1972 mercury50hp with LU problems

[nick34]

hello i have a 72 merc 50hp that i replaced the water pump in when i reinstalled the LU and tried to start eng. the prop was spinning and it seems to be in gear so i dropped LU shifted the box to full foward and spun the shift shaft all the way forward still didnt work ... the prop rachets to the right (clockwise) and i thought it was locked in the other direction but since i put the water impeller on its just tight so the prop spins in the other direction its just very hard the point im trying to make is my prop does not free spin at all
while i spin my prop im turning the shift shaft but it never frees up or spin free in both directions


PLEASE HELP sorry for the long post

 

[nick34]

Re: 1972 mercury50hp with LU problems

come on guys 16 people can look at this but none can chime in on a possible solution. wow what a number 1 site...

 

[Laddies]

Re: 1972 mercury50hp with LU problems

No one here get paid for sarcasm from one that apparently don't have a service manual or know how to read it. That said, drop the unit and shift it into rev, then shift the upper into rev and replace the unit, if the both stay in rev the engine will shift and if it jumps gear on you it will be quickly apparent.

 

[nick34]

Re: 1972 mercury50hp with LU problems

sorry for the sarcasim i dropped lu and shifted controls into rev and spun shaft into rev prop sill does not spin freely even with lu down i will grap shift shaft a spin slowely while i spin prop the only way it will spin with that rachet sound no matter what i do the prop onlyspins clockwise with a rachet sound and and it spin counterclockwise but it is very tight what else could it be

again sorry just very disapointed almost had boat in water than this happened spent so much money and time just wanna go fishing....