I have an MR mercruiser outdrive on an in line six (250 CID). I have had to JB weld a large <br />damaged area on the top gear case (right under the cap) that was fixed with bondo or<br />something similar before. and now I have found a small hole in the lower unit. it must have<br />been...
I did not want to post two seperate topics in the same post so here is another question for the wiser heads in the group:<br /> <br />I 70 Skipjack 20' open cruiser with a 250 inline six and an "R" series Mercruiser outdrive (the one with a hole in the top of the upper unit and two tilt rams...
I have a 1970's R series Mercruiser on the inline 6. It is difficult to impossible to shift out of whaever gear I am in while the boat is in the water, I often have to shut down the motor work the shift/throttle lever once or twice, restart the motor then put it in the gear I want. I never have...