I got stuck out on one of the biggest inland lakes in Michigan today. My Merc 500 is still having issues and will not run!
I can get it started but as soon as I try to go, it shuts right down. I can put it into gear fine and it spins the prop and still runs but as soon as I advance the throttle, it shuts down.
Oddly enough, I can start it. Put it into gear and then push the fast idle up and get it moving but if I give it much more throttle then that, it shuts right down.
Here is a video of what I'm hearing. You can hear me put it into gear and advance the throttle right before it dies. As you can see I can push the idle lever up and it runs OK'ish, it's only when I try to actually go that I have this issue.
Where do I start? Electrical issues? Rectifier or distributor? Timing issues? Carbs? Fuel pump? Set the boat on fire and let it burn til it sinks?
Does anyone have any factory service manuals in PDF for working on these things? Anyone have a guide to rebuilding the carbs, fuel pump etc? Anything advice and any how-to's would be GREAT!
Here is a video of what I was dealing with today. As you can hear its idling weird but it is idling. Stalls everytime I try to give it any real throttle though.
This is a video of a run two weeks ago. In my opinion, it ran GOOD. Then I took it out to a big lake the following weekend and it ran about the same, ran good. We buzzed the whole lake back and forth without issues. Then the past two weeks I have what you see in the top video happening. I've gotten stuck on the lake twice now trying to trouble shoot.
Anyway here is a video of it running good just two weeks ago:
This is my first boat EVER and I just picked it up a couple weeks ago from a family friend. Ran good the whole time he had it but he only have it for about two years. He got it from his cousin and it ran good for him too. I'm totally lost as what to do first.
I can get it started but as soon as I try to go, it shuts right down. I can put it into gear fine and it spins the prop and still runs but as soon as I advance the throttle, it shuts down.
Oddly enough, I can start it. Put it into gear and then push the fast idle up and get it moving but if I give it much more throttle then that, it shuts right down.
Here is a video of what I'm hearing. You can hear me put it into gear and advance the throttle right before it dies. As you can see I can push the idle lever up and it runs OK'ish, it's only when I try to actually go that I have this issue.
Where do I start? Electrical issues? Rectifier or distributor? Timing issues? Carbs? Fuel pump? Set the boat on fire and let it burn til it sinks?
Does anyone have any factory service manuals in PDF for working on these things? Anyone have a guide to rebuilding the carbs, fuel pump etc? Anything advice and any how-to's would be GREAT!
Here is a video of what I was dealing with today. As you can hear its idling weird but it is idling. Stalls everytime I try to give it any real throttle though.
This is a video of a run two weeks ago. In my opinion, it ran GOOD. Then I took it out to a big lake the following weekend and it ran about the same, ran good. We buzzed the whole lake back and forth without issues. Then the past two weeks I have what you see in the top video happening. I've gotten stuck on the lake twice now trying to trouble shoot.
Anyway here is a video of it running good just two weeks ago:
This is my first boat EVER and I just picked it up a couple weeks ago from a family friend. Ran good the whole time he had it but he only have it for about two years. He got it from his cousin and it ran good for him too. I'm totally lost as what to do first.
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