by rev.ronnie » Feb 10, 2012 5:54 pm
Well just got back from the marina..and no good news on the 6 cylinder. It seems the bolt pattern is too narrow for the jack plate..and worse yet, because the trim cylinders are outboard the transom mount, they don't fit either. The only way to make it work is to put it right on the transom and drill holes. I'm not gonna do it.
I needed up buying a 1991 80 HP oil injected Mercury. It is a three cylinder with the internal power trim and oil tank on the motor. The rigging will be a lot easier. It is in great, clean condition, except it has low compression an one hole. It seems that an oil line broke. I am going to pull the powerhead and dig into it, maybe even this weekend. I figure while it is apart, I will just bore all three and do the whole thing right. I may even tickle up the porting a little..and of course, since its apart, I'm going to balance it as well. This should be a nice economical little motor, and oil injection is nice too.
I'm a little buried with customer machine work right now so we'll see how far I get this week.
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Well just got back from the marina..and no good news on the 6 cylinder. It seems the bolt pattern is too narrow for the jack plate..and worse yet, because the trim cylinders are outboard the transom mount, they don't fit either. The only way to make it work is to put it right on the transom and drill holes. I'm not gonna do it.
I needed up buying a 1991 80 HP oil injected Mercury. It is a three cylinder with the internal power trim and oil tank on the motor. The rigging will be a lot easier. It is in great, clean condition, except it has low compression an one hole. It seems that an oil line broke. I am going to pull the powerhead and dig into it, maybe even this weekend. I figure while it is apart, I will just bore all three and do the whole thing right. I may even tickle up the porting a little..and of course, since its apart, I'm going to balance it as well. This should be a nice economical little motor, and oil injection is nice too.
I'm a little buried with customer machine work right now so we'll see how far I get this week.
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