Traveler2586 Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 This is for all you shade-tree mechanics out there. I just encountered a problem with my starting battery going dead on me while I was out fishing. Everything was going fine starting the engine as I was running & gunning from fishing hole-to-fishing hole. Then one time I went to start the engine and then it would not turn over. When I got home I started looking into why and realized I needed a service manual on my engine to properly test the charging system. So I priced a service manual at Mercury Parts Department, it was $100.00 plus shipping for a new hard copy. That’s rough, so I looked on eBay and they had it for $50.00 plus shipping for a used hard copy; that’s better, but I kept looking. Then a Bing search came up with a site called Tradebit, and they had the same manual in a PDF file for only $8.99 with no shipping required; and I could have the manual right then and there. This PDF file is excellent, it’s clean and clear, I can find things with its word search feature, and if need be print out what ever page I need at the time. So if you find you need a service manual for your engine try http://www.tradebit.com its worked great for me. 2 Quote
Super User Nitrofreak Posted March 15, 2013 Super User Posted March 15, 2013 Thats pretty cool Traveler !!!! Thanks for sharing that !!!! Quote
Super User K_Mac Posted March 16, 2013 Super User Posted March 16, 2013 Shade-tree is what I am! Thanks for the heads up. I just have the owners manual for my outboards, which as you know are not that helpful beyond general maintenance. Quote
Traveler2586 Posted March 16, 2013 Author Posted March 16, 2013 That's all I had too. I would like to have the factory hard copy, but not at those prices. If I have to I'll carry my laptop out to the boat, or print the page I need. There's a lot of good info in the service manual that's not in the owners guide. Quote
mudkart Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 I like to have a hard copy (a Seloc manual is also nice), but you may be able to find what you need here (@ the best price: free!): http://boatinfo.no/lib/library.html This site was useful when replacing my controls, as a manual for Merc controls was difficult to find @ the time. Quote
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