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Last year when doing work on my lower unit I noticed water had been getting in and around the driveshaft. Thinking it was just the bellows I replaced them all, but never did find a tear in the driveshaft bellow. I used the boat a few more times before putting it away for the season. This...
Very curious on how the interlock is suppose to work. My engine use to momentary stall when shifting from neutral to forward or even neutral to reverse. I don't remember if it use to stall coming out of gear, but it may very well have. I have since replaced the lower shift cable.
What I...
This might sound like a completely noob question and it is. I started the boat with the water hose and boat ear muffs for the first time and noticed water coming out of this hole, is this normal?
I'm having a hard time locating the part numbers for the o-rings that seal the Y pipe to the gimbal, there two smaller o-rings and one larger one. I took them to Napa to see if they had replacements, and they did not have any that were fat enough. The diagram I have doesn't show a Y pipe...
The lower unit I have has a large hole in it. There is nothing leaking out of it and it is rather deep. Is there anything in this area that I should be worried about? I am thinking of filling it with JB weld and seeing if it will hold. Any other ideas?
I recently took on a project boat that is in pieces and have been trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. The boat has a Mercruiser 888 era 1975 and the manifolds have been sitting on the floor of the boat for a few seasons. In doing research on how to put Humpty back together, I found...
