I got one of those $200 garage canopy things at the big box store (Sam's Club), it's basically metal tubing with tarp-like sides and a roof.<br /><br />It looks exactly like this one (I can't link to the one on Sam's Club's site but it's #790005 if you want to see it)<br /><br />...
Ok I was on the river 2 weeks ago and I didn't notice I had collected a LOT of seaweed around the lower unit (BTW this is a 1984 or 85 Mercury 90HP inline 6cyl outboard). <br /><br />The engine started sounding wierd (there was no overtemp alarm by the way) and when I turned around to look at...
Ok I'm relatively new to boating. I got a 1985 Glastron 16' fiberglass bowrider with a 90hp mercury outboard over a year ago. We've had a lot of fun with it (and I learned more than I wanted to know about boat and motor maintenance and repair :-) but one thing still has me stumped. I am...
Ok this is a bit of a goofy question but I really don't know what to use to clean the canopy that came with my boat. It's a 16' Glastron bowrider with a 90hp outboard engine. it came with a sort of ugly canopy that fits over an aluminum 2-pole frame. I'm not sure it is even intended for this...
Mercury 90 HP inline 6 outboard, 1985.<br /><br />I was on the water this weekend when I noticed the fishfinder kept going off. I don't fish- in fact most of the time I am going over 25 MPH, but since it was in the boat when I bought it, I leave it on since it tells me MPH, water temperature...
Ok it's my first time getting a boat out of winter storage. All I did in the fall was change out the lower unit oil, run the carbs till empty/sprayed storage seal thru air intakes in each carb and then into the spark plug holes in each cyl. Then turned the flywheel to distribute the oil a bit...
Testing confirms my switchbox is bad in a 1985 90hp merc outboard. I believe the PN is 332-7778A12 (I assume mercurypartsexpress.com would list only the newest part #). Anyway I plugged it in to the search box on iboats and found it for $169 (mercury dealer wants $202 for it plus tax). I guess...
I was looking to tow something behind my boat for some additional family fun next summer. I looked in some of the boat catalogs and noticed the inflatable things you can tow behind your boat are very expensive, even the simple inner tubes. I assume there's extra reinforcements where the rope...
Yes this should be in a more general forum but I like you guys in Mercury Troubles too much :-)<br /><br />I took the battery out of my boat for wintertime storage. This is the first battery I have ever owned with the water fill/vent caps (in other words a non-maintenance free battery). I had...
Yes this should be in a more general forum but I like you guys in Mercury Troubles too much :-)<br /><br />I took the battery out of my boat for wintertime storage. This is the first battery I have ever owned with the water fill/vent caps (in other words a non-maintenance free battery). I had...
Recap: 90 HP inline 6 tan band 1985. No spark on #5 cyl.<br /><br />I swapped the plug wire (with the same spark plug stuck in it) over to the #4 coil and it sparked. Then I put it back on the #5 coil and ran the #4 trigger wire to the #5 coil and it sparked. So I think I proved to myself that...
Ok so I went to 'winterize' the boat this saturday. Long story short I got the engine started, removed the fuel line, and sprayed Quicksilver "Quick seal" (or whatever their fogging spray is called) into each carb. I have a 1985 90 HP straight 6 o/b (three carbs). I let the engine run until...
I was thinking how there always seems to be a little water left in the lower unit even after trimming the motor down when the boat's back in my driveway. I was concerned about how to get it out for winter storage so it wouldn't freeze. But then I was thinking maybe there's enough room for it...
Ok here I go again with my beginner questions. I spun out the hub on my old prop but luckliy the boat came with a spare new prop. The splines on the new prop were kind of corroded (the prop was stored on the boat) and I used a brass brush to get the green powdery stuff off. I was going to...
It comes in a yellow bottle, I think it's Pennzoil. I didn't see anything on it about fuel stabilizer but I don't want to add Stabil into the gas in if it's already in the oil.<br /><br />Thanks
