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Changed the water pump on my 1982 Mariner 50hp lower unit S/N 5965200, and I am having trouble getting the shift shaft right. My motor has a sloped cam on the shift shaft instead of the the sliding clutch shown in the manual. When you shift gears the female spline in the leg moves CCW and...
I have a 1982 Mariner 50 and while changing the water pump I advertantly rotated the shift shaft cam. When I attempted to reinstall the lower unit, the shift lever didn't work.
The shift shaft cam I have is not the one shown in the Mercury service manual. It is sloped and has a flat as well. I...
I am having trouble removing the water pump base from my Mariner 50. It rocks up about 1/16" and then rocks back when i try to pry it off. It's a 1982 4 cylinder. I have chewed up the edges of the pump bas trying to get it to come off. I can't seem to get any decent leverage on it to get the...
