First off, this motor sat outside, uncovered for approx 9 months to a year but supposedly ran just before that. Ok...I have been trying to remove the lower unit from my 40hp for about a week now and I am absolutely losing my mind. I'm about ready to take a sledge hammer to it. Please?!? Can someone tell me how to get this thing off?? I have a manual and parts diagrams but they are not helping.
These pics are from another post but I have numbered them to show what has been done...and what I'm curious about.
First pic: I have removed nuts from 1, 2, and 3 location. 4 & 5, of course, only loosen so much before they top out. Lower unit has to drop more in order to completely remove these.
Second pic: I've read that rust can hold 1 & 2 together pretty well. I've squirted WD40 & PB Blaster, as best as i could, up into the area where these are located (and squirted not just a little). Using a flat-head screwdriver, I've tried prying them apart, wedging the screwdriver as deep as i could to hopefully get them to give way, and even tried the see-saw trick (where I put wood wedges about halfway down each side and used a rubber mallet to smack up on the back portion, waiting for it to give. Nothing. Also, what is #3 AND does #4 have something to do with all of this? If I put a small screwdriver in #4, I can see the cap popping up & down (around the splines, which I haven't seen yet).
Please help me before I commit outboardicide!
These pics are from another post but I have numbered them to show what has been done...and what I'm curious about.
First pic: I have removed nuts from 1, 2, and 3 location. 4 & 5, of course, only loosen so much before they top out. Lower unit has to drop more in order to completely remove these.
Second pic: I've read that rust can hold 1 & 2 together pretty well. I've squirted WD40 & PB Blaster, as best as i could, up into the area where these are located (and squirted not just a little). Using a flat-head screwdriver, I've tried prying them apart, wedging the screwdriver as deep as i could to hopefully get them to give way, and even tried the see-saw trick (where I put wood wedges about halfway down each side and used a rubber mallet to smack up on the back portion, waiting for it to give. Nothing. Also, what is #3 AND does #4 have something to do with all of this? If I put a small screwdriver in #4, I can see the cap popping up & down (around the splines, which I haven't seen yet).
Please help me before I commit outboardicide!