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I `was crusiing at 30 knots or so after a long day on the river in my 88 chriscraft 130hp, 3.0 merc with alpha1 sterdrive and it felt like the propellor came off. a resultant loss of power and no forward or reverse. boat starts perfect and runs well. i heard no noises when this happened, the...
Boat; 1986 chris craft 17.5 bowrider cavalier, merc 3.0 130hp, 181ci with mercarb 2 bbl (has 1 idle mix adj screw)
just got done summerizing and changed the plugs/cap/rotor/wires (not points) and got it started without much trouble.
However, the same thing happened as what did in end of the...
