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    Wrong starter pinion gear on 75hp?

    When unsuccessfully trying to start my '94 75 2 stroke Merc recently, I noticed that the starter pinion gear wasn't grabbing the flywheel at all, or at best only grabbing for brief moments. I found metal shavings that appear to be from the teeth of the flywheel, many of which are clearly ground...
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    2005 Suzuki DF6 Won't Start

    Six or seven years ago my '05 DF6 took a swim in some saltwater. It was immediately rebuilt by a certified Suzuki shop, but has been sitting in the garage ever since, and I've recently started messing with it to see if it'd run. The first time I tried starting it nothing happened. I tried a...
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    195? 17' Pacific Mariner Cutlass restoration

    Hey all, I'm new here, but not new to this old boat.I saved her from destruction about a dozen years ago, and after one poorly done floor replacement (i was just out of high school and didn't know what i was doing), I've decided its time to do a full floor, stringer, hopefully not transom...
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    to foam or not to foam

    Its a Pacific Mariner Cutlass, built in La Conner, WA, in what must be the early 60s. I'm in the Seattle area. We've never been able to pin down a year on the boat. I've had it for a dozen years. we did a half assed stringer and floor repair a bunch of years ago, but I was in high school and...
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    to foam or not to foam

    I've got an old 18' speedboat that we're replacing stringers, sole and hopefully not transom on. The boat's got no foam beneath the sole, and I'm debating adding a two part mix to fill the space between the stringers. Is this going to throw off my buoyancy and mess with the boat in ways I don't...
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