Hi all,
I recently repowered my 2004 Alumacraft Trophy 180 with a 2001 Mercury 175 efi. I did the motor swap myself from an Evinrude 115 and I came to learn switching brands posed some issues in itself. Dash gauges aren't set up to connect to the merc wiring (had to hard wire the tach)...
Looking for anyone who has some experience or knowledge on swapping brands of outboards. I have the 175 mounted and it is time to order controls, cables and figure out how to connect to all the dash gauges. My main questions at this time are:
1) How easily will the mercury controls and wiring...
The cover plate on this motor has a small crack in it on the "lower" part about an inch or two away from the bottom spark plug. Water will squirt out when the motor is running and has caused some rust around the bottom spark plug. Doesn't appear to be any damage to the block itself so I ordered...
I need help finding a new live well timer for my 1989 tracker magna. It is the red "film canister" looking item. Mine has 3 wires exiting out the back that leads to a harness plug to the switch. It has CAPLUGS RCL-16 on the unit. I would really like to find a replacement that just plugs into the...
I am currently going through a boat I recently bought and am needing to install/fix some components run off of switches.
The boat has a switch panel with Bilge (on, off, auto), Aerator (on, off), Lights (on off), and ACC (on, off) switches.
I need to put in a whole new live well pump and run...
Just bought the boat and have started checking things out before the fishing season starts. As with any used boat, it is hard to tell what previous owners have done or not done. One major issue I am trying to figure out is the live well. I really want a working live well but I can not figure out...
New to the site but have read some great things so far...
I just bought a 1988 90hp that ran great on the hose. On the water, however, when put into gear, the motor would bog down and die repeatedly. After several go rounds of this, it would finally rev up, take off and run great.
Pretty new...