I purchased a 1989 16' bass tracker flat bottom boat last fall without a motor. The maximum horsepower rating is 50hp.
A buddy has a 40hp Johnson, 1994, that he's selling. I'm familiar with this motor.
Will a 40hp be sufficient for my boat? I'd like to pull my son on a tube this summer. I...
I need to get the handle off to replace my mercontrol box with a different one...at least I assume so. I cannot get the cams off to remove the throttle cable. On a previous boat, there was a screwed in the handle and this doesn't have that. What the heck and I missing?
I've looked all over...
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I just put $800 into a 77 mercury 50hp thunderbolt, inline 4 cylinder to make it "good as new" from a local shop.
The throttle cable moves at the engine when I push the throttle lever down, but there's no tension or increase in rpm's or speed until I have the lever about 80 percent...
Hello. I recently purchased a boat (from someone I know) with a 77 mercury thunderbolt 50hp (serial number 4360108). The motor had not been ran for a few years, but it did run great.
The motor starts and idles, but will kill if I don't have the high speed idler lever up. It will run in reverse...
