Wylie, TX. Bring your boat to local shop, but if its too costly or months of wait time, this is a very straightforward maintenance job to do yourself. Let me know if you have any questions.
What was the kit number on this. Looking inthe merc catalog on mine it doesnt have that same driveshaft seal . I am wondering if this isnt causing some issues.
Should my Optimax 150 pee immediately, or does it wait until the engine is warm? I have fished a several years, but have never taken a boat out myself. My dad died about a year and a half ago and I now possess his Nitro 7. It has not been on the water in almost two years, and the batteries need to be replace. The cranking battery has totally died and I have tried charging it and reconditioning it. I also decided to replace the trolling motor batteries with Li Time (lithium) batteries, and am going to install a lithium charger, too. But, I already knew that the tell tale wasn't peeing from cranking it up a few months ago. I had tried muffs, but it never peed. I bought a large (soft) rainwater collection "can" and filled it up. That way the propeller can turn with no need for the muffs. Using both methods. it still never peed. I only found out today that I could screw in my hose to the left of the tell-tale. That did cause water to stream from the tell tale. But my main question still remains: Should the tell tale pass water immediately, or should it rely on the engine warming up enough to open up the thermostat?
You should see water right away or within a couple seconds at most. You possibly have a bad impeller or obstruction in the water passage ways. Sometimes a piece of debris gets lodged in tell tale, you can try clearing it with by poking in a straightened paper clip.
You can leave it neutral but sometimes driveshaft splines don’t line up during assembly. If it’s in gear, you can just turn the prop slightly to align.
Agree, you left off hardest part of water pump replace. I noticed a lot outboard how to videos do that not just water pump. They all leave out the most important part of job??? My guess is they got in trouble and had to hire a Pro fix it. They don't want you knowing that?
