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  1. Bdt 1967

    New Boat Trolling Motor Question

    Hello, I currently have a 16 foot Sugar Sand Tango 4+2. This year I installed a Minn Kota Powerdrive V2 with the iPilot on the boat, love the motor and iPilot features it pulls my little 16 foot Tango around with ease. I recently found a great deal on a VIP 1886 Combo (Fish Ski) and am...
  2. Bdt 1967

    Volvo 4.3 Running Hot

    2003 Volvo Penta 4.3 has started getting warm. We pulled out the impeller and it looked good. The impeller is only about 6 to 8 months old. Seems to be pumping plenty of water, but the temp is right around 225. Any ideas?
  3. Bdt 1967

    Trim Position Sending Unit Mercury 115

    Re: Trim Position Sending Unit Mercury 115 I found an image of this part on another thread. For reference here is the image.
  4. Bdt 1967

    Trim Position Sending Unit Mercury 115

    My 88 bass boat came with a trim gauge, since I have owned the boat the gauge has never worked. This weekend I set out to find out why. After beating my head against the wall for hours I came to the conclusion that the trim position sending unit is missing. Or I am overlooking it. I know where...
  5. Bdt 1967

    Steaming indication stream

    Today while trolling I looked back to see my water pump indication stream steaming. The stream was strong and everything seemes fine but stream was very hot. I ran the boat at a littlw higher rpm for a little while and everything seemed ok. Is this normal? Should I be conserned? I should note it...
  6. Bdt 1967

    Sound Attenuator

    I bought a boat a couple years ago with an 88 Mercury 115 inline 6. Its ran great from day one, however, this weekend I noticed on my dads boat of the exact same age and make has an air box, (sound attenuator) that mine does not. Obviously somebody removed it at one point or another. I have...
  7. Bdt 1967

    '88 1800tf Tournament - $4500 too much?

    Re: '88 1800tf Tournament - $4500 too much? Where did you find my boat LoL! Just kidding, mine is a 88 1800 FS, I love it! Has the same engine, and everything, they are nice boats, heavy so they do well in the waves, has a great looking hull, mine is in the same condition as that one appears to...
  8. Bdt 1967

    New To Me

    Well I just picked up a new to me boat, I traded in my Seadoo Speedster reluctantly, after a few frustrating fishing trips, and got this, the only reason I decided on this one was because I have never seen a used boat so mint. The boat is in perfect shape. It looks great, I took it out for a 2...
  9. Bdt 1967

    98 175hp SportJet bogs under load

    This boat ran for 20 min great, never pushed it too hard, cruised for 20 min all the sudden it just bogged and died. Couldn't get it started, sat in the middle of the lake for 10 min, tried again and it started right up. It idled fine but wouldn't run out, every time I tried to get the boat on...
  10. Bdt 1967

    Merc 120 runs good, then not so much

    I have a 1980 Merc 120, it starts right up and will idle all day long, this past weekend, however, I was cruising across the lake at relatively high speed, when I chopped the throttle the boat idle rough, coughed once, and just sounded bad (Like it was missing bad), I put the boat in neutral...
  11. Bdt 1967

    Merc 120 Clicking

    I have an 80 Mercruiser 120, it runs perfect, has all the power it should, no leaks from exhaust, but it clicks, clear through the RPM range it clicks, the clicking speeds up when I increase the throttle, doesn't matter if its in gear or not, sounds like a rocker might be lose or bad lifter, any...
  12. Bdt 1967

    Safe Cruising RPM's

    This weekend was the first time I drove my new (used) boat, it did great but going from an Evinrude high rpm 2 stroke to the Mercruiser 4 stroke 120, it felt real weird, I was used to running my Evenrude at around 4.5-5k pretty regularly for cruising and it had plenty of room to keep winding...
  13. Bdt 1967

    98 SportJet 175 Stalls

    Like what is said above the engine is a 98 SportJet XR2 175, it starts and Idles around great, when you go full throttle it runs fine then stalls, it also has a hard time running right at mid rpms. The boat was cruising at high rpm for about 8 min, then started acting up. Idled the boat all the...
  14. Bdt 1967

    Merc 120 Trim Solenoid

    Hey yall, I am looking for some help, I need to find a trim solenoid for my 80 Merc 120 pre alpha. The up works fine but the down is no good. Do any of yall know what one I need? I would take the cover off and find the part number but the boat is in storage right now...
  15. Bdt 1967

    Pre Alpha 120 Trim Question

    The other day I went out and looked over the boat to make sure it was making it through winter ok, I leaned against the out drive and felt it slowly move downward. I put the battery in the boat and trimmed it up a little, after I had the out drive up a little I pushed down on the lower unit and...
  16. Bdt 1967

    Pre Alpha 120 No Reverse

    I have a 1980 pre Alpha, it goes directly into forward no fuss at all, then slides into neutral correctly. When I try to go to reverse all I get is CLICK CLICK CLICK... I stopped the engine, put it in reverse tried to turn the prop and it turns and stops like its supposed to, but is not tight, i...
  17. Bdt 1967

    Drain Plug on a Merc 120

    Does anybody know if there is more than 1 drain plug on a Merc 120. I found 1 on the side of the block, couldnt find one on the exhaust elbow or manifold.
  18. Bdt 1967

    Merc 120 Trim Help

    Hey all this will be my first post with this engine, I usually run outboards, but I figured I would try and IO again. My last IO was a Merc 140 with an alpha drive. This boat has a Merc 120 and an Alpha drive. Now for the question, this boats tilt/trim system is not working, I can push the...
  19. Bdt 1967

    Kiekhaefer 1965 mercury 65hp

    I have an old merc engine, it runs like a top, its been rebuild somewhere along the way. Anyhow, I am having a horrible time with the shifter/control box. I have decided I want to replace it, I have mounted the key ignition and choke on the dash already, all I need to know is would it work to...
  20. Bdt 1967

    New to this section.

    Last weekend I traded off my Glastron for a West Craft Super Sport. The boat is little known from what I have gathered using the google. But none the less it is known to me know. The boat has a 455 Oldsmobile and a Berkeley pump. I will be fixing up this boat so I am sure I will be needing...
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