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2004 Mercury Optimax 225 DFI
serial: OT961388

Lower yoke in swivel bracket has gone bad and figured since I have to essentially remove the swivel bracket I would just replace the entire swivel...

Thanks for all the replies. Helped my buddy adjust his jackplate up some and ran it this weekend was able to touch 74 with very little walk. So puts Phoenix as my top pick. Now I just gotta debate on...

Shoulda stated originally. Looking at the 625 elite

Looking into Blazer coming from a Basscat cougar ftd. My concern is deck space is the Blazer more narrow than a cat? Fishing with the wife and Kid more these days and wouldn’t wanna go more narrow...

I did run it one of the trips but 20mph wind on texoma never got a chance to actually open it up to play with the walk myself.

Well the time has come to part with my old basscat and go to something new. I am considering a Phoenix 721 but the only one I have been in was a 2013 and the boat walked at relatively low speeds...

i was told by a different company if I wanted to get a transducer anytime soon to cancel my order and get a bundle. Garmin is only shipping bundles currently no transducers only… ��*♂️

Running 3 93sv UHD units and now adding livescope. I decided I want to run a battery just for the graphs and livescope. What would be the recommended AH for this kind of set up? I fish 8+h days...

Well it’s time to upgrade from my 04 cougar to a new one. Torn between the standard cougar and the hybrid 203. Besides the 203 having a better ride “assumption” to anyone that has had both now. What...

My basscat has dual tanks switching tanks made no difference. I gave up and put her in the shop I’ll let y’all know the outcome

So leak fixed but motor will go to take off and then start cutting out like it’s out of fuel until dies. Bulb was empty completely primed again and starts idles fine give throttle and repeats...

Was suppose to say completely lost fuel pressure and had to prime bulb again to start engine. I did some soapy water to find air leak and turns out the in elbow on the new pulse pump wasn’t threaded...

1. 100
2. 97
3. 105
4. 103
5. 95
6. 98
Compression checked motor warm no plugs in.
after cleaning cylinder 1 direct injector no longer fouling plugs today.
New fuel line new pulse pump. Loss...

I don’t have an answer for the reason I wasn’t pulling a constant code. Honestly I haven’t been pulling a code via my smartcraft in the last trip. Just noticed power loss and yet another fouled plug...

That code had pulled up before but went away after and never crossed my mind again. My buddy has the machine to test/clean injectors and when first hooked up it barely had any flow “basically non...

Well new plug in cylinder 1 new fuel line. New pulse pump. Just to run ohms test and find cylinder 1 air injector failed live and learn. Wouldnt have thought to check this without reading the other...

Sorry just read pinned post motor was cold and throttle set to idle. I will warm the motor and test again.

Cylinders
2:85 1: 88
4:95 3: 92
5:85 6: 87

Cylinder 1 spark plug fouled out. This has happened twice on this cylinder 2 new plugs both fouled within a trip.
I’m reading running the...

I’ve used a timing light on all shows to be good on that end. Reeds have not been inspected. I’ll check compression again used a buddies tester he had in the bed of his truck handy. I’ll use mine...

Serial: ot961388
2004 Optimax dfi 225
max rpm:5500 now 4900
water pressure :1.5-20

Motor has new plugs new wires new coil pack compression test had all cylinders between 110-115
idles fine...

Have a buddy giving me the keys to his zxr for the weekend having a hard time finding a 721 to test drive

Thanks for the insight guys still torn between the 721 and zxr21

Sorry bud. I did that after the post

Did not check reeds but checked compression compression was good moved coil to a different cylinder. Ran motor again and the wetness moves to the other cylinder and the number 1 cylinder plug was no...

Serial: ot961388
2004 Optimax dfi 225
max rpm:not sure
water pressure :1.5-20

noticed my motor was idling rough and bogging down some. I figured time for new plugs and wires. Went ahead new...