I have a 1982 40HP Mercury and when I accelerate it kind of dogs out. When I squeeze the fuel line ball a few times it powers through it and then all is good, but it does this a lot. I replaced my fuel tank and lines inside and out of the motor. I am guessing it is in the carb???? Any...
I have a 40hp Mercury and recently on a trip water stopped shooting out of the hole. I replaced the impeller and had better water pressure than I'd seen on the motor since I bought it.......Ran it twice and the second time out after about 20 minutes I lost a considerable amount of water...
In interest of full disclosure I don't know a lot about outboards and over the past couple months have put together an 18 foot lowe jon as a fishing boat. I took it out about a week ago and ran it on the river and everything was perfect. The motor ran strong and solid. The steering and...
This is my first boat project and I took an 18 foot flat bottom lowe jon boat and built a fishing deck on the front and back, carpeted the decks and put seats in place. I took the old tiller handle motor off and put a 1982 40 HP Mercury on that is setup for steering controls. I bought the...
