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Hi, I have gotten good advice from this forum before, so here I am again. I recently got a really good deal on boat and trailer package. It is a 1987 Sea Nymph fish and ski boat with a 87 mercury mariner outboard. There is an issue with the ignition it sort of just turns in the housing and is...
So i have had this motor 5 or 6 seasons and it has always been this way so im not thinking its a huge deal but who knows maybe i have just been lucky. When you start up the motor it does not really expel cooling water too well. i will use the word pee for brevity sake. when you start it up and...
Hi all,
I am new to the forum and not terribly experienced at working on my outboard so please be patient. Let me start out by saying I am on an extremely low budget so I cannot take my outboard to the dealer. I bought this boat about 6 years ago for 1100 dollars and it has been a great little...
I have to start the post by saying i am electrically challenged. My boat partially sunk last year upon pumping the water out and trying to start it, it would start and stall. I tried starting it then putting it in gear to rev the motor up to keep it running. Once I put the boat back in...
