Recent content by HookedOnMarsh

Well guys it's only 3 more days until 4th of July weekend here on the Gulf Coast. Wanted to take the boat out and watch the fireworks. Would have been the first time I've been able to go since Katrina. Now we are starting to get some oil in our area and likely will have more by the weekend...

Well, I'm still looking for a replacement motor for my old tired 86 Merc 175 for my V20 Cuddy. Compression on it is down to 100psi and getting real hard to start sometimes due to that. It has been used extensively in salt water which makes rebuilding out of the question for me. I have found a...

Hello. I'm looking for any input about replacing my old 86 175Blackmax on my cuddy cabin. I'm looking for a used motor in the 150-200hp range. If I stay with Mercury, will all my controls and gauges work with say a 2000 year model or newer? Any of the EFI or DFI motors I should avoid...

Ok so it looks like I'm going to have to repower this boat soon. Old Mercury has small chip missing around water jacket where head gasket failed and let water in and ate it out. My motor is a 30" shaft and the bottom of the cavitation plate is currently almost level with the bottom of the...

Got a '86 BlackMax 175. Trying to put in a new water pump, but I can't get the lower unit off. I have removed the anode and bolt underneath, the two nuts underneat the cavitation plate, the front nut, and loosened the two side nuts. It will drop down about 1/8", but the front keeps binding on...

I think I've decided on this '87 V20 Cuddy that has the original 175BlackMax motor. He has taken very good care of this boat from what I can see. Cranked the motor and it fired right away but did not idle until after the 3rd start. Sounded very smooth, revved it up just a little and it sounded...