She got new power this weekend!!
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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.
lumberslinger178
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sweeeeeeeeettttttt
steplift20
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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
phatdaddy
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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.
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.
THEFERMANATOR
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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!
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!
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!
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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.
3 Squids
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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.
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:
And underway:
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:
And underway: