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Any brainwaves on an adapter to fit a tire valve to the fill or vent holes on the lower unit of a Merc (or other) outboard?
Getting water in the gear oil, and trying to identify where, by pressurizing and submerging....
Will the lower unit assembly from a 2006 4 stroke, work / match on a 1994 2 stroke?
Both 15 hp mercs, but old long drive and shift shafts would have to transfer to the 2006 case, if the balance is a fit......
After replacing the flywheel, I've found that the engine runs well but I've lost neutral and reverse. I speculate that blocking the prop while torquing the flywheel nut, has caused some damage in the bottom end. The bottom end is stuck in forward, while the tiller handle through to the lower...
My electric start 15 hp merc flywheel is part marked 260 818540C, and of course has the ring gear bolted on. It has loose magnets, plus one broken. Does anyone know if the gear ring is the only difference between the manual start flywheel which displays the same numbers, and the electric...
