85 mercury 850 with Distributor

[85 mercury 850]

85 mercury 850 with Distributor....is this motor junk...a "craiglist mech" told me it was not worth getting it gone over and tuned up...is this true?

 

[Laddies]

Re: 85 mercury 850 with Distributor

Thy were good engines but it would depend on what is wrong with it if it's worth the repair bill get a estimate before making up your mind. In today's service shops "It's not worth fixing" is the remark of a talker that don't have the talent to repair the product. It's much less expensive for the shop to hire a talker that a qualified mechanic.

 

[85 mercury 850]

Re: 85 mercury 850 with Distributor

carbs rebuilt other than that nothing that i know of...I just got it and the guy i bought it off of said the carbs were flooding

 

[85 mercury 850]

Re: 85 mercury 850 with Distributor

?? was a mercury with a distributor not worth fixing up....

 

[SeaKaye12]

Re: 85 mercury 850 with Distributor

Are you sure that it's a 1985? My 850 is a 1978 and it has the distributor-less ignition.

 

[OldMercsRule]

Re: 85 mercury 850 with Distributor

carbs rebuilt other than that nothing that i know of...I just got it and the guy i bought it off of said the carbs were flooding

Check the compression and the LU, if OK rebuild the carbs!

 

[Chris1956]

Re: 85 mercury 850 with Distributor

Mercury 85HP motors with distributors were made up to the mid 70s. The ones made in the 70s were 4 cylinder inline motors, and if the ignition is good and the compression is good and the motor was used in freshwater (exhaust baffle and inner cover is not rotted), it is probably worth fixing. Older 85HP motors(60s models) were inline six motors. After about 1976, the inline 4 85HP motors had the newer ADI Ignition.

 

[85 mercury 850]

Re: 85 mercury 850 with Distributor

It is a 1975 85 mercury 850 soory I should of made the year clear