Recent content by bugkiller

Can i get shifter and throtle controls for a small outboard. I have a 2010 merc 4 stroke. The shifter for this model in in the handle with the throtle. I am considering building a console and cant seem to find controls for this motor

I am new to jon boats and am considering buying a 1436. I have a 15 hp merc. I have always owned v-boats and did a mod that i was very happy with but unfortinatly some one else liked it more than me so they decided to take it off my hands. Now due to cost and simplicity and endless options...

Has any one used the seloc manuals. I am not a licensed tech but little more advanced than the avg DIY guy. I am looking for a tech manual for my motor with good info other than the no brainer stuff like oil change. Wireing diagrams and torque specs, stuf like that and dont want to pay the...

I would love to see a new el camino. I have always wanted one. They are a car you either love or hate.

I am by no means a mechanic but have worked on many outboards over the years and i would have to agree with pappy here i dont think removing the thermostat is a good fix. It my run better but the thermostat was instaled for a reason. Have you run the motor in COLD water yet with it removed...

I had an 89 8hp evinrude. Best motor i ever owned. Ran it 10 years every weekend on the factory spark plug and started up no problem. I finaly decided 10 years was alot to ask from a plug and changed it but it still worked. The only advise i can give is use the factoy recomended lub for the...

100:1 seems a little low but i woud do what the manufacture recomends. I would double check with the dealer or even call the manufacture

Test the coil and points. sounds like a electrical issue to me

I bet the float in the carb is stuck. Alot of times when a motor sits and u use it it will run for a bit but than the float will stick from te carb being dry for so long. When you stored it was there fuel in the carb?? Did you let it run dry with a fuel stabilizer.

Is there a crank case? Do you mix the gas or do you add it to the motor??

IMO the first thing to check is compression test is the most important. Than make sure there is no water in the lower end. Carbs can be rebuilt cheep. Water pumps fixed cheep ( although if the water pump is gone i would make sure it has not been over heated to often.) But if the compression...

You will never have the perfect boat. As soon as you get what you think is the perfect boat you find something elseyou like better. It would not be hard to remove the middle seat from that boat and open it up and put a low deck. check out my pics from my small v boat project for some ideas.

What is the weight of that boat. Do you know.

Check out my project pics. There is still plenty of strength dont this way. I would not remove the bench completly. https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=15037

Check out the pics from the project i did last summer. May give you a few ideas. Any questions feel free to PM me. https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=15037