal one or is that...
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    1971 rude selectrict shift 85 h/p

    i was woundering if anyone would know if a lower unit of a 1970 115 h/p electrict shift ??would fit my 1971 rude 85 h/p .. i had bought a 55 h/p lower unit from ebay but was too small to bolt at the housing .. so if anyone had any info it would be verry helpfull. thanks i need to get this boat...
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