water pump replacement mercury 6hp

dyydjbb

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First time boat owner and my Mercury 6hp needs a possible water pump and impeller replaced. Any good directions and or tips?
 

emoney

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Re: water pump replacement mercury 6hp

Just to read all the threads you can find and have at it. Nowhere near as bad as you might think it is.
 

dyydjbb

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Re: water pump replacement mercury 6hp

ok thanks I have been, just never worked on a boat engine before, any idea what this is, it came with the boat but no one knows where it goes or if it even goes to this engine.2012-08-15_10-29-35_946.jpg
 

carholme

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Re: water pump replacement mercury 6hp

Your engine s/n from a previous post comes up as:

6 60 2-cyl 1958278 2096170 1966 USA

From here:

http://www.marinshopen.se/Motorer/O...a/Mercury2takt2cyl68hp/tabid/480/Default.aspx

The engine is a model:

1060106 MERCURY 1966 6

Parts Listing:

http://www.crowleymarine.com/mercury-outboard/399.cfm

Here is a link to the condensed version of the Clymer service manual which will help you get started. Down;oad it soonest to your computer as the link is short lived.

http://web.ebscohost.com/serrc/pdf?...b43e-f47af0a3bd31@sessionmgr104&vid=4&hid=104

Gerry
 

dyydjbb

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Re: water pump replacement mercury 6hp

Thanks Gerry some good info in there!
 
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