I have a 1974 Mercury 1150 (Inline 6 cyl 115HP) that I just restored. I put a tach into my boat and installed as specified by the manufactor's instructions. I confirmed that the tach signal wire was attached to one of the yellow/red wires on the rectifier and the tach is set to 6C which is...
I want to remove the swivel pin on my 1974 Mercury 1150 to clean it because it was frozen. It is moving now, but still a little stiff. I want to paint the lower cowl anyways so getting this far wasn't that bad. I have the powerhead and the lower unit removed, but ran into a snag trying to split...
My 1150 was siezed on the swivel. I did get it "broke" loose, but still seems a little stiff. How much force should be needed to move it back and forth? I have it off the boat and no steering cable hooked up. I can move it by hand, but not sure.
Hello all!! Have been reading this forum since last August to get ideas for my own restoration of a 1965 Starcraft 18' Holiday. It has a 1974 Mercury 1150 outboard. It was originally my parents, and they are letting me have it to restore and use. The boat is still at their hose, but last summer...