2-4-C

[muc]

it's gone --- once available stock is sold
engine coupler grease - gone
u-joint and gimbal bearing grease - gone
Special Lube 101 - gone
Perfect Seal - gone
I feel old
I remember when they started adding Teflon to the 2-4-C and caused a big kerfuffle at a lot of dealers. Me and Pepperidge Farm are probably the only ones that remember.
Turns out @Bondo has been right with his any grease is better then no grease at all ----- as long as it's Mercury Extreme Marine Grease. Still don't agree about the non-tox tho.

 

[alldodge]

Stuff changes, things that don't bring in money is left behind

Things that use to be use this or you will damage your drive/motor is mostly smoke and mirrors. So goes Merc, VP and others, so how much is actually real and what is hype?

You did say something recently that really caught my attention. It was something to the effect that going to OB is the way to go for salt water, it's cheaper and better to stick with IO for fresh water. This is the main reason I'm going to go to a Formula 270 IO and ditch my Crap O real OB boat. The OB Merc piece of Crap is way to maintenance intensive

 

[alldodge]

When I get a newer 8.2 with Gen 3 cool fuel I will be changing it over to older Gen 2 or even a Aeromotive (or other) with return to tank option and fix the Merc crud. Time to fix a bad design

 

[Scott Danforth]

I have been using a lot of farm implement greases lately.

I use a lot of John Deere cornhead grease at work for worm gear actuators. The stuff works for a whole lot more (got turned onto it 20+ years ago to run in 50's trucks steering gearboxes)

 

[Bondo]

it's gone --- once available stock is sold
engine coupler grease - gone
u-joint and gimbal bearing grease - gone
Special Lube 101 - gone
Perfect Seal - gone
I feel old
I remember when they started adding Teflon to the 2-4-C and caused a big kerfuffle at a lot of dealers. Me and Pepperidge Farm are probably the only ones that remember.
Turns out @Bondo has been right with his any grease is better then no grease at all ----- as long as it's Mercury Extreme Marine Grease. Still don't agree about the non-tox tho.

Ayuh,...... Well, that sucks,.....

As for Perfect Seal, I believe permatex #3, the liquid, is exactly the same as perfect seal,..... it's on my bench,.....
In my shop, I have 2 grease guns, my battery powered gun has equipment grease, aka: chassis grease, which I use for anything with ball, needle, roller, etc. type bearings,....
My hand-pump grease gun, has 2-4-C in it for bushing type bearings, tie-rods, etc,....
I think I have 3 or 4 fresh tubes left, maybe I oughta find another 1/2 dozen to get me through to where grease no longer matters to me,.....