need help with a part search

noserider

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Guys

I have a 92 4.3lx gen 2 mercruiser. I need the lock nut that the rear motor mount bolt screws in to. The bolt goes thru the rear motor mount bushing and the spring and fiber washer and then threads into the lock nut, The parts diagrams i see online show the bushing and a spacer but not the lock nut, fiber washer or spring washer??? Anyone??
 

Bondo

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Re: need help with a part search

Ayuh,... It's a 1/2" fine thread ny-lock nut....
 

Bt Doctur

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Re: need help with a part search

That is a captive nut, why is it being replaced?
 

achris

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Re: need help with a part search

That is a captive nut, why is it being replaced?

They are also made of aluminium and I replace them every time I pull an engine. They get chewed up real easy....
 

Don S

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Re: need help with a part search

Cuz they fall out and get lost when engine is out...

Pick them up out of the bilge, clean 'em up, and put them back where they belong. A dab of glue or sillycone will hold them in place till the motor mount bolts are reinstalled.
Do not use SS nuts. The reason they are aluminum is because the SS bolts could gall (sp) the threads and you wouldn't be able to get them on or off again.
 
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