I've been working on this engine (1990 XR4) for quite some time now and have the old girl put back together but have run into a problem getting it into reverse. When I drop the lower unit and manually move the shift spline from Forward to Neutral all goes well but when I go past Neutral...
I got my motor put back together and it's running great, after running for a while I saw a fuel leak around the air cover that covers the carbs. Any one got any ideas what would cause this? It's not a lot of gas, but I never noticed it before. Also I was running a pretty heavy mix of SeaFoam...
Ok, long story short as possible. I have a 1990 Mercury XR4 which I've been through two different mechanics 1 diagnosed the problem and went out of business which left me high and dry with a motor with the flywheel taken off and lost money for an ordered stator. Next mechanic I took it found...
