I am in the process of changing out the impeller on a 2002 Mercury 40ELPTEFI SN 0T477741 4 stroke.
I can not see how the gear shift rod gets released on this unit.
No problem finding the 5 bolts to lower the lower unit about an inch but I do not see any shift rod Jam nut release like I saw on the I-tune video I watched. The video was of a Mercury 50 HP unit a little older than this one. It had a two nut release on the rod. This was on the D-Ray's shop video.
Another video showed bigger Mercury units. 75,90,105, and 115 hp. Those lower ends just slid right down with the drive rod.
So now my one hour impeller job has turned into a mind bender.
Anyone out there have any idea on how the shift rod gets released from this motor.
Any help sure would be appreciated., Thanks
I can not see how the gear shift rod gets released on this unit.
No problem finding the 5 bolts to lower the lower unit about an inch but I do not see any shift rod Jam nut release like I saw on the I-tune video I watched. The video was of a Mercury 50 HP unit a little older than this one. It had a two nut release on the rod. This was on the D-Ray's shop video.
Another video showed bigger Mercury units. 75,90,105, and 115 hp. Those lower ends just slid right down with the drive rod.
So now my one hour impeller job has turned into a mind bender.
Anyone out there have any idea on how the shift rod gets released from this motor.
Any help sure would be appreciated., Thanks