Closes place to buy one was 157 miles south in Texas, shipping cost would kill me. There is an actual Interstate dealer in my town, so I went there. It's a marine starting battery, 800 CCA for 112.00 Didn't think that was too bad considering my old everstart was 525 CCA and was about 80-ish, but that was about 10 years ago or so. I also needed one quick, got my Mercruiser mechanic out to my dry stall yesterday to get some things done to it, but it wasn't cheap....for 600 bucks, got:
New impellor, housing, washers, etc. etc., whole rebuild kit because the impellor and foot hasn't been touched since she was born, 1996. he was amazed the shape it was in.
Had to pull out the swim ladder and recaulk, was leaking in boat.
New distributor and rotor, again still factory, it was starting to go, some corrosion.
Fresh High Performance Mercruiser gear oil....forgot how much that stuff stinks!!!
New battery disconnection switch...might not use the boat for a couple of weeks and I think the radio slowly drains it..
Dropped it in the water and adjusted the carb.
Throttle cable had to come off and adjust the linkage, wasn't idleing right and turns out the cable was not putting back pressure on the actual linkage to make it engage to the idle setting.
Shift cable and kill switch had to be adjusted, as you put it in gear, you can feel like a double thump, where as it would jump in gear, then out, then jump back in. Now, smooth as molasses.
Re-set the timing once everything was replaced and let run for about ten minutes to make sure all is good in the universe.
Thought that price was a little step, but parts alone were right at 310. Took about three hours.
New impellor, housing, washers, etc. etc., whole rebuild kit because the impellor and foot hasn't been touched since she was born, 1996. he was amazed the shape it was in.
Had to pull out the swim ladder and recaulk, was leaking in boat.
New distributor and rotor, again still factory, it was starting to go, some corrosion.
Fresh High Performance Mercruiser gear oil....forgot how much that stuff stinks!!!
New battery disconnection switch...might not use the boat for a couple of weeks and I think the radio slowly drains it..
Dropped it in the water and adjusted the carb.
Throttle cable had to come off and adjust the linkage, wasn't idleing right and turns out the cable was not putting back pressure on the actual linkage to make it engage to the idle setting.
Shift cable and kill switch had to be adjusted, as you put it in gear, you can feel like a double thump, where as it would jump in gear, then out, then jump back in. Now, smooth as molasses.
Re-set the timing once everything was replaced and let run for about ten minutes to make sure all is good in the universe.
Thought that price was a little step, but parts alone were right at 310. Took about three hours.