See what happened with the Mercury outboard here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbBgp62rqMnNm4E.html

Like seeing the boat all geared up ready to go! A smaller boat sitting in the backyard, that's cute!

Love your content. If your video was uncut, you sure live very close to the water. With that being said, do you ever fish. I love fishing. Its my peace when life isnt always as easy as it should be. Keep up the great boating content. Thanks for your ongoing knowledge about boat stuff. I was always taught. If you never fail. You never learn. Failure or any kind of uneccepted problem is an educational opportunity. Thanks for your time Wayne!

Nice video as always. Thank you Wayne

Great job Wayne, enjoy your videos very much, Yep , the fuel tank vent has came back and bit me a couple of times, I have a 5hp outboard and almost always forget to open the tank vent till after it stalls , the second time or two. Impressed with that Mercury otherwise, seems to move you pretty good . Good fishing and keep the great content comin...Thanks

I feel your pain.....I took my new 4 hp 4 stroke Mercury out on the Patuxent the other day to try a little fishing on my new old town discovery sport 15. i had disconnected the aux fuel tank after running it in the tub the day before. it ran fine. i didn't start it before i put everything in the truck to get there. well, i paddled the canoe out about 100 feet, away from the fishermen on shore and commenced to start the motor. nope, nothing doing. after about 30 minutes of pulling and trying, i paddled back in and put the canoe back on the truck and brought it home. put it in the tub, hooked up the aux tank, pulled a few times and it took off. talk about being pi$$ed off. maybe i didn't have the connector on completely. i thought it might have been something with the safety switch.......try again another day. good luck figuring yours out.....

Hi Wayne, I ran across your channel this morning and spent the day looking at all your videos.GREAT WORK!! I like the content and like the way you think and love your sense of humor. Keep up the great work. Dan

Oh no! I was in the exact same situation last week when I was out on the river with an Evinrude, ended up stranded in the middle. My issue was leaving the choke out too long on a hot day. Great video Wayne! ⚓

In ten seconds you had me laughing out loud. Thank you, Wayne!

I have the exact same motor, Mercury 2.5 hp two stroke short-shaft, and this exact thing happened to me last season- stranded me across a huge lake, except I didn't have a backup trolling motor like you (so so smart!), so I had to row, against the wind for about 2.5 hours to get back to the ramp. NOT fun! It turns out that it was the carb killing the motor due to residue buildup. Had to take it completely apart and clean everything out, and it was good to go after that. Hope this helps! Always enjoy your videos, thanks for the great content!

I need to buy a good used 15hp motor... Fake book mkt place or Strangelist... Just bought that 14ft last night, long drive from Holland Michigan to Peoria Illinois. Stopping at Bass Pro Shop for a few top water lures and to drool over their $20,000.00 bass boats...... Ha! Glad you are getting on the water Wayne, hoping to do so today too, dropping a line and lure for bass or trout. Aloha and thank you for the video.

Outboard motor failures definitely suck! Just experienced one today, right in the middle of the bay. Fortunately some nice young guys helped me to go back to the marina, towing us with their boat. That makes me upset!

Use the merc as an anchor lol

Looks like a carb problem. Try pulling the choke a little bit at a time when running. If it runs better with choke, its not getting enough fuel. Alternatively, if closing the fuel valve makes it run better, it is getting too much fuel. This points to a float problem. I see Brandon is fixing the old 2 hp. I haven't watched it yet but I'm interested in the diagnosis. Cheers

Please post a video when you find out the issue!! In my Suzuki 2.5 hp LS (4-stroke)on my sailboat, I use "Trufuel" Ethanol Free which they sell at Home Depot. It costs a little more, but a small engine doesn't use much, and it is well worth the extra cost!! I also used Trufuel Ethanol Free in my Mercury 7.5 HP (2-stroke) for several years on a previous sailboat and never had a engine failure.

love that Indiana Jone hat :)

You could make lashing points top and bottom on the inside of Gunwhale and add a minicell foam as flotation. We use to do this with white water canoes. I am a big fan of floatation in any boat.

I hope its an easy fix it seemed to be a fuel issue..

Fix that little Mercury and keep it, it's a good little motor. You never can tell when another boat will come along and you need it.

Music is on point big dog 🔥

I had an 1986 Evinrude 25hp that was very unreliable. After running a bit it would die and I couldn't start it for anything. After I sat and waited for 30 minutes or so it would crank and run for another 15 or 20 minutes and start cutting out and then die. I was getting plenty of water flow through the exhaust, so I doubt it was overheating. I sold it, because a friend gave me a little 1956 Johnson 3hp and it was the most reliable motor I'd even owned. But, it wasn't big enough. So, I bought a 1969 Evinrude 25hp ELECTRIC START! This motor is just as reliable as the little 3hp and I don't get blisters from yanking on the pull start! Sometimes the old things are just plain better than the new stuff! Oh yea, the boat I have is a 1969 Proline 14 foot V-bottom. So, now I have a motor that matches my boat!

The anticipation is unbearable. Can’t wait for the sequel 😜

I run a Yamaha 2.5 HP 4 stroke and it starts in neutral - No reverse, - - My guess on the motor. The air vent on the gas cap needs to be cleaned - When you were in the boat with a no start, take off the gas cap and than start the motor. This is important. When you carry the motor the gas in the tank can get into the air vent and clog the vent. Gary in a 12 foot row boat from the Great Lake State. 🚂

Just bought a 14 ft alumicraft with spartan trailer plus 9.9 johnson that start but dont pump water. Will repair later as im putting a 25 yamaha on it. Paid $1100 has one minor leak,soon to be epoxied. Have added a few goodies to trailer all new wiring a couple bolt on steps now all i need is for old man winter to hold off so i can get a bit of fishing in this fall good luck with your project boat a bit of floatation under them seats would be a good idea i know dads 14 ft had it in his 1950's wolverine. A 9.9 or 15 should be enough to power that nicely.

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I seriously thought he'd say "The tow ball you want to use goes on top".

Thanks Wayne. Keep up the good work. I am between buying between 14-16ft plastic or aluminum john boat for large choppy, waters with few rocks and tree stumps. What boat would you recommend?

My thoughts is if you ran your 2 cycle on glow fuel, 21 % castor oil and 79 % methyl or ethyl alcohol, it would never give problems. The catch is that alcohol is hard to buy and Baker AAA castor oil is a little pricey. You run richer than gas and you don't leave fuel in the tank overnight. I have a 51 Elgin. Smoothest 2 cycle ever made but 6 HP is a beast. I just bought a Hangkai 4 cycle 52 CC. 22 LBS.

Take fuel cap off, seal gas tank around your face gently blow pressure in tank. Five seconds light pressure. Release pressure pressure slow. Works on all small engines engines

Yikes! Thankfully you weren't out too far. Old gas or a float is sticking and letting the engine flood would be my first thought. Time for some fresh fuel and maybe some seafoam or a carb cleaning

I need that trolling motor for our pontoon 😂

Carbs are finicky and need to be clean clean clean. Borrow your wife's ultrasonic jewelry cleaner...fill it with warm water and a few drops of Dawn soap. Drop the *completely disassembled* carburetor in it and let it marinate for about 30 minutes (if you have a wire mesh tea ball, put all the teensy parts in it and drop the ball in). Take it out, rinse off the parts, and gently blow all of it dry with compressed air. Reassemble. Also, you neglected to put the chain back up across the ramp after you launched your boat. You're lucky nobody drove up and stole all the water out of the creek 🥰

Do you use the auto anti shake? I'd rather have the shake. Good video and a good reminder to trust but verify when it comes to being on the water. The what-if's can be a doozy when you least expect it. I to had a can runner die on me in the middle of the lake. Good thing you had back up propulsion.

I like to call my saltwater trolling motor like that one. The "impulse drive". Some day I will print that on mine and the serial number NCC-1701. Can anyone guess where I came up with the designation?

IF you hadn't run your motor for a long time (3 or more months), and IF you didn't add fuel stabilizer before you stopped running it (Add stabilizer and let run for awhile to make sure gas in carb has stabilizer in it). THEN I would suspect a gummed up carburetor. No matter what small two stroke engine I have, I always tear apart the carburetor every spring - unless I've run some fuel stabilizer through ..... but sometimes, even then, I just have to take apart the carburetor and clean it.

I’ll take it off your hands i need one !!lol it’ll be my first

Sounds like your gas is bad or getting cut off somewhere. Could be that your carb needs cleaning. May need new gas lines too.

Ahhh make the merc a wall hanger 🤣

Possibly flooding... not sure why but if it runs then cuts off, try turning the gas flow off and pull a few times till it starts and runs. After running for a bit turn gas flow on.

I like the hat !

Click bait thumbnail .. I was expecting you to capsize .. I want my money back lol .. Glad ur OK though. 😂

What's wrong with your mercury? Um🤔 maybe it's a MERCURY! OMC BABY!!!

Open vent on top of tank

Send the merc to Brandon’s garage for paid repairs to help out with his new mechanic for hire river front house living dream indever.

Hi from Michigan: Frame: 5:53 you said the "Mercury Motor Start in Gear" - I have a two year old Yamaha 2.5 HP and its starts in neutral - Seems lake the Yamaha is safer.Is thes the way it it for all small Mercuries? Cool boat right. 🚂 👍

Those small engines are so so touchy!! I had a 71 Evinrude 6 rebuilt the whole thing, used premium gas and quicksilver oil ran great for two months then not. Replaced the fuel and ran great again, I think the fuel they sell us is crap!!! No ethenol free fuel closer than 80 miles from me in metro Detroit!!!!

I have a 1968 12ft vee Aluminum. Had a 3.5 hp on it. Not enough. I was having to go against a strong wind one day. Not good. Have a 7.5 Mercury now. Have not tried it yet. The old saying. A Mercury will get you there faster, but a Johnson will get you back

2.5 Merc BOAT ANCHOR.

fuel Filter/ sticking Float/ ignition breaking down with heat

I agree with you, bad gas? 🤞

Yes but on the ocean nop amd if a waive come over it’s going under this is why I prefer a imfable boat bit cool little bait for a little lake tho amd the wind doesn’t bother me because you need a big motor like 10 h p and above so the wind doesn’t blow you 😂 but cool

I would never, never, never, never use any ethanol gas in a 2-stroke motor. If it's old ethanol gas, I would add "never" 10 more times to my sentence! In my area, we have the choice of 87/E10, 88/E15, & 91/E0 gas. All my small engines (UTV, ATV, riding lawnmower, 2 push mowers, log splitter, rototiller, two-stroke grass trimmer, & multiple two-stroke chainsaws) get the 91/E0 gas. I was once shown what 87/E10 gas does to a simple one year old push mower carburetor decades ago, & I haven't used ethanol gas in a small engine since. That same engine has been going strong since (20+ years) without issue. My 2-stroke grass trimmer is 29 years old, & it's never run better. My newest chainsaw is 18 years old (the rest are older). I own 72 acres of woods, cut, & burn firewood. My 18 year old primary chainsaw has never been in a shop for repairs (except for a muffler bolt vibrated out once & I took it in to get a used bolt). My stuff is old, & it gets used! I haven't used my 15' Old Town Discovery Sport for a few years, however. I just picked up a brand new (never had gas in it) 1993 Johnson 3 hp outboard a few weeks ago. When the time comes to break the motor in, I will use the recommended oil mix ratio for the break-in period, & that motor will NEVER see a drop of ethanol gas. I realize non-ethanol gas may be hard to find in some areas, but all the gas stations in my area have that option (especially gas stations near lakes/boating areas). Storing a small engine with ethanol gas in it is especially bad. For a 2-stroke, I think it's even worse. Some of my stuff doesn't get used at certain times of the year, & I will add a gas stabilizer (but non-ethanol gas is key). If you stored ethanol gas in your engine, the carburetor may need to be cleaned or you may have to put a new kit in it to correct your issue now. In case I forgot to mention it - If possible avoid ethanol gas at all costs. If your local gas pump only has one hose coming off of it, run a gallon or two in your truck before filling your gas can. You don't even want the ethanol gas that may be left in the hose from the previous person using the gas pump. Thankfully, my local station has 4 choices (3 gas types I already mentioned plus E85 gas or diesel fuel) at each pump, and each choice has its own separate hose (4 different hoses at each pump).

What was the top clip things you put in top of the boat trailer hitch when you mounted to your truck?

So man I have that same exact boat almost and I was wondering what pound trust is that trolling motor I’m looking for one for mine

I have a similar boat. Where did you get those guide poles that you have on your trailer. I would like to install those to make backing up easier. Thanks for the videos.

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Kill switch?

I had a brand new mercury 2.5, worst motor ever bought. Always cuts off

Bought a boat just like that one. Do you know the year,make , and model? I got no paper work with mine.

My guess is bad gas also.

Use ethanol free gas, if thats the problem

Gap plugs

Start using non-ethanol gas, for starters

merc mcphailed get a johnson 10 hp

Carb clogged?

Hey I bought a brand new 2.5 merc 4 stroke & it WAS always VERY HARD to start. I sold it & Lost some money But I wanted it out of my S I G H T !!!!!!!!!!!

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Hello Wayne (and other boat owners in the comments). I am looking for a boat expert to answer these questions. They have to do with the Scott and Laci Peterson case. - if you really wanted to, could you dump a 150 lbs body out of that 14’ boat without tipping it over? - would you have ever attempted to take that 14’ boat out on the choppy waters of the San Francisco Bay for your maiden voyage? - would you ever take that 14’ boat out in bay waters to fish for Sturgeon?

To all those folks who say „“Hell no, I wouldn‘t trust an electric motor, give me a gas motor anyday““ ……………. what do you say now?

Put some gas in it

Looked awful. I'll stick with my hobie kayak