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I have a 14 ft aluminum boat with a 11 ft steering cable my helm is only about 6 ft from motor my question is if I use the 11ft cable and have it looped in a big loop under the floor will that ruin the cable or will that be ok?
My brother has a 14 ft mirrocraft boat and with a 1982 johnson 25 hp on it we only use it in saltwater. We want to upgrade the motor to bigger horse power and need to know how to reinforce the transom to hold the motor. We are thinking about a late 70's 50 hp mercury. So 1st what is the biggest...
My 1968 johnson 6 hp is running slow average speed around 5 mph. Rebuilt carburetor new cables coils points condensors spark plugs rebuilt fuel pump good compression dont know what im missing to get this motor running faster like it should. Please help.
I have a 1968 evinrude 6hp outboard with tiller handle control. It was given yo me and need help getting it to run right. Its getting fuel and kicks over it wont idle unless you give more gas and if you put in gear it dies unless you wide throttle it. I did a carb clean and fuel clean on it and...