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    Final Moon Rocket with Mercury Top

    Its a BBQ Grill based on a250 pound (practice) WWII bomb, topped by a piece I cut from the lower unit of a scrapped 85 hp Mercury. , with a tail added from a mattress inflator. All BBQ smoke will exit through that "tailpipe". Its intended to recall the Buck Rogers era Moon Rockets (which had...
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    Mercury Lower Unit Space Ship BBQ

    When I posted here about month ago about how to remove the shafts from the lower unit of a junked 85 hp, one of the members requested that I post my finished results. 'could be that the project itself evoked curiosity...a Mercury lower unit sliced off, turned upside down, and mounted atop a 250...
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    Mercury Used in Art

    Emckelvy asked me to post a picture of what I was up to (I'm a metal Artist) once I figured out how to remove the shafts from this lower unit (sliced in two for use here, it is from a 85 hp 4 cyl). (If anyone needs any parts from this 4 cyl 2 stoke, let me know....I just "make stuff" out of...
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    How do I Remove Shaft 85hp 4cyl??

    I am a Metal Artist, and was given a junked 85 hp, 4 cyl Two stroke Mercury outboard, whose parts are destined for many different art projects. It all disassembled, but for this pesky Lower Unit. How do I remove the drive shaft? (both shaft, actually) It has loose, 1/4" "up/down" play, but I...
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