When your out of the hole and on a plane, the engine will be less taxed. I noticed it when I'm out of the hole and adjust my trim upwards the engine is straining less. You can actually hear the engine mellowing out, when you trim up on the plane. It's a sweet spot.
You should definitely look into Boat US. It's $175 for the year and you get free tows. I'm not sure how many tows they limit you for the year, but it's well worth it, especially in your case. For what it's worth I have had the same issue with restarting my boat while it's hot, I have a 1985 Merc...
👍 I was actually thinking of cutting my exhaust bellows also, I bought an exhaust tube recently, I may actually just cut the exhaust bellows and not use the exhaust tube now, one less thing to do as I have to do my drive shaft bellows very soon, after I replace the Gimbal bearing.
I have a question concerning the O rings that go on the Drive Shaft l, I'm doing my upper and lower seals on the outdrive .The seal kit came with Five O rings, 4 Black and One Orange. The Orange O ring is thicker than the other 4 and looks like it will fit fine. Do I use that one towards the...
@Scott06 So I can I keep the original shift cable and inner when I remove it, and then re-use it again without having to destroy it. Thanks for the clarification. I'll check out some videos too. I appreciate all the input everyone.
I'm replacing the gimbal bearing, bellows, hoses etc.on a Merc A1-G1 3.0. I'm taking off the bell housing to do this.l, as I deem it's better. Question, can I just disconnect the shift linkage and pull the shift cable out from the transom after removing the shift mechanism in the bell housing...
