Recent content by singersoll

  1. S

    Mercury choke solenoid

    1965 MERC 1000, 100hp, s/n 1769035 HELP please !!!! Choke Solenoid Plunger part no. 27031A4 ? Does anyone know where I can find the above part, new or used ? ? I think I may have bought the last one a couple of years ago. 2 weeks after I installed it I found it laying in the bottom...
  2. S

    choke solenoid part

    I have 1965 Merc 1000 (100hp) outboard s/n 1769035. I'm looking for a "plunger and link assembly" for the choke solenoid, part number A-27031A4. I haven't been able to find one. Anyone have a source ?
  3. S

    replacing tell tale elbow

    I have 100 HP Merc1000, 1965 model, I'm tryinmg to replace the plastic tell tale elbow ( on the exhaust cover. I have the cowl bottom loose but I can't get my hands in there to install it. What is the best way to install the elbow or to remove the cowl bottom ? Di I have to remove the power...
  4. S

    water tube pulled out of power head

    I have a 1965 model MERC 1000 (100hp). I pulled of the lower unit toreplace the water pump inpeller and the water tube pulled lose on the top end (from power head) instead of coming apart at the water pump housing. When I reassembeled the lower unit (being careful to reinsert the tube into the...
  5. S

    can't get lower unit out of "forward"

    I removed the lower unit to replace the impeller and seals. Before replacing the lower unit I tried to move the shift shaft to change gears. There is over 180 degees of play in the shift shaft and I moved it little by little throughout this range but couldn't find anything except forward (i...
Top