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Asking for a friend of mine who has a 12' pontoon/fishing boat with a 3.5 hp Mercury 4 stroke outboard. The issue he's having is that when he tries to power up the engine to take off the front of the boat wants to go down under the water. He's messed with how the trim is set and nothing will...
I put in a new water pump kit on my friends Mercury 3.5 hp 4 stroke and I succeeded on that part but now I'm having problems with putting the shaft with lower unit back up in the housing. I got the shaft started up in the motor splines once but the water tube that goes in the water pump wasn't...