Outboard work
Well Blue I'll find out today. My mechanic is Jeff Blam Accutate Outboard in Homestead Fl. I highly recommend him. He did a compression check when I first got it and it was good. We pulled the engine off last week and he is finishing up on work today. He told me the carbs were the worse he'd ever seen. Bowls were glued with thick varnish everywhere. Replaced fuel pump and water pump. The inside power packs had melted and left a black tar in the bottom of the cowl. At first I thought it was rat excrement since I found a nest in the same area. I pulled the power packs off and cleaned. The components looked ok so I re sealed with black silicone. Also replaced the wires from the power packs to the coils. Stator wires had melted to a goo probably from my liberal use of WD40. I stripped the goo and re sleeved with heat shrink tubing.
Since transom was raised I decided to extend my lower unit with a kit from Bay Manufacturing. The cost was $650 -Owch! It's a spacer that fits between the mid unit and the lower unit and converts the 20" shaft to a 25" shaft.
I'll be looking for a Mirage prop if everything goes well.
Everything should be complete today and Jeff will start it up. I've got my fingers crossed. 1993 Mariner 150HP with 50 hrs on it and 10 years of sitting.
There was a Hydro Jacker jack plate on the boat but I'm not sure if I'm going to reinstall it. Never had one before so I would not miss it. Any fans of jack plates?
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