Hey guys I finally got my 1978 sportcraft with 78 mercury 800 80hp in the water yesterday after changing shift/throttle, steering cables. Changed gear lube also. A few problems which hopefully seem minor. Any help is greatly appreciated.
1. My mercury didn't have a tilt pin lock so me and my GFS dad found a rod to use for just a test run.however in reverse the pin wouldn't lock in and motor would try to jump out of the water!
2. After changing the shift/throttle (which the barrels on the new cables were already lined up with the barrel holders on the Motor, so I didn't even have to adjust) my merccontrol wouldn't kick into forward or reverse until half way in either direction. In forward the boat only would go maybe 8 mph. How can I fix this?
3. Steering is really hard to turn. I never had a boat so I figured it was just old and in the water it would be easier. (I know dumb,it's not like the motor if floating) lol. Well I installed new helm and cables but even with them unattached the motor is very hard to turn in either direction by hand. I greased the fittings but is still pretty hard. Very unsafe on the water. Any suggestions on this?
Thank you very much for everyone's help!
1. My mercury didn't have a tilt pin lock so me and my GFS dad found a rod to use for just a test run.however in reverse the pin wouldn't lock in and motor would try to jump out of the water!
2. After changing the shift/throttle (which the barrels on the new cables were already lined up with the barrel holders on the Motor, so I didn't even have to adjust) my merccontrol wouldn't kick into forward or reverse until half way in either direction. In forward the boat only would go maybe 8 mph. How can I fix this?
3. Steering is really hard to turn. I never had a boat so I figured it was just old and in the water it would be easier. (I know dumb,it's not like the motor if floating) lol. Well I installed new helm and cables but even with them unattached the motor is very hard to turn in either direction by hand. I greased the fittings but is still pretty hard. Very unsafe on the water. Any suggestions on this?
Thank you very much for everyone's help!