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    Long or short shaft outboard

    I have a 1980 mercury 40hp outboard and was trying to figure out if it is a long or short shaft outboard,where would you measure from?:confused:I measured from the bottom of the power head to about the middle of the propeller shaft and it was about 25 inches...any help would be...
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    Mercury outboard tilt problem

    :confused: I just got a boat that has a 1980 40hp mercury outboard on it,the tilt on the outboard doesn't lock.The guy i bought the boat from said "now if you hit something the motor will just flip up".I want to get it working properly,the tilt is a manual one so there must of been some kind of...
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