Beautiful Old Merc - Not Mine

[Berdink]

Wow!

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[airshot]

I would like to see more pics of that wood boat the motor is mounted on....

 

[Berdink]

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I would like to see more pics of that wood boat the motor is mounted on....

I'm not sure why he's separating the motor from the boat. Seems a shame.

 

[jimmbo]

One of the ol Dockbusters

 

[Berdink]

One of the ol Dockbusters

I had to look that up.
Interesting...

 

[ejnichol]

No reverse?

 

[Mc Tool]

No reverse?

Electric shift ?

 

[jbcurt00]

No neutral.

Start it & your moving

 

[Mc Tool]

No neutral.

Start it & your moving

Mmmm ,yeah , there doesnt look like there's a whole lot of room in that gearcase for gubbins .

 

[jimmbo]

Mercury called it Silent Neutral. However, if the ignition was a wee bit off, points worn, or especially, a Weak Battery, you often had Silent Forward, and Silent Reverse.

 

[Mc Tool]

Mercury called it Silent Neutral. However, if the ignition was a wee bit off, points worn, or especially, a Weak Battery, you often had Silent Forward, and Silent Reverse.

ha ha ha ....silent neutral ...talk about BS-ing your way into claiming credit for something you completely failed to provide

 

[jimmbo]

Kiekhaefer had convinced himself that was gonna be the way of the Future...

 

[Mc Tool]

Kiekhaefer had convinced himself that was gonna be the way of the Future...

I guess ya gotta remember the time it was produced , direct drive being fairly normal ....I bet a lot of peeps would have been happy to have one ....I sure as hell would like that motor on my classic boat now...if I had one

 

[jimmbo]

It was used because all Mercury had at that time was the Gearcase from the 4 cylinder Motors, and they figured the Shift Mechanism wasn't durable enough to handle a 50% increase in Displacement that the Sixes had, so they removed the Shift Mechanism, made a couple changes and the Propshaft was always locked to the Driveshaft through the gears. By 1961, Mercury had a Full F-N-R Gearcase for it, and that bad idea was put to Rest, for the 1962 Model Yr

 

[Berdink]

ha ha ha ....silent neutral ...talk about BS-ing your way into claiming credit for something you completely failed to provide

Yeah, like:
'Now with Start and Go Technology!'
'No Neutral, No Wasted Fuel - Just Start & Go!