I have an 18' bass tracker w/ a 90hp merc. I have been using an older motorguide 45lb 12/24 for the past few years and that motor is beat to hell and on it's last leg so I just bought a new motor guide pro series 24v 75lb. I liked the old 12/24 because I fish in drastically different situations...
I have aquired a brand new Everstart Maxx 24S automotive battery. It's rating is 850 cranking amps and 700 cold cranking amps. I really don't have a use for it but the cranking battery in my boat ('98 tracker pro team 185 w '98 90ELPTO) is about 4 years old so it's getting about time to replace...
have a '98 90ELPTO. Hard start yesterday at the launch and has had a accelleration hesitation when getting out of the hole last few outings.
My normal proceedure in starting is as follows; I push the "throttle only" button on the quick silver throttle control and throttle up about half way. Then...
lots of wind blown debris (sticks, leaves, bark,) at the ramp today. had to load my boat on the trailer in the thick of it. noticed when I got on the trailer the pee stream weaker than normal (was strong all day on the lake). got home and flushed with the hose and still weak...constant just...
what's the max rpms i you can safely run on muffs? i havent really run my boat since July and wanted to burn off the old fuel in the cylinders and what ever carbon and such that the stabil marine may have loosened up. want to do this before i go to the lake because the launch i use is small and...
I have a '98 90ELPTO. Had a problem over the summer where the down function on the tilt was working intermitantly. I replaced the "down" relay and it got much better but it would still not tilt down every now and then. usually tilting up a little then pushing "down" would get it going back down...
OK I have a '98 90ELPTO...I have the OEM manual and impeller kit. Was noticing in the manual that it calls for loctite 271 upon reassembly. according to loctite specs this requires heat to remove. so is it safe to say that when I start removing the lower unit and water pump components that there...
I have a 1984 8hp Johnson (J8RCRM) with a bad power pack. My buddy has a working power pack off of a 1984 6hp johnson. Appearently his power pack (p/n 582453) is used on most OMC 4-35hp motors from '77-'84...however my '84 8hp uses p/n 582864 so it is one of the odd-balls. All of the connections...
aquired this '84 8hp Johnson. Noticed metal shavings all over the motor (under the cowl)...after inspection noticed where someone had machined a 1/4"wX1/16"d groove all the way around between the teeth and rope slot (where you wrap the start rope if the recoil mech breaks). Considering the...
I have an '84 8hp (J8RCRM). I want to test the power pack but do not own a neon tester...can i use a digital multi meter to perform this test. if so, what setting should the meter be on and what values should i be looking for. thanks for any info...i am no mechanic, just mechanically inclined...
doing a decarb tomorrow using quick silver power tune. i've read the posts on decarbing and i just want to make sure its ok to spray power tune into the park plug holes...as people do with seafom.
have a '98 90ELPTO. wanting to follow steps on the back of my can of power tune but have a question. the directions say to run in gear to normal operation temp. then says to shift into neutral and run 2/3 into carb throat at fast idle (1200 rpms). then says increase speed up to 1600 to 2000 then...
my carbs were not fully opening up at full throttle. i adjusted the max throttle according to the OEM manual so now they are. my question is; do I now need to re-adjust the max timing. my gut says no because the max timing stop engauges well before the carbs fully open and all i did was allow...
Was noticing that Penzoil is more than half the price as Quicksilver gear lube. Well I drained and refilled my lower unit with Penzoil (used to use it in my Johnson) last week and now noticing the price difference I was wondering if there is a significant enough difference that I should use the...
