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    lower unit leak and pressure testing

    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....
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    15 Mercury lower unit exchange, 2006 4 stroke to 1994 2 stroke

    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......
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    15 hp 1994 Merc lower unit gear shift trouble

    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...
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    1994 - 15 hp merc prop shaft removal

    Has anyone come up with a way to remove the prop shaft from the gear housing without the special tool?
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    1994 15 hp mercury flywheel magnets

    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...
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