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I've really grown to love the look of the mercs - and I apologize if I offend anyone who has one of these - but what on earth posessed mercury to produce something as hideous as this:
Mercury Lower Unit and Tilt/Trim Section
'75 Merc 650 (triple)
As you may or may not know, I did quite a bit of work over the winter to my motor and it's running great now. One of the things I did not do (which I should have done) was change the timing belt. It seems to have quite a bit of play and I don't want it to snap out on the...
I have two of the old five gallon merc gas tanks on my boat. I would like to clean them out from time to time. Can I flush them with water and let them dry real well? What is recommended?
I finally had the opportunity to take the boat out. Everything worked as it should. The new tach, temp gauge, etc. The only scare I had was when tank #1 ran out of gas. For a split second, I thought the old merc was done for. Then I realized what had happened, went back and switched to my...
I always have trouble finding neutral. what I mean by that is that when I'm trying to start the motor, and the throttle was previously moved, I have to fiddle with the throttle, moving it back and forth until I find the neutral spot so that I can start the motor. It's not just straight up...
On my '75 650 lower unit, there is a vent port which is what i open up when replacing the LU gear oi. Above it and to the right is another similar type port labeled "flush". What is the intended use of this port?
So I finally got everything ready today and set out to the lake. What a disaster. It was too windy and couldn't get the boat started. Wind was blowing me into the dock as I couldn't get the boat started. I thought it was flooded but when I got home I found that I had no spark. I'm...
I'm curious to see if anyone has replaced their standard linear voltage regulator with a switching regulator. I'm thinking about doing it but would like to scope out the feasibility and availability. My thought is that one could possibly extend the life of their stator by not generating near...
So I go my gauges yesterday and got them mostly installed today. I put it in another thread I had started in the electronics forum and here is the link:
http://forums.iboats.com/electrical-electronics-audio-trolling-motors/advice-some-guages-590614.html
I do have a question regarding the...
Re: Advice On Some Guages
Here the tach:
Oh, and yesterday, I bought insulation and lined my cowling. Sounds alot better:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-86uJmV_5vDo/UTKSGkwPDEI/AAAAAAAAAvw/W31klRMK-q4/s783/boat+036.JPG
Re: Advice On Some Guages
Here's the gauges:
And here they are installed (except for the tach. I'm going to work on a mounting location for it but it's wired up and working.)
Here the sending unit wired up (and my boy being friendly):
My digital thermometer proved that I wasn't running...
Re: Advice On Some Guages
Well I finally got my guages. Yesterday I received my teleflex water temp and RPM guage. I also received the digital laser thermometer I had ordered as well as a small digital RPM guage. I order the digital thermometer so that I could guage my guage so to speak and...
Re: Adding Power Trim
Thanks RRitt. Here's some pics of my current setup. It looks to me like really all I do is remove the existing shocks and install the ones from ebay.
Ok, I had glossed over this little distinction until I came accross zonaman's TT thread from yesterday. It appears that there may actually be a distinction. My only experience with PTT was on my BIL's boat i used to bower. Had a 40 force on it and you could trim it while underway to get your...
I have a 75 merc 650 (3cyl) and have recently replaced the baffle, outer cover, thermostat, impeller, etc. The tell tale comes off of the base before entering the block so if there as a restriction in the block, you would not know it by the tell-tale. I have been advised that on this motor...
I recently bought a '74 ebbtibe with a 650 merc. The only guage it comes with it a speedometer which works but is useless. I would like to get a tachometer, a temp guage. I have somewhat limited real estate on the dash as it's pretty small. Does anyone make a dual guage for tach and temp...
