Recently purchased a used boat w/ a 1977 Evinrude 70 hp. Previous owners said it ran great the last time it was used and then after a lunch break, the motor would idle well but bog down under throttle.
While talking about it with them, they claimed to have mixed the oil and gas at a 40 to 1...
Due to a motor fire, I need a replacement motor. I have access to a well maintained 1991 90 hp Force without power trim at a very good price. The original set up I have is a 2003 Bass Tracker PT 185 with a 50 hp Tracker/ Mercury 2 stroke motor. I have 2 questions:
1. I am looking at purchasing...
Guys, I am having a heck of a time with this. Removed the lower end to replace the gimbal bearing. That went well. I have an alignment tool and that seems to check out OK. I just can't get the lower unit to slide back in to place. Could the cross U joints be causing the problem. I read something...
Just finished replacing drive bellows. Was relatively easy. Everything all ready for the easy part. For some reason I can only get the outdrive to where the 6 studs are at the outdrive holes. Made sure the shifting "shoe" on the outdrive(pointing forward) and the shift lever on the housing are...
Hope to be putting out drive back on this week when parts arrive. Should I give the ujoints a shot of 2-4-C and wipe some on the spline? I guess I'm asking if 2-4-C is what grease is recommended.
Found the leak. U joint bellows had a tear in the top near the transom. When trying to order parts from iboats, the rep was not sure if the parts were what I needed. Now, I am confused. I was looking at a Mallory bellows #9-72701 and an outdrive gasket set sierra# 18-2614. My boat information...
If I over trimmed the lower unit, could the drive shaft assy cause damage to the bellows? The reason I ask is that when running boat at WOT, I can only get about 3800 rpms using the trim switch. I used the trailer switch to get up to 4100 rpms. Now I have a constant leak coming from what I...
I think I already know the answer, but wanted to explain what is happening. I kinda hijacked a post the other day and got some information from stonyloam. I noticed that my volt meter would sometimes move from it's normal point of 14 v and go to 18v for a brief time and then back to 14v. The...
This can't be good. Checking the oil level in the lower unit and maybe a 1/4 cup of pure water poured out. Then black oil. The boat is a '85 wellcraft that we recently purchased from the original owner. He has not used it much in the last several years. Only once last year. Runs great after a...
I have a 1985 Wellcraft with the 3.7 litre MerCruiser engine. The owners manual specifically states not to use multi-viscosity oil. The original owner only used Mercury 30 wt oil. I am having a hard time finding Mercury 30wt oil anywhere. Would it be OK to use a multi-viscosity such as 10w40...
