I recently not the boat and it had mice in it, I got it all cleaned up for the most part. I noticed there is a carpeted wood "shelf" under the dash above where your feet go. I would like to remove this shelf top and peek in to see if I need to clean up under this. I don't see any screws or...
Hello everyone, I am looking at buying a 99 Monterey Montara 196 with a 5.0L volvo penta. It needs some work, just not sure if I should steer clear or if it won't be too much to fix. I have mechanical knowledge and have worked on my mercruiser 165 lots. This boat i guess was running hot and...
Hi my motor cooked on my trim pump, I am wondering if anyone knows the best place to get just the motor? Or does anyone have a used one for sale? My boat had the 165 inline 6 cylinder mercruiser
I am thinking my lower leg is in need of a rebuild, I found a used set of internals for a mercruiser 188. My boat is a gm inline 6 with the mercruiser 165. Would the gears out of the 188 fit my 165?
So my trim is a 3 button trim. I used to be able to trim down and trailer up, but the trim up didn't work. Now I only have trailer up the down quit working. I installed a new solinoid and if I jumper it it will go up but when I jumper down it just sparks. My trim system only has one solenoid and...
Hi i have a 1973 mercruiser 165 with a inline 6cyl 250cid. I recently replaced the lower shift cable due to not being able to shift into reverse. After cable was replaced i tried to adjust the shift cables according to the manual i got. I can get the reverse gear to grab by adjusting the cable...
Hi everyone, first off i am new to this forum. I recently bought an old boat and was told it is a 1972 Crownline classic, but in the engine bay the serial number plate says Crestliner, there are no other marking on the boat that i can see other than the seats have a letter "C" with a crown above...
