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So I have a 16ft jet boat and have a nice boat lift for it. Problem is, after a couple years of manually turning the wheel up and down each time the boat is taken out on the water and then stored, it is getting really old.
I would love to have a motor to run lift up and down. Unfortunately I...
Hope i'm posting this in the right forum... it is technically an outboard.
I had problems with my 99 mercury sport jet 175xr2 last year, took it to mercury dealer and had them rebuild all three carburetors. It seemed to run ok after that except RPM at WOT were only about 4500 or so max...
I have a 1999 Sugar Sand Tango with a Mercury Sport Jet 175xr2 that I can't seem to start.
I got hold of a service manual and found that the stator was out of spec so I pulled it and found very rusted stator. I just replaced it with a CDI aftermarket today and was hoping to start her right...
I just bought a Sugar Sand Tango jetboat this spring. The boat ran great for about 3 months (maybe 20 hrs). One day the lights were left on and battery was dead. Battery was 4 years old so I replaced with a new one.
After new battery was installed, the boat had major problems starting...
