18' 1981 starcraft SS

[Watermann]

You've done some fine work, she looks super nice! :thumb:

Motor work on older 2 strokes can be a real pain and expensive but essential. Are just the float bowls plastic? On my old motors and even my newer 1995 115 Merc, I replaced every fuel line, fuel pump kit, filters and carb cleaning with new gaskets finishing with a link and sync which includes checking the timing.

 

[AceDuece]

Hey Rikkie,

Boat looks great man! How did you mount up and brace your downriggers? The 16' SS I have appears to have had downriggers on it on a board across the connecting piece of the splashwell. I added cannon track to my port side gunnel and have a traxtech mount to put a rigger on it. But even with a piece of 1" wood backer inside the gunnel I really really don't like the way the way it looks.

Same thing with the board the PO has installed. Just doesn't seem stiff enough to me.

 

[Rikkie]

Thank you both for your comment
as far as the downriggers just backed them with 3/16 alum plates
as for the carbs there all plastic I'll give rebuild them a try but I'll have someone time and sink motor

 

[Rikkie]

I order carb kits
and order 4 replacement used carbs

I hope it's ok to talk about engines?

I am watering on parts so I started look at merc 850 I took off AS dissent want to start found some witeing problems....

 

[Rikkie]

I look at post before posting and my auot.correting changed a lot of words

 

[Watermann]

I look at post before posting and my auot.correting changed a lot of words

I dunno.. :lol:

 

[SHSU]

I order carb kits
and order 4 replacement used carbs

I hope it's ok to talk about engines?

I am watering on parts so I started look at merc 850 I took off AS dissent want to start found some witeing problems....

I will admit, I had to look at the picture with the Dewalt impact drill twice. At first I thought you had hot wired it to the wiring harness for some reason.

lol

I am getting old....

SHSU

 

[Rikkie]

Watermann/SHSU i tryed to send you guys amessage but it said nothing sent? I wanted to talk about mercury motors... but in the right place

 

[jbcurt00]

Watermann/SHSU i tryed to send you guys amessage but it said nothing sent? I wanted to talk about mercury motors... but in the right place

Post a topic in the Merc subforum

https://forums.iboats.com/forum/engine-repair-and-maintenance/mercury-mariner-outboards

I sent you a PM and posted a reply in your Messages topic

 

[SHSU]

Don't know much about a Merc, other then a my 2 stroke kicker haven't worked on them per say. Now a 70's 70HP Evinrude, I can talk your ear off.


SHSU