Ok so just to through this out there, I am still extremely new to the boating world. So today I was on the lake with friends and we all decided to doc at an island. Instead of running my boat up on the sandy shore, I anchored it about 25 ft off of the shore. The front was positioned away from...
Ok so I know this topic has been out for ages, but since i'm still new to the boating world, I thought I would ask about it. I would like to add a second battery incase my current battery every drains down to non starting. I've searched and i'm pretty comfortable going with the Perko battery...
This may be an easy question. So last year I had a tire blow while returning from a lake trip. I bought a new tire the next day (Carlisle 225 75 r15 D rating). I decided to go ahead and replace the other tire this season, since both old tires where put on the same time. So the tire that I...
I'm curious to know what oil others are using in their Mercruiser I/O. The p.o. was using quicksilver 25w40 full synthetic. Just curious if I should stay with this or is there a better solution? Thanks for the advice.
Ok so being new to the boating world, I decided to go through my engine yesterday. Just to get familiar with everything. I noticed that the spark arrester was all caked up, so I decided to clean. When the carburetor was rigged up and I thought that's the way it was supposed to be, until I got a...
I need to replace my surpentine belt b/c it is no longer serviceable. The Mercruiser # is 57-862086-1. I was wondering if someone knew an after market part number from an auto parts store. I know I have the option to take it in the the autoparts store, it's out of my way on a daily basis to go...
Ok all, I'm very new to the boating world. I just purchased an 01 bayliner 4.3 alpha 1. I'm looking into replacing the prop b/c the current one is all dinged up. I currently have Michigan Wheel Vortex XHS 992005 Aluminum Boat Propeller installed and I was looking into replacing it with with a 4...
I just recently purchased a 01 bayliner capri sport with the 4.3L engine. I replaced the battery and serviced everything before taking it out for my first time. The guy I bought it from is a friend of mine, who told me that he notice the voltage problem. So that was a known problem to me. Which...
