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Reading theses post its clear that a lot of you guys live in the states (silly statement ) your boating activities are quite different to mine here in the uk. I get to use the boat maybe 3 times a year, and some years only once as the weather is so bad when you get to your destination. The...
Can anyone tell me what makes the buzzer sound for low oil? Is it low oil in the tank or in the system? or does it monitor at the point of injection. Mines buzzing on and off, when I put the tan wire to ground on the temp sensor its on all the time so I am thinking it must be oil?
Daz
I have just re commissioned my old Super V having sold my Four Winns Horizon. The Four Winns was too big and so never got used. Having stripped the carbs and re fitted them it now starts on the button but I have another problem.
The buzzer is going off within a few mins of starting it, there is...
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My 1983 Evinrude 70 has not been run for about 3 years. I have managed to get it breathing but its running very erratic.
The warn up lever seems to make no difference whatever position its in. The only way I can keep it running is to turn the little red lever on the primer solenoid, when I...
Went skiing today with a mates boat, took the cover off mine to get my skis and its full of mold and all wet under the cover, whats the best way to prevent this? My old boats never suffered from this, cant understand why, they were smaller boats with outboards, this one is a four winns horizon...
I have just changed the Gimbal bearing on my Cobra drive, there is a grease hole in the casing but there are no threads in the hole to take a greaser? there was a rubber plug in it when I came to it. This seems a bit strange as it could never have been greased, there is a corosponding hole in...
I have noticed that I can hear what I think must be the gimbal bearing, when you start up on idle there is no noise but when you rev it up it starts and continues when back at idle, I have looked to see if I can grease it in situ, but can't seem to see a grease nipple, can anyone help.
Daz
Just bought my first four Winns, its a 180 Horizon 1991. There is a button above where the lanard fixes and I dont know what its for, any ideas the other thing is it has no warm up lever like my mercruiser used to have, is there any way to rev up out of gear?
Daz
ps 4.3 cobra
Just looked at a horizon 180 1991 4.3 and noticed the lower bellows are cut, but it looks like its suposed to be like that as they are all cut the same, might be showing my ignorance but only used to mercs, and anyone know what this boat would weigh?
Daz
I am having problems with pumping enough water to my engine and have taken the plastic unit off the outdrive, its the one bolted up at the top of the feed tube when you drop the gear box down to check the impella (pre alpha mercruiser, 3.0 mercruiser engine, circa 1974) One of the retaining...
I know its in the wrong section but not sure if you guys check the other sections, but wheres the best place for mercruiser bits over here? seems like the biggest problem is obtaining bits. Going to change the bellows and o rings on the drive.
Daz
Mercruiser 3.0 1984 on a pre alpha leg.
Took the boat out for its first test last week and at tick over all was fine but the higher the revs the higher the temp, back off on the revs the temp goes down, first I though its got to be the impeler but I have removed it and I expected it to be a mess...
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Having trouble will a Brown band 1979 60 merc, there is no spark, I think its the trigger unit or CDI not shure what to call it.
There are pulses comming from the three wires from the flywheel so I think thats ok. What is puzleing is that the top 4 conecters are are earths, the top left...
As promised hers the update.
Where do I start.
Day 1 put the wildcat in the water, it just turns over with no spark, big spark at the points, not good. Where do I get a condenser from? Merc dealer in balloch hasn't got one. drove all over locally untill a guy in a garage tells me there is a...
I have just got the trailer on the road with brakes now working. So hopefully the wildcat will be on its way for the first test in 5 years later on this month, 24th to be exactly. Was going to try and post a picy but have seen recoils boat, am now embarrassed.
Keep you informed.
Daz
The latest problem with the wildcat prodject is wiring related, having pulled the moter again to change the drive as sugested in an earlier post, I decided to go through the wiring as I was unable to get a feed to the coil with the ignition on. It would fire on the key then die when it was...
Got the 3.0 litre in and lined up now and I think its time to fire it up, just to spur myself on and so the other half that I am actually doing something with it. This may be a silly question but, there is no obvious connection pionts for the battery. So my thoughts were to go straight to the...
Guy,
Is the propeller splines the same on a pre alpha as an alpha. There is a prop on ebay and the vendor doesn't no if they are the same??
Thanks in anticipation
Daz
I am going to take out the gimble bearing to aid in the making of an alignment tool, does anyone know the size, type and standard nam of the bearing so I can order one locally. The local bearing factor tells me he can get anything but needs more detail. I know in the marine world its known as...
