so i've inherited an antique mercury outboard and am having some trouble identifying it. i was told it was a 10 hp. the plate that goes on the front of the outboard along with the serial number tag are long gone. It still have points ignition. it's all black in color. it has lightning cast...
so i had a carb from a 1980 parts motor that i used to replace the bad carb on my 1985, they're both 25 hp motors. both carb setups are completely different. the 80 has a large plastic air box on the front and the 85 has a primer type setup where the manual choke went on the 80. Anyways does...
I just got this motor a week or so ago. I was unsure of its history so I rebuilt the carb, new plugs and did a decarb treatment. It does this weird popping/surging like the video shows. Any ideas what it could be? I know the video may not show it but it kinda backfires through the carb when...
I got this motor from a friend that said this needed to be done/adjusted. I've done a few searches and there seems to be a lot of technical terms that i dont really understand. does anyone have a write up of this procedure along with some pictures??
I'm trying to replace the water pump on my outboard. i've removed all four bolts and the nut off the front. I've disconnected the shift shaft also. However it seems that in the front of the housing something is still keeping the two pieces together. would the drive shaft be whats holding it...
I've had an intermittent issue with my boat not starting. I think i've narrowed it down to this, looking for ideas on where to look. The voltage going to the coil (purple wire) shows to be 12.5 volts with the key on, while cranking the voltage will drop to 10.2-10.4. would this be causing the...
i'm trying to set my valve lash and can't find a diagram anywhere that list the valve order from the front to rear of the motor. I've had two different people tell me completely different orders E-I-I-E-E-I-I-E or I E E I I E E I?
This is a 2000 3.0 mercruiser and was just curious if this noise is valve chatter? i don't remember my other 3.0 making this noise. if so is there a preffered valve adjust. i see two different ones listed, one while running the other while not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S568T_MMK1E
I've got a 2000 mercruiser 3.0 with the delco est. the boat seems to idle fine without any issues. upon accelerating the motor bogs and clatters, very similiar to what a motor that has detonation sounds like. while this is going on or shortly thereafter the tach starts bouncing erratically...
hi guys,
i've recently taken on the process of gettin my dads outboard up and going again. it has been ran in years. so far i've done carb kit, fuel pump and new plugs. it may be kind of hard to tell in the video but the motor stumbles, almost dies then stumbles again. it seems to do this...
I have a 2000 reinell with a 3.0 mercruiser and the est ignition. the boat seems to idle ok, however when you try to accelerate the tach needle starts bouncing around irratically and the motor starts clattering and missing. the best i can liken it to is a diesel clatter. any ideas what this...
I noticed on my volt gauge was showing around 15 volts while running. i had the alternator tested and the voltage regulator was shown to be bad. i replaced the alternator with a brand new. it showed to be charging at around 12.5 volts for the first 20-30 minutes, then it started running at 15...
I bought a new set of anodes for my outdrive and noticed that the old trim tab has a tail and the new one is basically flat. it was my understanding that this tail will affect your steering? do i need to order another trim tab that has a tail?
Hi guys,
i recently got a rochester 2 barrel to replace the mercarb that was on my 2000 reinell 3.0. are the tuning/adjustment procedures any different than they were with the mercarb?
