Recent content by eric1111

  1. E

    prop diameter needed

    I am TDY right now so no boat in front of me. I need the max prop diameter for my motor. There are no markings on my current prop except what someone etched "Protester 22". My motor is 1985 Mercury Black Max 150. SN#6635559. I am looking at buying a 48 11074 A40 23p and wanted to make sure it...
  2. E

    150 mercury v6

    1985 mercury 150 v6 blackmax. I bought it and the motor had a dead hole. I completely rebuilt the engine. I took it out and off the trailer, and ran it up to about 35mph. made a large circle and came back to the dock to pick up my buddy when we left out of the no wake zone, it would not go more...
  3. E

    tilt & trim slams down

    85 mercury tilt and trim goes up and down. leaks down pretty quickly. removed and replaced all o rings in all three cylinders and refilled with new atf and removed all air? still leaks down,but slowed down..took it to the lake to test another problem and will not raise under load 5 mph. but i...
  4. E

    mercury 150 runs rough and dies

    i just bought an 85 mercury blackmax oil injected 150. it ran bad. i cleaned the carbs and adjusted the floats. ran alot better. still idles a little rough and back fires or misses ever 30 to 45 seconds ,but not on que very intermittingly. it seems to run ok(a little rough but not that bad) on...
See more
Top