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I decided to replace water pump in Mercury 7.5 and it went together pretty easy.. But, still no water pumping? Does the water travel to the top of the shaft in the copper shifting tube? could this be plugged? I'm just missing something here. The good news is I got the motor for $150 and it runs...
A few of you guys helped me get my boat trim mech working the other day and it is now functional, Thanks again. I put the boat in the water, it starts, purrs like a kitten... I can even throttle down to a decent trolling speed. The problem now is that I don't seem to have full throttle. I would...
Just bought 77 fiberform with Merc 850 thunderbolt. The motor runs great, low hours, proud to have gotten it for a great price. I finally got it converted to a fishing vessel and noticed that the trim locking mechanism was locked down. I thought the thing was completely manual, spring loaded...
