Recent content by Brando86

I have a '99 with the same setup. It seems these boats are pretty reliable. I can pull a wakeboarder with 6 people on board pretty easily, and with all 7 people on board I max out around 30mph. With 2 people on board it will get up to a little over 35mph. The one thing I would recommend is...

I did forget to note that the power steering cylinder on the back of the engine is making a squeeking noise, and appears to need a greasing. Would that be enough to make the steering better?

I have a '99 180 bow rider with the 3.0 merc/alpha 1. The boat steers fine when not under load, such as when you are not in the throttle much at all. When I lay into the throttle to get speed, the steering wheel wants to pull hard to the left from the torque, but after the boat planes out the...

Here is the one picture I have of it right now off hand. It was actually off the boat and unused until I bought the boat from the original owner a little over a month ago, so it is in great shape....the 4 mounts/screws will be included.

I appologize in advance for not having more than 10 posts, I have been more of a lurker since purchasing my boat a month ago. We are adding a wake tower to the boat, and will be unable to use the factory bimini top. It is in great shape, and is dark green in color. I can get pictures upon...

First post here:smt038 I just picked up a '99 bowrider 180 with the merc 3.0 over the weekend for a great price. Everything runs great, but sometimes it take a bit for the motor to start up. The spark plugs and wires needed changed, so I took care of that...someone also mentioned I should run...