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Hello all! I am new to I/O boats and just bought a 2007 Four Winns Horizon 180. It has a Volvo Penta 3.0 motor and our drive. Everything works great except for one thing. When I first launch the boat I start it and let it warm up while I park the trailer. It starts immediately from a cold start...
Good morning all! I lost a fin on my water pump impeller and it is nowhere to be seen. It’s on a 1974 Merc 850 outboard. I’m looking for recommendations on how to find and remove the fin that I assume has lodged itself in the water jacket of the motor somewhere. Thanks for the help!
Hello all! I am installing a timing belt and new stator on a 1974 Mercury 850. I would love some advice/pointers from anyone who may have done this before. I don’t see any arrows on the distributor pulley to align with the flywheel dots. All I see is a roll pin sticking out that appeared to be...
Hello! My mercury 850 recently wouldn’t start due to no spark. I found the cap and rotor to be the culprit. I cleaned the metal on the inside of the rotor and cap and it started and ran fine. My question is should I replace the cap and rotor assembly or will it run as is for a while? Curious if...
I own a 1976 Starcraft American 15. It is a closed bow and I would like to mount a trolling motor up on the bow. The fiberglass seems solid and I can stand/sit on it no problem currently. My question is should I reinforce the bow to mount something like this and if so how should I go about doing...
Hello! I have a Mercury 850 that just started giving me some problems. I recently put on a new fuel primer bulb and a complete wiring harness. The motor has been running good this year so far until I decided to pull my kids behind in a tube. They like to go slow(young kids) so the boat never...
