Re: cracked gearcase
Thanks, all of you. I very much appreciate it. I've never torn one of these down before so I'm assuming that it's somewhat similar to an automotive differential ring and pinion. I'm a long way from any large marine shops or similar. The nearest place to even get an outboard this size is 75 miles from here so I'll have to check around for a good welder. If I'm looking at that model number right, this motor is from 1973? <br />I'm not sure if this could be a related problem, so I'll ask. Last year, July, she asked me to come over because her boat wouldn't start. What she described sounded like a dead battery or bad connection. What I found was a motor that wouldn't rotate past a certain point. I removed the spark plugs to make it easier to turn by hand and started manually turning it back and forth, managing to get it to turn a little more each time. It felt like there was a soft obstruction in the motor, like a rotton piece of wood. The lake she's on is full of that kind of stuff. Since I'm not familiar with how outboards are set up, I'm assuming it sucked a piece of this debris into the pump, and manually cranking the engine eventually chewed thru it. Am I correct in guessing that this pump is also in the gearcase or do I need to go farther up into the motor to check on this? <br />I appreciate the help and all the patience. If any of you make it over to the computer support forums I work at, I try to return the favor. Thanks.<br />Rick