mercruiser wont go in gear oil change 3.0

[1978 century]

i have a 1978 18 ft century 3.0 merc..the lower unit doesnt want to go in gear half the time...rev slips a lil bit but foward is good.i checked the cables and adj. them but it didnt really do much..from what i rember when i put a impeller pump in it that the L shaped shifter thing that comes out of the lower half was loose.is that normal?im kinda stuck in a hard place because the boat is older and i dont wanna put alot of money in a old boat, i allready got the head milled and rebuild the carb complete tune upand numerious little things but i want the cheap way out but i want to use the boat for a few years.i can get a new/reman lower half for 700 bucks.i dont really want to put a used unit in cuz i dont know how to check if the unit is in good shape.is there any gooed way to check if a used unit works god as far as the gears dont slip.any common prolbems with them

 

[1978 century]

Re: mercruiser wont go in gear oil change 3.0

EDIT: Sorry, soliciting is not allowed. JB

 

[1978 century]

Re: mercruiser wont go in gear oil change 3.0

one more thing how in the heck do you change the oil?i have changed the oil in other boats but this one the dip stick tub is like 1/4 wide 3.0 merc 1978

 

[JB]

Re: mercruiser wont go in gear oil change 3.0

Your Mercruiser is not an outboard. This forum is for outboards.

Moving to the I/O Forum.