Have just completed the re-build on a Mercury L5 lower unit.
One item I wasn't able to get a photo of was the orientation of the cam-shift control (Part number 850307), Sat at the bottom of the splined control rod.
Re-assembling the gearbox, I have made the assumption that the correct orientation is part number facing up (curved side to the starboard side) and therefore, forward gear (which is what I removed the lower unit in), is with the splined control rod (and therefore cam-shift control) fully rotated clockwise.
(adding a little more inference, the lower unit schematic seems to show the curve on the starboard side and, the photo in the manual shows it part number facing up, being pulled out of the gearbox).
From any Mercury users / owners with an L5 confirm that this is correct, before I go and attach it back to the outboard and put oil in? The L5 is a very common unit so, I'm hoping many have been through this.
One item I wasn't able to get a photo of was the orientation of the cam-shift control (Part number 850307), Sat at the bottom of the splined control rod.
Re-assembling the gearbox, I have made the assumption that the correct orientation is part number facing up (curved side to the starboard side) and therefore, forward gear (which is what I removed the lower unit in), is with the splined control rod (and therefore cam-shift control) fully rotated clockwise.
(adding a little more inference, the lower unit schematic seems to show the curve on the starboard side and, the photo in the manual shows it part number facing up, being pulled out of the gearbox).
From any Mercury users / owners with an L5 confirm that this is correct, before I go and attach it back to the outboard and put oil in? The L5 is a very common unit so, I'm hoping many have been through this.