TchDwnUGA
Cadet
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- Jul 29, 2016
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Hi!
I joined the forum a few months back when I bought my 85 Dixie 17ft runabout with a seized 1985 75hp Mercury. Long story short, I got the engine unseized and was able to take it out a few times. Got the boat up to 32mph with me+1 and 28 with 5 onboard. Didn't really idle too well, but ran great once at WOT. I suspect that there is still water/sediment in the tank and am working to get that cleaned out.
In the meantime, I've kept an eye open for another engine to put on it. I think I found exactly what i was looking for. My boat is rated up to a 115 and I just so happened to find someone selling a 1987 Astroglass 17ft bass boat with the original 87 Mercury 115 on it. The engine was what was primarily being sold, just still attached to the boat. Boat is a little to far gone for me to actually put much effort into, but the engine seems to be in good shape. Was told it was "tuned up" before the teardown of the boat began. I have literally all the paperwork on the boat/motor from when it was purchased new locally. Engine is very clean under the cowl and the plugs are brand new. Compression on the top 5 cylinders ranges from 120-130 and it did fire off when i sprayed a bit of fuel/oil mix in the carbs. I paid $600 for the Astroglass and the 115. Guy threw in 2 brand new deep cycle batteries as well.
P/O said that the gas in the tank was suspect, so i haven't tried to start it off of that tank. Planning on getting a removable tank to see how she runs. Before I get to that, I want to go ahead and replace the impeller and the lower unit oil. I haven't been able to find exactly which impeller kit i'll need. Also, what is the recommended lower unit fluid for these? Seems to have a brand new prop on it and 1 of the coil packs looks to have been changed (it's a different color).
From my brief reading about the "Tower of Power", this is the best year? It says "Oil injection", but i don't see any oil tank where it would be stored. What would I look for to see if it's been bypassed? I have the original owners manual for the engine, but haven't looked through it yet.
I'm planning on swapping this out with my 75 thats currently on my boat, and put the 75 on this Astroglass and sell it for enough to cover what i have in it. Should I swap the controls as well, or just use what's already on my boat? Controls look to be the same and both are in similar shape (good). Any thing i should certainly do to the 115 before I put it on my other boat?
Thanks for looking and any advice would be appreciated!
I joined the forum a few months back when I bought my 85 Dixie 17ft runabout with a seized 1985 75hp Mercury. Long story short, I got the engine unseized and was able to take it out a few times. Got the boat up to 32mph with me+1 and 28 with 5 onboard. Didn't really idle too well, but ran great once at WOT. I suspect that there is still water/sediment in the tank and am working to get that cleaned out.
In the meantime, I've kept an eye open for another engine to put on it. I think I found exactly what i was looking for. My boat is rated up to a 115 and I just so happened to find someone selling a 1987 Astroglass 17ft bass boat with the original 87 Mercury 115 on it. The engine was what was primarily being sold, just still attached to the boat. Boat is a little to far gone for me to actually put much effort into, but the engine seems to be in good shape. Was told it was "tuned up" before the teardown of the boat began. I have literally all the paperwork on the boat/motor from when it was purchased new locally. Engine is very clean under the cowl and the plugs are brand new. Compression on the top 5 cylinders ranges from 120-130 and it did fire off when i sprayed a bit of fuel/oil mix in the carbs. I paid $600 for the Astroglass and the 115. Guy threw in 2 brand new deep cycle batteries as well.
P/O said that the gas in the tank was suspect, so i haven't tried to start it off of that tank. Planning on getting a removable tank to see how she runs. Before I get to that, I want to go ahead and replace the impeller and the lower unit oil. I haven't been able to find exactly which impeller kit i'll need. Also, what is the recommended lower unit fluid for these? Seems to have a brand new prop on it and 1 of the coil packs looks to have been changed (it's a different color).
From my brief reading about the "Tower of Power", this is the best year? It says "Oil injection", but i don't see any oil tank where it would be stored. What would I look for to see if it's been bypassed? I have the original owners manual for the engine, but haven't looked through it yet.
I'm planning on swapping this out with my 75 thats currently on my boat, and put the 75 on this Astroglass and sell it for enough to cover what i have in it. Should I swap the controls as well, or just use what's already on my boat? Controls look to be the same and both are in similar shape (good). Any thing i should certainly do to the 115 before I put it on my other boat?
Thanks for looking and any advice would be appreciated!
