IBrokeMyFreakinNeck
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2004
- Messages
- 142
Hello Fellow Merc Inliners(& V Owners),<br /><br />I recently acquired a 1972 Merc 1150 Inline 6 on a '72 16 foot Tidecraft bass<br />boat(as some of you already know). I have been on the forums posting, reading, researching. I<br />bought a service manual from mercury and have actually been reading it.<br /><br />I checked compression yesterday with a fully charged battery and have these<br />results: (1) 120 (2) 125 (3) 115 (4) 120 (5) 120 6 (119). The plugs look good<br />and I have not changed them. Should I?<br /><br />I have only run it a few times on the muffs and it seems to run good and<br />strong. I bought some Seafoam to run through it, but haven't done it yet. I<br />am waiting for a used tilt motor and a prop to come in before I take it to<br />the water.<br /><br />I plan on just backing it in the water and leaving it hooked up to the<br />trailer and see how it does under a load. (I talked to a previous owner of<br />this rig who says it always gave him problems on the water and could never<br />get it to run right). This man said he had put a lot of money into the motor<br />but didn't say for what.<br /><br />The carb manifold looks like it has new orange gasket sealer around it like<br />it has been taken off before.<br /><br />After I get my prop and tilt motor on I am taking it for a water test. Any<br />Advice is appreciated.
