I have a 50 horsepower Mercury. It is not getting any fire. I tested the switch box with a multi-meter on ohms and I touched the the terminals that the trigger wires go to and touched ground and I was getting a reading of around 16000 ohms. Would this mean there is a short in the switch box?
I have i believe a 1983 50 hp mercury 4 cylinder engine and we had it running about a month ago and I took it from the my grandpas garage to my brothers shop (maybe a quarter of a mile away and now I have no spark to the plugs. Not sure what could have changed. If I could some input it would...
I'm going to be replacing the bellows on my mercuiser alpha 1, and was wondering if there is an instruction manual that I could get. Not sure about how to remove the shift cable to replace the bellow. Any help is greatly appreciated.
My dad has an early 70's mercury 115 hp and its been awhile since its been messed with because he has got a different boat. I believe it was not getting any fire to the plugs and I was thinking it could be the power pack. Is there anyway to check the powerpack without replacing it first or is...
My dad has a 150 hp mariner and when its running down the water the temp gauge goes up over halfway and when he stops and just lets it kind of fast idle or idle normal it goes down to right about halfway on the temp gauge. Is this normal for this motor and what is normal running temp?
I have a 1988 baretta that I think the fuel pump has went out on. I would keep putting gas in the carburetor thinking the pump just needed some help picking up the gas. Well it didn't help because I still never got it to start. I took off the inlet side of the pump and the gas line was dry. Is...
I think my mechanical fuel pump has went out on my 1988 baretta. I was thinking about installing an inline electric pump. What are some of your thoughts about doing this?
I noticed grease coming out of the weep hole on my alpha 1 gen 1. I changed the grease and ran it one time for a few hours. Checked the grease afterwards and it was milky. I just need to find out where to start looking for the bad seal. I guess that's what it would be right? Also how do I...
My alpha one gen 1 out drive is leaking a little bit of lower unit grease out of the pee hole on the star board side. Wondering if any one has any ideas why?
When I winterized my boat last fall, I checked the lower unit grease and I don't remember it having any discoloration to it. Now I am getting it ready for summer and I checked the grease again and it is a little milky looking. What could the deal be? We had a pretty mild winterand was wonderong...
I just bought a 1988 Baretta that has a Gen 1 outdrive. I hooked it the water hose and realized that the impeller is weak cuz it wouldnt pump hardly anywater at idle, but you get it up to about 1200 RPMs and it pumps ok. I have a new impeller for a Gen 2 outdrive that is a 1991. Would they be...
