Inspecting 2002 Tracker 125 HP Outboard

[flyingscott]

Maybe the comparison is not fair but my old Merc 50 hp with 4 cylinder trolls and idles much better than my force 85hp 3 cylinder, it simply sound and feels smoother and more even, but I'm also aware that force is not as good

It would be a better comparison a 2 cylinder OMC 50 idles every bit as well as a 4 cylinder merc. And has a better torque curve. But we are off topic because Texas Mark got his feelings hurt. Let's go back to the OPs original post.

 

[redneck joe]

Good advise, I bought this boat with 2 friends, so we'll make the first run together, unfortunately I'm the only one that can make any fix but at least the pressure of my wife and kid will not be there.

Two fre8nds that can't fix but can paddle? Yer good.

Im compulsive on old boats that have sat for a long time. Well, hopefully I'm over that now as I promised the wife....

Do remember as they get woke up over the next year or so things may break since they had not been used.

 

[redneck joe]

Maybe the comparison is not fair but my old Merc 50 hp with 4 cylinder trolls and idles much better than my force 85hp 3 cylinder, it simply sound and feels smoother and more even, but I'm also aware that force is not as good as Mercury.

I love my 50 merc. Wish is was a 100 merc but otherwise I'm in love.

 

[Texasmark]

Well I bet you I can get a 50s OMC 25 hp to idle better than you can't get a 50s Mercury 4 cylinder 25 hp to idle.

As I recall Mercury made 2 cylinder 20 hp engines that outran everything in their class and the classic 40 HP which a friend of mine had, and later the 30 hp 4 cylinder of which I had one on a used boat I bought. All support what I said.
Edit: Recalling their green, clamshell cowl, gray LU, I recall their 25 in their early days....that was before my boating experience days...Oh and my FIL had a '58 Rude. Thing about those 2 cal. OMCs is that they had soft engine to clamp bracket rubber mounts so that the engine could shake back and forth when idling (alternate firing twin) and not shake the boat. When PT came to being they had to toughen up those mounts. I had a '58 18 HP Rude I bought later on.

 

[Texasmark]

It would be a better comparison a 2 cylinder OMC 50 idles every bit as well as a 4 cylinder merc. And has a better torque curve. But we are off topic because Texas Mark got his feelings hurt. Let's go back to the OPs original post.

Nothing wrong with my feelings. Just posting events in my life as they happened!

 

[flyingscott]

As I recall Mercury made 2 cylinder 20 hp engines that outran everything in their class and the classic 40 HP which a friend of mine had, and later the 30 hp 4 cylinder of which I had one on a used boat I bought. All support what I said.
Edit: Recalling their green, clamshell cowl, gray LU, I recall their 25 in their early days....that was before my boating experience days...Oh and my FIL had a '58 Rude. Thing about those 2 cal. OMCs is that they had soft engine to clamp bracket rubber mounts so that the engine could shake back and forth when idling (alternate firing twin) and not shake the boat. When PT came to being they had to toughen up those mounts. I had a '58 18 HP Rude I bought later

JUST WOW, I don't even know how to reply to those "opinions"