My outboard engine repair expertise are nil.
Dad and I took the boat out on the river after having sat for 3-4 months. Tested everything before we left the house, idled fine, started right up, revved up just fine. He had the engine serviced after last time it was used.
In the water in the no...
Backstory: I had a perfectly awesome little 14' Sundance skiff w/25hp merc on it. Small but very sold. Dad is 70 years old, had this older boat which he offered to just give me, because he's up in age and doesn't have the 'umph' to haul it around and use it anymore. So he called me up and said...
I'm prepping the bottom of my 14' Sundance for an anti-fouling paint job. The boat is on the trailer, 2 wooden/carpet covered bunks. Does anyone have any easy suggestions as to how to move the boat either to the side or propping it up off the trailer so I can paint where the boat contacts the...
I recently purchased this 1986 25hp Merc outboard. The engine seems to be running fine, however when I looked at thestream of water coming out of the back port of the engine I noticed that below it, on the small cowling that surrounds the drive shaft area there was water coming upward and out of...
