So here it is. Seems to be in order, buuuuuuttt, I got water coming out where it isn’t supposed to be. Dammit!!! Idk if there’s a gasket back there or a water hose/ line that failed or what. Do these have freeze plugs? I wonder if over the winter that there was water trapped somewhere and it...
Update time. I’m getting close to bolting this back up. I thought I had posted this already. One day I spent a half hour trying to get the pinion onto the shaft and had to give up. Couple days later I nailed it in a few minutes. Got the nut on it with some thread locker on it.
I haven’t looked on SEI. I’m not really looking to buy a new one since I have everything to fix mine. If one was available for mine at $1200 I would have been on the water last summer LOL The price I saw for my gear case was on Crowley Marine
My neighbor came by yesterday and I told him what I would do if it was mine. He mentioned that bolt on thing. I thought that sounds like a good way to go. BTW he says he can get a brand new gear case ready to bolt on and go for $1200. I find that hard to believe. For my 40 E-Tec a new gear case...
That scratch is in the metal on the replacement piece, and it’s nowhere near the weld zone.
I read somewhere in this thread someone said they busted a skeg off used it for years and never noticed any difference
So my neighbor has been on a fishing trip all week. He came over yesterday frantic that he busted the skeg off his brand new mercury, well it’s about 3 years old now, but he was asking me about welding it for him. I looked at it and I think if it was mine, I would clean up with a grinder/...
Thanks for checking in gents. I did use some spot putty and got it painted up. I have everything I need to get it back together except time! LOL A few weeks ago I got to work on it and the first thing I did was stick a screwdriver thru the driveshaft seal. DOH! So I ordered a new one and haven’t...
This is what I’m getting. I think it covers everything? The gear case is off of a 60 hp VRO. It matches up to my E-tec 40. I only had to change the water pump housing and the shifter rod.
So ya I reached in with a hook and finagled the pinion gear around and got it out. Woohoo! I don’t see any obvious signs of wear or damage to anything, except for the water pump housing. Are there any certain parts that I should just replace just because they’re 30+ years old? The silver thing...
I must be missing something man. I pushed the shift rod down and removed it. I can’t get the pinion gear out. Until it comes out nothing else does either. LOL Do I need to remove the bearing in the driveshaft housing and take the pinion out that way?
