Mercery motor help.

brandonjames · 06-23-08, 08:05 PM

I finally found a used motor for my boat. Its a 75-79 mercury 4.5hp outboard. I am looking for someone in the northwest Indiana/ southwest michigan area that can point me in the direction of a person that can check out this motor and see if they can get it running. The guy said he will sell it to me for $50 and I dont have to pay him until I know that it will run ( he is getting divored and needs to unload some toys). It does need the part where the gas line hooks upto the motor and he said that it ran 2 years ago but has not ran it since. Any help would be much appreciated.

Brandon

1FASTLASER · 06-24-08, 07:50 PM

If you are somewhat mechanically inclined you can do this safely yourself. The little kicker motors are pretty simple and usually dont need anything more than a good dose of Seafoam upon the first fire up. Of course you willl need to watch for the water pimp to make sure its working and change out the lower unit gear lube. If you wanna save yourself some money and do it yourself gimme a holler and I will walk you through it.

MississippiBoy · 06-24-08, 10:07 PM

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...you willl need to watch for the water pimp...

Yeah, he'll be the guy with the soaking wet pink convertible Cadillac with fur upholstery cruising through Brooklyn at 2 a.m.
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Sorry, couldn't resist.

1FASTLASER · 06-25-08, 05:13 AM

LMAO............ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks mississippi I really needed that laugh. I can see now that with you and bama on board I am gonna really start to proof read cause you guys dont miss a thing.

MississippiBoy · 06-25-08, 12:33 PM

It's just the way my mind works, laser

...I can't turn it off...

brandonjames · 06-26-08, 09:54 PM

Thank you for the offer 1fastlaser, however I got the number off of the motor and it is a 75 and they dont make parts so unfortunatly I am going to have to pass on this motor. I had to get it running and pay all of that money and then they dont make parts anymore. Someday I will have a motor for my boat.

1FASTLASER · 06-27-08, 05:28 AM

What size motor or shall I say how big is your boat bud???? I got a couple of 25hp motors sitting here that I could do some magic on.

brandonjames · 06-27-08, 02:41 PM

its a 1980 14ft sears game fisher. It is a fiberglass boat and it says its only rated up to 10hp. Thanks for the offer though

weaverml34 · 07-01-08, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by brandonjames

its a 1980 14ft sears game fisher. It is a fiberglass boat and it says its only rated up to 10hp. Thanks for the offer though

I got one of those for free from a guy that bought it because it had a 50 horse Merc on it. He wanted the Merc for his boat and didn't need the game fisher.

06-23-08, 08:05 PM	#1
brandonjames BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: new carlisle, IN Posts: 80	Mercery motor help. I finally found a used motor for my boat. Its a 75-79 mercury 4.5hp outboard. I am looking for someone in the northwest Indiana/ southwest michigan area that can point me in the direction of a person that can check out this motor and see if they can get it running. The guy said he will sell it to me for $50 and I dont have to pay him until I know that it will run ( he is getting divored and needs to unload some toys). It does need the part where the gas line hooks upto the motor and he said that it ran 2 years ago but has not ran it since. Any help would be much appreciated. Brandon

06-24-08, 07:50 PM	#2
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	If you are somewhat mechanically inclined you can do this safely yourself. The little kicker motors are pretty simple and usually dont need anything more than a good dose of Seafoam upon the first fire up. Of course you willl need to watch for the water pimp to make sure its working and change out the lower unit gear lube. If you wanna save yourself some money and do it yourself gimme a holler and I will walk you through it. __________________ Laser's rule with Merc's doing the pushing..........KEEP THE WETSIDE DOWN AND THE DRY SIDE UP!!!!!!

06-25-08, 05:13 AM	#4
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	LMAO............ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks mississippi I really needed that laugh. I can see now that with you and bama on board I am gonna really start to proof read cause you guys dont miss a thing. __________________ Laser's rule with Merc's doing the pushing..........KEEP THE WETSIDE DOWN AND THE DRY SIDE UP!!!!!!

06-25-08, 12:33 PM	#5
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	It's just the way my mind works, laser...I can't turn it off...

06-27-08, 05:28 AM	#7
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	What size motor or shall I say how big is your boat bud???? I got a couple of 25hp motors sitting here that I could do some magic on. __________________ Laser's rule with Merc's doing the pushing..........KEEP THE WETSIDE DOWN AND THE DRY SIDE UP!!!!!!

06-26-08, 09:54 PM	#6
brandonjames BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: new carlisle, IN Posts: 80	Thank you for the offer 1fastlaser, however I got the number off of the motor and it is a 75 and they dont make parts so unfortunatly I am going to have to pass on this motor. I had to get it running and pay all of that money and then they dont make parts anymore. Someday I will have a motor for my boat.

06-27-08, 02:41 PM	#8
brandonjames BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: new carlisle, IN Posts: 80	its a 1980 14ft sears game fisher. It is a fiberglass boat and it says its only rated up to 10hp. Thanks for the offer though

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