Can't go over 2500 rpm's?

[macojoe]

Well I gave up as this motor has many issues and they keep coming the more we dig!!

So as of Friday I will be the new owner of a Mercury 2.4 175hp. Should be all installed and running by Friday night if the gods are with us!!

BS, CB, and I will bang it out in no time!!

Any one need OMC parts??

[phatdaddy]

MJ with a merc!!!!!!

Welcome to the dark side

[macojoe]

Yep I am coming to the Dark side, I was there once years ago, and as you have noticed I never went back!
But its a great deal and I have been promised I will not regret it!

So wish me luck!

[THEFERMANATOR]

Bummer dude. I personally wouldn't give up on the JOHNNY-RUDE myself. Unplug the black/yellow wires from the power packs, if it still happens then it isn't your harness. You will be able to run the engine, but to kill it you will have to flood it out with the primer. Your 86 has NO slow functions to it, it doesn't even have a fast idle. Another thing to note is your engine on that boat should be swinging a 15 or 17 pitch prop. I'm only slinging a 15 1/4 X 15 STILLETTO on my HYDRA with a 200 topping out at 43 @5500 RPM's. Slightly to large of a prop WILL keep a small bore engine from pulling up under load. Another quick thing to try is to push the key in for the primer when it won't go any faster, this will tell you if it is leaning out or not.

I wish you would have decided to get rid of this thing a few months back, I REALLY wanted a small bore 225 looper for my HYDRA. I still think your current engine is a MUCH better engine than the MERCURY for your application.

[macojoe]

Well now you show up!! Just kidding!

Well besides thge 2500 RPM thing, all the wires on the motor are soft and as we took the tape off them there were all kinds of breaks and green wires. Also some one had lots of conections spiced in. So the wires had to get done!!

The shift assembly were the shift intrup is also wore so bad that it would not shift right any longer and I had to have it welded. And reverse still isn't all that great.

The water pump is peeing real slow and there is water coming out the front of the mid section near were the steering arm bolts. Its a pretty bad leak, so bad that I think water must be getting to the drive shaft and rusted it in to the motor, as we can't get the lower unit off!
I mean we jumped, kicked. wedged, pryed, hit with a hammer that thing is on there solid!!

The compression has always been perfect in the 90's all 6 cyl. And when it was running this whole summr it ran great!! I guess what I should have done was to take and got the spare motor going, but that had a bad lower unit and bad eletric also.

So with all the things going on with the motor I have decided that the best thing to do is move on to another motor. The Merc just happened to show up at the right time for the right price.
And belive me after buying the house and all the toys I got for the boat over the winter I don't have a spare penny around here!! I had too beg borrow and steal to get this merc!

So wish me luck on the Dark Side!

Therm, no more vacations during the fishing seasons, you might have perveted me from going to the dark side! Its all your and skools fault for not being there for me!

[tsubaki]

MJ, being that thing is leaking water in those locations, it more than likely has corroded the spline locations at the lower bearing of the crankshaft and the shaft to the foot. It was probably caused (by the last owner) from improper alignment of the waterpump tube or it has rotted a hole in it.
I've fooled with one motor that was sunk for a period of time and it was a real SOB to remove.
The wedges and bumping of the propeller engauged over a period of days finally released it.
Sorry you went black.

[nipper]

Man, MJ, is this not the third engine you are now on in less than a year? I hope this one works out well for you.

[bigshrimpin]

MJ - If you don't like it . . . I'll buy it back from you :)

This was my dad's boat for 15 years . . . 25ft steigercraft with a 2.4L 200hp. 10.5 gph @3800 with a 15 pitch prop. It would top out at 5800rpm loaded. On a flat calm day it would just touch 40mph. The motor was still running strong when he repowered in 2001.

[macojoe]

This was the first motor I ran on this boat.

But the Wellcraft went Thur a few

165 I/O, raw water cooled, rotted from the inside out
175 Yamaha, Oil injection failed
2nd 150 Yamaha was junk when I got it,
175 Evinrude that I sold with it.

I really need to buy NEW but just can't swing the cash, and what a shame to spend $15,000+ for are short season!

I am sure I will be fine this time around, I can feel it! BS gong to take care of me!!

[chumbucket]

Sell the boat now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get out while you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!