I have a 1968 Starcraft with a 3.0 Mercruiser I/O. The engine runs great. Last trip out, we were trolling about 2mph. I popped it into neutral fo a second to make lures slow down. When I went back into gear, the rpm's went up like they should, but the boat didn't go forward. The prop wouldn't...
I have a '97 40 horse johnson. I just got it at the end of 2012 on a 16 foot sea nymph. It had been sitting for a year then. I didn't mess with it 'till a couple months ago. It was smoking real bad upon start up when I ran it in the driveway with hose. The smoking went away after a few minutes...