She got new power this weekend!!
 

Picked up the new Mercury 150 XL 4S on Friday, strapped in and ready to go.http://s32.postimg.org/6g92z67ut/20160506_124049_sm.jpg
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Installed with a little help from Dad's Massey Ferguson, it's nice that outboards are pretty much plug and play these days.
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Nice, I've been very happy with mine, got a little over 200 hours on it so far. I'd be interested to see how you prop it.

Planning on going with a 14 or 14.25 X 19, that's what was on the 150 Black Max before. Would be grateful for any advice on what prop to get.

Jealous. :nice: I can see my local Mercury dealer through the woods at my house, real hard not to go pick one up myself. My better half would kill me.

NICE!!!
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LOVE the Massey!!!

Tractors are awesome!!

sweeeeeeeeettttttt

Beautiful I don't know if this would help you but I have a older 150 mercury and have a 15 x 17 prop and it's perfect

I'll try and get a number off of my prop tomorrow. I think it's a 17 pitch. My top end with a normal load and slight chop is 37-38 mph @ 5600rpm

Did you get the smartcraft gauge? That thing is great for finding your best spot for fuel economy. I've found the gallons burned and gallons remaining to be very accurate.

You are going to let the dealer do the 1st start and setup, right? If not MERCURY can deny your warranty later on if you have a problem if no PDI is on file for that serial number. It used to be they weren't even allowed to sell you an engine without actually putting it on the boat.

I found a bargain on a 15.25 X 19 prop that I plan to purchase today. I'll see how that performs and if it's not ideal will use as a spare.

As far as the first start up, that's already happened but only for 30 seconds on the hose. I plan to follow the break-in procedure as outlined in the manual for the first 10 hours. The dealer insured me that even though I was mounting this myself the warranty would be honored by Mercury. I certainly hope this is the case if any issues should arise.

I haven't yet purchased the smartcraft gauge but I plan to eventually. I'm hoping that I can install this where the old tach is, plug it in, and go fishing!

thats what i did,






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went from this dash to this one, smart guage took the place of all the little ones

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Your going to need a connector called a "J box" in addition to the gauge
Pretty simple install, actually

Thanks Phatdaddy, hoping to get the smartcraft gauge in the next few months, gotta save up after that big purchase on Friday.

I contacted Mercury Marine to ensure that the lack of a PDI would not affect my warranty, from Mercury:
Mercury does recommend having a PDI done. Especially on larger motors. However, your warranty will not be effected as long as any warranty claims were a result of no PDI or rigging damage.

Certainly hoping that there are no issues during the warranty period or otherwise but at least this indicates that the warranty will be honored. If something does go wrong I hope they don't try to blame my installation and rigging skills, which I consider better than average!

did you get any of the extended warranty. i know that supposedly they have a better deal now than two years ago. i bought the platinum package for 2 more years for total of 5. it was about $325. i think they went to a 3+3 to match suzuki.

Didn't get the extended warranty, crossing my fingers I won't need it

Having worked with warranty in a dealer, you would be surprised how much can get blamed on the pdi. If a bearing goes, all they have to say is incorrect lubrication during initial startup, and you now own a paper weight. Not trying tobe a buzzkill, but I've seen this done to people before.

I agree. I'd be careful. Not boat related but I bought an ATV once with a 2 year warranty. 6 months in a CV Axle broke. Took it back to the stealership and they told me they didn't have my break-in oil change on file (I did it myself) so my warranty was voided. I could of hired a lawyer and fought it but in the end it was a $90 part, however a $10k+ motor....yeah that'd be a different story.

Nice motor !

I'm a bit jealous over here...

Good points on the warranty. I know it's a gamble to do things the way I did but I absolutely HATE dealing with any stealership, they always find a way to rip you off. This motor was lubricated from the factory. I checked to engine oil and gearcase lube just to be sure, they were both at correct levels. I plan to change both the engine oil and gearcase lube at about 50 hours, then 100 hours, then follow the schedule as outlined by Mercury.

Now for some numbers, got her out for sea trials and I was very pleased. Did the 2 hour break in procedure as outlined in the manual with varying speeds up to 4500 rpm and 1 minute of WOT every 10 minutes. The Merc is swinging a Power Tech! 15.25 X 19 stainless prop. WOT is 5600 rpm at 45 mph. At 4000 rpm the speed was 33 mph and she did 30 mph at 3800 rpm, my most common cruising speed in the GOM. I was impressed that it got up to 5600 with that big prop, I'm more than pleased with the performance so far but it was just me in the boat with a full tank of fuel. Hopefully when loaded down I'll get close to these numbers. Here she is at rest:

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And underway:

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Is that a 4 blade prop? Those numbers sound good.

That's a 3 blade prop. Those numbers were all more than I expected, but again the boat was empty except for me, fuel and minimal gear. I'm sure when I put 3 more people and 500 pounds of gear it will be a little slower. Only 2 hours but very pleased so far. Here's the prop I'm using:
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I would get a different prop. I see 5800 is the max reccomended WOT RPM's, but most prefer to prop them so they turn the max or a little more when loaded light. I know when loaded light, many like to prop the YAMAHA's so they bump the rev limiter. This is to help with the making oil problem that MANY experience with 4 strokes.

when we going fishing? cause you starting to look a lot like my new best friend!!!

Anytime Troutkiller, although I'm not much of a Trout Killer I am certainly a big time Snapper Tapper!

think snapper season opens up june 1 over here and they doing that stupid 2 fish limit again this year. is it the same over there? pretty sure it a federal reg

Here it's open year round, in State waters. There's plenty of snapper in state waters within 10 miles of the coast.

REALLY!!! why wasnt i told? i live in ms but la waters are 8 miles south of my house

the guy i am getting my boat from (88 dually) has pretty much the same motor. 2014, i think, with 130 hours on it. he texted me some pics of his motor a little while ago, all screwed up. seems that mercury felt like his boat didnt need a head gasket! almost the same boat, almost the same motor and he lives in houma. lets hope that the similarities end there!

WOW, they shipped the motor without a head gasket??? I hope they have improved their quality control. Was looking at the paperwork on mine and noticed the manufacture day was April 1, 2016, sure hope I'm not the butt of a cruel April Fool's joke! Yes red snapper year round in Louisiana waters, but don't go past the line, the feds are waiting.

I tend to agree, I think the 15.25 X 19 is just a bit too much for the 150 to spin. Just got a 14.25 X 18. Don't know when it will arrive or when I'll get to give it a spin, but when I do I'll report the numbers.

yea id call it a pretty big mistake! but pretty impressive that it ran that long though. thats a very well matched mating surface! and mercury is installing him a brand new powerhead

do you know that mississippi waters dont touch international waters? state line is mouth of the pearl and just about due east all the way to alabama. launch in long beach, go about 7 miles south, just past cat island, and you in louisiana!

How's it sit in the water & what were you running before? My 200 merc has my boats a$$ sitting pretty low & all the 4 strokes are heavier,but this one is close.

She sits about an inch lower in the water than before. The scuppers are just above the water line. I plan to move the batteries from the back to under the passenger console to compensate for adding weight to the back.

I tried the 14.25 X 18 Power Tech prop this weekend and did not like it, I'll be going back to the 15.25 X 19. At 4,000 rpm she did 27 mph and to get 30 mph took 4,400 rpm. I never got to WOT because it would have exceeded 6,000 rpm. This was with 2 adults, 2 kids, full fuel and ice. I got better speed and economy with the bigger prop.

Loving the new Mercury. Fully loaded down this weekend with the bimini top up it turned 5400 and 43 mph with the big prop. Not sure how far I ran but was fishing 30 miles from the pass so I'm thinking at least 70 miles total and didn't burn a quarter tank of fuel. Also very pleased with the built in fish box. I wasn't sure how well it would hold ice and how many fish I could get in there, it did awesome on both.

you talking bout the forward fish box? im not even thinking bout props yet, gonna see what the one i have does, aint got no prop money! have yall seen the price of beer? props, fphttt.

out here putting my old junk on my new old boat, thinking bout battery placement. ive got a 24 volt trolling motor so i gotta run at least 3 batteries.looking in the forward storage, in the aft of it in both port and stbd corners the stringers ron into the sideshell and make a bit of a shelf. think im gonna build on those and put one battery on each side up there. and the third in the port console. my 225 two smoke is 480#'s, close to yours so i got the same problem. installing trim tabs now

so, you ended up running the 15.25 x19

Yes, the 15.25 X 19 definitely performs better than the 14.25 X 18. The boat seems more responsive and faster with the bigger prop.

Yes, the forward fish box. I've seen some of these that are junk and don't hold ice well. I checked out the insulation and it wasn't very thick so I was planning to add some foam insulation if I could but I was pleasantly surprised.