1984 Mercury 20 hp blue band whats your experience???

[bohagen]

Yea my motor will be here tomorrow just wanting to know what to look for or any kind of info on it the bass better look out... i was told it was well kept and runs great i paid 600$ for how did i do???

 

[bohagen]

Re: 1984 Mercury 20 hp blue band whats your experience???

well i take it there not that good?.?.

 

[bohagen]

Re: 1984 Mercury 20 hp blue band whats your experience???

and is there any changes from the way it was built or is it the year it was built???:redface:

 

[jbjennings]

Re: 1984 Mercury 20 hp blue band whats your experience???

I'm thinking that an '84 was a brown band, not a blue band. Is the shift in the handle or on the side of the motor? If in the handle, you should be sure to idle all the way down before shifting and shift it quick to avoid boogering up the clutch dog and having reverse gear go out. Other than the lousy plastic connectors on the shifting stuff, and the shift in the handle itself, they're good motors. $600 isn't bad if it's in good shape.
GOod luck and I hope you got a good one,
JBJ

 

[bohagen]

Re: 1984 Mercury 20 hp blue band whats your experience???

the shift is on its side...i ain't had it out yet but i might have been got...i had it running in a trash can and when i put down to shift its dies out and it i guess backfires out the exhaust and i know your not post to rev it hard without load but i put in gear then floored it an it sounds like a tick tick tick noise uh i say coming up from the top im going out tomorrow and man i hope it runs good i have been getting screwed over every way i turn

 

[jbjennings]

Re: 1984 Mercury 20 hp blue band whats your experience???

By your info., I'd say it's an early 70's motor. They're good engines, but hopefully yours is a '76 or later and it has a stainless driveshaft. If yours is a '72 or '73, which is what I suspect, you'll be lucky if the lower unit is in good shape. You're going to have to post some very descriptive symptoms of what your motor is doing on the mercury forum and let the real experts there help you. My mercury knowledge is very limited. It does have some expensive electrical parts on it. Post the model # from the ID plate above the transom screws or on the side of the transom clamp so they'll know what year model you have.
GOod luck,
JBJ

 

[jbjennings]

Re: 1984 Mercury 20 hp blue band whats your experience???

BTW,
Your motor may just be lean sneezing and in need of a carb. cleaning (no big deal), and the ticking may just be the recoil pawls tapping on the flywheel (common). Don't get riled yet, be patient, and likely you can fix it.
JBJ

 

[bohagen]

Re: 1984 Mercury 20 hp blue band whats your experience???

Hey thanks for the reply... im going to get the model number like you said then IL take a video of what its doing along with details...I have seen it has spark to both plugs with a spark light tester...ohh yea if i pull the choke half way out it seems to run pretty storng...but Saturday IL make a video so like you said the experts can look...