I'm trying to suss out this oil system too. In my case it's a sport jet, which means the motion sensor is tied into the Cold start/tks system. The oil system was already removed when I bought it. I need to know how the TKS computer utilizes this pulse information. Does it count RPMs or does it...
The mercury oil pump is run by a nylon gear. Why you trust that? Mercury has big money. They can get anyone to say whatever they want. Vro problems occur because people don't follow instructions. You must use the special hose clamps. And all hoses must be sealed perfectly for it to work. But...
The ones that cannot do this are the old side mount sift boxes. There wasn't enough room inside. But any binnicle mount should have it. And definitely any universal shift box.
In most of them you can. When you open it up, you'll see. Just move the shift cable to the opposite side. There is a spot for it. This reverses cable direction. I promise.
That mark should definitely up. If not, then something else is out of adjustment to compensate. Ignore the torque stripe and do a full link and sync by the book. Be careful not to break any of those plastic arm pieces. They are more expensive than you might expect.
If you have a 1 5/16" wrench you can hold the nut on the other side of the tube and temporarily tighten the tube down to the opposite nut to stop the spinning. Then tap the wrench with a hammer on the steering cable nut you want to pop loose.
You shouldn't need to do anything with it. Most likely the VRO is already capped off. It's a common tragedy. The VRO is the most reliable mechanical oiling device ever made, and yet everyone refuses to trust it.
Use marine rated gear oil. All automotive gear oil is GL-5 which is high detergent. Can damage soft metals. Also they don't have the corrosion and moisture resistant additives that marine grade does. I've seen that yellow oil before. It's certainly not what you expect to see coming out of there.
