Mercury 150 max problem

[amos715]

so i do not know much about boats. this boat was given to the church for our use. until this summer has not been ran much the last 5 years. the last time i took it out it was hard to crank but then seemed to run fine. then the other day i noticed this, looked like some kind of plastic cover had melted off.

what'd i ruin?

 

[amos715]

Re: Mercury 150 max problem

so i do not know much about boats. this boat was given to the church for our use. until this summer has not been ran much the last 5 years. the last time i took it out it was hard to crank but then seemed to run fine. then the other day i noticed this, looked like some kind of plastic cover had melted off.

what'd i ruin?

forgot to attach pic.

 

[carholme]

Re: Mercury 150 max problem

You are missing the cover for the clamp which secures the lower engine mount,

Here is a schematic of the parts from a 1985 150 as you haven't identified your year or s/n.

http://www.crowleymarine.com/mercury-outboard/parts/515_150.cfm

See item 11, under DRIVE SHAFT HOUSING AND EXHAUST TUBE.

Gerry

 

[amos715]

Re: Mercury 150 max problem

You are missing the cover for the clamp which secures the lower engine mount,

Here is a schematic of the parts from a 1985 150 as you haven't identified your year or s/n.

http://www.crowleymarine.com/mercury-outboard/parts/515_150.cfm

See item 11, under DRIVE SHAFT HOUSING AND EXHAUST TUBE.

Gerry

thanks

so is there a reason why it would melt off? does it affect anything else? can i just replace the cover and go back to boating?

 

[schematic]

Re: Mercury 150 max problem

is it possible that the exhaust seal between gear case and driveshaft housing is compromised

 

[carholme]

Re: Mercury 150 max problem

How do you know it melted, did you find a blob of plastic? What does the other side look like?

Gerry

 

[amos715]

Re: Mercury 150 max problem

How do you know it melted, did you find a blob of plastic? What does the other side look like?

Gerry

yes

and i did not want to mess up anything else.

a pastor friend from india was driving the boat and hit a rock. that might have broke or cracked the plastic to cause it to fall off and then the remaining plastic along the bottom edge melted? i don't know? it may have been like that since we got the boat at the beginning of the summer and i just didn't notice.


edit: and yes the other side is fine