hello everyone , here I have a 1992 sea ray 270 weekender , 454 big block carter carburetor bravo 2 outdrive.
since owning the boat it never reaches max rpm, right now max rpm is 4000 , with half tank off gas only me on board.
the propeller is a 21 pitch 3 blade in great condition, the hub...
helping a good friend on this one. 1999 merc 5.0 with thunderbolt ignition , from what he told me the boat was running great all summer, the lower unit went out and from the rookie mechanic install a new drive , it pure misfire backfire. i went to have a look, when they could not get it...
hello guys, yesterday i notice a knocking sound coming from my bravo 2 drive when gear , i can hear it up to about 2500 rmp, above that the engine noise overcome the knock. if i hit the trim button up or down the noise will stop antil i let go off the swich. i lost no power the boat still...
hello iboats, am here trying to help a friend. at the start off the season his boat ran great, last week he got over heat , the culprit was the seawater pump impeller. he change the impeller , took it out for a run when the oil presure start to drop, the enine lost about 5 qt of oil ...
i try searching but comes up empty, am putting back a bravo tow outdrive together but am having trouble understanding which way to turn the detent ball spring. right now it is in four pieces , two springs a ball and the canister,
do i drop the ball down the open of the canister then drop...
Posting this for a good friend off mines , new boat to him 1997 proline with 250 yamaha 066x. Boat runs great for the first month , now it start losing power..but if we squeeze that priming ball it pick back up. All this started since it almost rsn out off gas. Since he got the...
Hello again everyone, I have a little problem and need your help. I need some info on how to take apart the lower gearcase from a bravo one outdrive that hit something and damage. Am planning to perchase a new lower from Sei.
What gear should the drive be in doing this ..
Should i get...
hello iboats well am back again .i want to know the correct way for timing my 454 mercruiser. .what i did was at idle speed 700 rpm i just set the timing at 8 btdc and lock the distributor down, the problem am having is, with load it will not go past 3800 rpm . even when i drop down to a...
hello every one ,need yall help here again , boat been cruising well over the summer always cruise at 3100 rpm tues night i went striper fishing and bring it up to 3600 rpm boat runs like a champ . bring her down to 1500 rpm engine start misfiring i then shut it down and start fishing try...
long time guys, need a few info here guys, alpha gen two not going in forward or reverse . with the engine running in nutral the coupler is spinning, i did not look to see if the drive shaft was spinning . i kno it not the prop hub bec the prop shaft is not turning period. now when push the...
hello again guys . today i tackel my first engine alignment as am tiping right now i got pain all my body , i must have climb in and out off the boat about a thousand times. i started out with with the tool not going in the coupler after searching this forum and watching youtube...
hello everyone , merc 5.OL 1999 serial number OL612762 with sea water pump close cooling system.
i need info on the correct serpentine belt thanks. part numper
happy easter everyone. now here i have a mercruiser 7.4L serial number# 00389808
i bought it over the winter as a project, today i started it for the first time, it runs fine but there is a knocking or popping sound coming from the carb area . i...
hello again guys, well here i came across a 1990 seray 250 sundance . all seems well so far, but the gimbal ring has a problem. the two hinge pins bolt is loose . the pins are snug in the bellows but by shaking the drive you can clearly see space...
