I feel I owe it to this board and the members that read the posts. They have been very useful in solving my problems with the lower unit. However the manual and even suggestions here on the board did not point out the peculiarities of the cam shifter. The cam shifter is a staircased wedge...
I have a 62 Merc 70 HP inline 6 with 2 Ignition coils. The engine is hard to start, idles rough but has great acceleration and does not miss at HI RPM. I wanted to check my points but after I removed the 2 screws holding the Dist Cap, the cap would not come apart. I am afraid of breaking this...
I have a 1992 175 hp Merc Outboard with 700 hours on it. Wide open the temp gauge sits around 145-150 deg. F. If I slow the rpm's down to 1500-2000 - say for trolling, the temp gauge goes to 200 and I am concerned that this is too high. I always have water coming from the 'pee' hole. What is...
