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    changing leg oil

    So, since this is "my own" thread, can anyone tell me the 411 on changing the lower leg oil. I've seen the two holes and watched it being done, but I don't know where to get the oil pump, or what type of oil I should use. I'd imagine its probably all included in the jug, but I don't live in a...
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    Lower leg- Forward neutral reverse Merc 500

    I had to change my impeller when I first got the motor, and ever since I've been unable to put it back together correctly. When I first tried, I got forward and neutral, but no reverse. Lived with that for a year. Now I found an older thread with someone explaining how to best re-install the...
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    63 Merc 500, Cant shift to reverse anymore.

    First off, thanks for looking and any help you can provide. My Motor (50hp) had a bad impeller when I got it, and I tossed in a new one and she runs fine now. My problem is I can't get the lower leg to go into reverse ever since I took it apart. More specifically, the first time I put it in the...
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    opening a closed bow project

    Hi, I have a cheap 12' fiberglass boat from the 60's. Its fine for me, its got a 50hp Merc on it and it goes good. Only once its at full speed the bow lifts out of the water too much and it will veer off if a wave hits it right. Makes for some heart stopping moments. Now its a closed bow and...
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    Minor Fiberglass repair advice needed

    I got a 14' fiberglass boat, its mid 1960's but in good condition. However there is a crack in the floor just in front of the gas tank. I think someone towed it with a full tank or somthing similar. I plan on just patching up the crack with some fiberglass from the local hardware store. I've...
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    14' Fiberglass boat skids/veers left at full throtle

    I just got this 14' fiberglass boat with a 50hp Merc. The Merc is a 1963 and the boat looks like the same era. It will tilt to the right and want to go left, varying with throttle. Its a bit scary, and I cant go full throttle unless the waters glass. The Merc has plaining fins, but it still...
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    Water leaking near top plug #1 inline 4 50hp 63' 500

    I just got this boat, and I changed the impeller and theres water pissn out right along the edge of the spark-plug opening. NOT from the cylinder, but from where the "Head" meets the plug sleeve. I'm not sure of the marine terminology and I'm still learning about the basics. I have a good grasp...
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    light wiring confusion.

    I passed on the $60 light package for my truck, one of those "dummy" packages. I just grabbed a 4 wire flat connector, but now I feel like a dummy. What I don't understand is that trailer needs a wire for, Left, right, ground, Light/brake. Unless I'm incorrect? So With only a wire spliced into...
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