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So on my lunch break I visited my local marine dealer and chatted up the repair tech asking questions about my new purchase, a '68 Mercury 1000 outboard. After talking with him, he put the fear of God in me about changing the water pump every year in that outboard, saying that they were notorious for still having a pee stream but not pumping water over the top cylinder and blowing it out.
Now I JUST purchased this boat 2 days ago, and had it in the water last night and got it running and putted around the lake for about 2 hours (8 MPH speed limit after 7, so I literally putted around the lake). It had a good pee stream (I didn't feel the temp of the water tho) but now I am terrified of putting my boat back in the lake until I replace the impeller. Talking with the previous owner they don't know when it was last changed, they took it in for service in 2003, but it doesn't look like they changed the impeller then, and my guess is that hasn't been changed since then... so we are talking about an impeller that is probably at least 7 years old. The marine tech suggested I replace the impeller every year! The other part of this is I know the boat hasn't been run in the last 2 years, and my guess is it hasn't been run more than once or twice in the last 10.
So my first question is, should I even put the boat in the lake, or am I just being foolish and risking disaster if I do so. Seems awful to have a new boat (my first ever) sitting in my driveway, but I suppose it would be worse to have to sink tons of money in to a boat that dies in the first week of ownership because I didn't replace a part.
My second question is, What do I need?!?! I feel pretty overwhelmed. I looked up the part I THINK I want (Impeller part from iboats) but I am not sure. The serial number on my engine is 2681521.
Besides the impeller itself, are there other parts I need to replace when I pull the lower unit off, or is that the only part I need to order?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I want to place my order, but I also want to make sure I get everything I need.
Now I JUST purchased this boat 2 days ago, and had it in the water last night and got it running and putted around the lake for about 2 hours (8 MPH speed limit after 7, so I literally putted around the lake). It had a good pee stream (I didn't feel the temp of the water tho) but now I am terrified of putting my boat back in the lake until I replace the impeller. Talking with the previous owner they don't know when it was last changed, they took it in for service in 2003, but it doesn't look like they changed the impeller then, and my guess is that hasn't been changed since then... so we are talking about an impeller that is probably at least 7 years old. The marine tech suggested I replace the impeller every year! The other part of this is I know the boat hasn't been run in the last 2 years, and my guess is it hasn't been run more than once or twice in the last 10.
So my first question is, should I even put the boat in the lake, or am I just being foolish and risking disaster if I do so. Seems awful to have a new boat (my first ever) sitting in my driveway, but I suppose it would be worse to have to sink tons of money in to a boat that dies in the first week of ownership because I didn't replace a part.
My second question is, What do I need?!?! I feel pretty overwhelmed. I looked up the part I THINK I want (Impeller part from iboats) but I am not sure. The serial number on my engine is 2681521.
Besides the impeller itself, are there other parts I need to replace when I pull the lower unit off, or is that the only part I need to order?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I want to place my order, but I also want to make sure I get everything I need.
