This darn Merc is driving me crazy. I've yet to get it to run right. I took it out on the lake tonight to see what it would do and for the second time it wouldn't run right. <br /><br />I've noticed that it has a knock to it. It comes and goes. When it starts knocking it skips and bucks, sometime it will even kill itself. It has sheared the flywheel key twice now. <br /><br />I was given this motor, so I know very little about it. The person who gave it to me said it was on a boat she bought. She didn't want anything to do with it because it was a Mercury. She had always had bad luck with them. <br /><br />Apparently the guy who sold her the boat said it "ran fine." I take that at face value. Some people will say anything to get rid of it. <br /><br />I'm wonding if there is a bad bearing in it or if one of the wrist pins are worn? I'm not really sure what to think. I want to fix it, but I don't want to throw a ton of money at it and still have a crappy motor. <br /><br />Does anyone have a clue what the problem could be? <br /><br />Thanks Everyone.
