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Integrated TT on my 1986 Mercury 75hp finally breathed its last. Long story, but it's dead. So I hung the motor on an aftermarket unit that I found in storage. It's a CMC PT-130, age unknown. Ran the wires and jerry-rigged the control handle rocker switch, and it seems to work really well...

I needed a CDI/switchbox for my older Mercury the other day. My local parts guy had one (he only carries OEM), but it was $360. He was as shocked as I was. Amazon carries a few. Non-OEM, or course. They're in the $35-$50 range. Here's what I'm talking about: AMAZON LINK I knew the OEM...

Motor is a Mercury 75hp from 1986. I just swapped out the flywheel, stator and trigger from my parts motor. Do I necessarily HAVE to do a link-and-sync afterward, or should they be good just plug & play? Everything's running OK, but I'm not sure if it's optimized 100%. By the way, it has the...

I recently repowered my 1975 Starcraft 16 SS. I put on the exact same motor as the one that died: a Mercury 75HP made in 1986. Identical in every way, down to the model number. All the years I had the old motor, I had the feeling that it was mounted too low. I had no problem getting on...

My '86 Mercury 75hp locked up in October. So I found a guy with the identical motor for sale, but with a bad lower unit. Guy says the motor has sat for at least five years. In central Florida. I swapped the gearcase and hung the new motor last week. Tomorrow I'll finish the wiring and I'll...

42-year-old aluminum Starcraft. My new 12-circuit blade fuse block with integrated negative bus arrives in the mail today and I'm so stoked to finally clean up the wiring mess. Currently there's a small glass fuse panel with a spaghetti wad of wires, doubled-up negative connections, etc. My...

So this is my trailer. I just painted it and I'm going to complete the overhaul with new wheels and fenders. Stores like Cabela's and Overtons carry trailer fenders, but I want to make sure I can just remove & replace them without too much modding or drilling, etc. So can I expect replacement...

Boat is a 1975 Starcraft SuperSport 16. I decided to do something this summer about the dull, chalky paint and terrible carpet. I also knew that some plywood decking was rotten. Both jobs were more work than I was expecting! Haha. Stripping & sanding off the old paint was a bear, and the...

So I've stripped, scraped, and sanded down to the bare shiny aluminum. I'm ready to prime. I have several cans of Rustoleum Self-Etching primer. Here's a picture of the can: https://i.imgur.com/alyXcIv.jpg How heavy should this primer layer be? I've read that just the lightest dusting of...