FORUM RULES UPDATED - The forum rules have been updated to continue to provide a friendly and safe environment for our member community. Please take a moment to review the updated rules and our terms of use and privacy policy. Click here for Forum Rules which has links to the 'terms of use' and 'privacy policy'.
In Other News . . .
You will notice a few enchancements to the forums to make your experience better. These include: Email Notifications, Thread Previews, Thread Starter Notation, and Emoji Options on the 'Like' icon. . .
Additionally, the merchant portions of the website have been updated and are now operational. . . . Check out iBoats for all your boating gear.
I have had my '71 merc 650 4 cylinder (ser:3155373) for over 10 years. I have taken good care of it and it has performed well. A few years ago I made the mistake of disconnecting the battery while running. This damaged the trigger unit. Recently I replaced the entire ignition system with new old...
I was interested in finding in a list of factory service manuals published by Mercury.
Repair manuals come in two flavors:
Commercial Publications:
Produced by publishing houses and sold in bookstores- like SELOC or Haynes.
These have a Library of Congress reference contained in a verso...
I did a bad thing.
I started my outboard with one battery and tried swapping the leads to another while still running. Actually, the motor continued to run for a few seconds but stalled before I could get the leads connected to the other battery.
I reconnected the leads to the start battery...
