I have had some local inquiries about parting out this motor but I know nothing about it. The marina stated it had power trim but didn't say anything about tilt. Beings I have no idea what is what on this motor does it have both power tilt and trim or can it have one or the other? Any idea of...
I don't know but the electrical harness was unplugged in the motor and the diagnosis was as stated above. No fire and a horn going off made me think maybe a reader of some sort.
I suspect they plugged some sort of diagnostic
I suspect they put some sort of diagnostic reader into the wiring harness and didn't do much more than that. Might have put a bore scope into the #3 and 4low compression cylinders to see scoring as they did specify, they were scored. Looked like...
Got a 20 ft pontoon that I replaced the decking and carpet on this winter to use as a dock on our 4.5 acre pit. Removed the console, steering mechanism & controls that went to the old motor and have not replaced them. It looks so nice I hate to just dock it but the 40HP motor is way too big and...
Bought a 20 ft pontoon to use on our pit and it came with this 40 HP motor. It is a 1990 Merc. 40HP, ELPTO, 4 cylinders with a serial number of OC226261. It is oil injected. Pulled it off as it is too big for our use and decided to have it checked out at the local marina due to having sat for...
I've been restoring a 1991 Playcraft pontoon that has a 1990 40HP Mercury Classic outboard on it. I got the boat without any keys and have taken the throttle controller off as part of the restoration. I took the key switch out to find a number on it that is 240-2E. I see replacement 2E keys...
Didn't get any replies to my other post so thought I'd just ask about the trolling motor on the 1991 Playcraft pontoon I am refurbishing. I am working on the trolling motor and it seems to make no sense to me as to what was on the boat. It had two batteries, but both were junk and not even...
I am working on a 1991 Playcraft 20' pontoon that I bought earlier this year. I have replaced the decking and put new carpeting in it and now turning to the means of propulsion. It has an older mid 1990's Motorcraft model 740 bow mount trolling motor on it with a foot controller, that I know...
Decided to redo it the way it was and found foundation plywood treated the old style. Had to special order it but got the same thing that came off it that was made 35 years ago.
This is EXACTLY what I removed from the pontoon I just bought. It came from the factory with this very plywood on it and has been on it for 35 years. The plywood actually had no soft spots but was weathered from sitting exposed for numerous years, so I replaced it with EXACTLY what came off of it.
So, I decided to use CCA pressure treated plywood used for permanent foundations. I am also going to use the "old Timers Seal" on it to help with waterproofing. I cannot seem to find any adhesive manufacturer to state that their product will work on this plywood. The CCA is the old arsenic...
Did you seal the CDX with anything as I've not seen any of it that is for long term water exposure? From what I have read all the new treated plywood is now treated with a copper chemical that reacts to the aluminum.
After some thought and suggestions on here I have decided to go ahead and replace the decking on the pontoon I am replacing the carpeting on. This is a 1990 Playcraft that has rails in which the decking is sandwiched in between what appears to be an "E" shaped rail. The bottom is bolted to the...
