stinkynathan
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I just bought a boat with a Mariner 15hp motor. I'm trying to ID it so that I can get the carb rebuild kit and any other parts I may need.
The tag said:
It won't start right now. When I bought it, he showed me that it runs for a few seconds on starter fluid. It was REALLY cold that day, so I assumed that it's just a cold-blooded engine. Obviously that's not good for the engine so I need to rebuild the carb I'm assuming.
The starter is only grabbing on the last 4"-6" inches of pull and I randomly get a half pull of grab when things line up. How easy/expensive is that going to be to fix?
The guy I bought it from said he didn't winterize it and I'm just going to assume from that statement that maintenance hasn't been done (at least not regularly) for the 3 years he owned it. Maybe he did winterize it other years, but I'm not taking any chances. I'm going to replace the plugs, rebuild the carb, and change lower unit lube. What else do I need to do to this thing?
I've already ordered the 77-89 Mariner Seloc manual, but I'm impatient....hehe. The lakes are still frozen here and I still feel like I should get this thing going pronto.
Are there any sites online that sell parts for these motors? marineengine.com has some things, but I didn't see listings for my serial number under the Mariner OR Yamaha sections.
More questions/comments to follow as I work on this thing.
Thanks!
Nathan
The tag said:
I've searched the internets and read about other 684C engines and I'm guessing that this is a 1981?Mariner 15m
684C s 018599
It won't start right now. When I bought it, he showed me that it runs for a few seconds on starter fluid. It was REALLY cold that day, so I assumed that it's just a cold-blooded engine. Obviously that's not good for the engine so I need to rebuild the carb I'm assuming.
The starter is only grabbing on the last 4"-6" inches of pull and I randomly get a half pull of grab when things line up. How easy/expensive is that going to be to fix?
The guy I bought it from said he didn't winterize it and I'm just going to assume from that statement that maintenance hasn't been done (at least not regularly) for the 3 years he owned it. Maybe he did winterize it other years, but I'm not taking any chances. I'm going to replace the plugs, rebuild the carb, and change lower unit lube. What else do I need to do to this thing?
I've already ordered the 77-89 Mariner Seloc manual, but I'm impatient....hehe. The lakes are still frozen here and I still feel like I should get this thing going pronto.
Are there any sites online that sell parts for these motors? marineengine.com has some things, but I didn't see listings for my serial number under the Mariner OR Yamaha sections.
More questions/comments to follow as I work on this thing.
Thanks!
Nathan