wba593
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- Nov 5, 2012
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Hello, I'm new here and I have been working on my Great-grandfathers 1967 Mercury 200 for the past couple months. It hasn't been started in about 40 something years, and I finally got it started the other day.
I replaced the impeller, spark plugs, and a few other things. It was pretty tough to figure out how to get it all apart and back together.
My problem is that when I got it started and running for a few minutes, something started smoking in the top of the motor. I turned it off and took off the cover, and the brown plastic inside the cover had burned. I guess the motor was overheating.
I put a new impeller in, but thinking that I may have put it in incorrectly, and water is not getting to the top of the motor.
Also, where is the water supposed to stream out? I can't find a hole anywhere and I mean anywhere for it to be streaming out of. I used ear muffs when I first got it started, but switched to a trash can full of water. The only holes I can find are the two square holes that the exhaust comes out of.
Thanks for any help!
I replaced the impeller, spark plugs, and a few other things. It was pretty tough to figure out how to get it all apart and back together.
My problem is that when I got it started and running for a few minutes, something started smoking in the top of the motor. I turned it off and took off the cover, and the brown plastic inside the cover had burned. I guess the motor was overheating.
I put a new impeller in, but thinking that I may have put it in incorrectly, and water is not getting to the top of the motor.
Also, where is the water supposed to stream out? I can't find a hole anywhere and I mean anywhere for it to be streaming out of. I used ear muffs when I first got it started, but switched to a trash can full of water. The only holes I can find are the two square holes that the exhaust comes out of.
Thanks for any help!