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My 1969 Merc 1250 BP Serial # 2653983 appears to have the upper shift shaft splines worn down to nothing.
When I got the motor I was told that there was no reverse. That turned out to be wrong. Apparently the cables were adjusted to where the previous owner erroniously thought he could get more...
I changed the impeller on my 1250 that I got after it sat for about three yrs without being used. After many tries of reinstalling the L/U in rev fwd and neutral and still no shifting I disconnected the cables and found it still wouldn't shift w/ it all together, but shifted fine with the the...
:confused:1969 Merc 1250 Super BP
Serial # 2653983
I just changed the impeller because the gears were reversed when I got the boat. I figured as long as I had to drop the LU anyway, good time to change the impeller. GLAD I did! It was tattered.
New gear oil, and I read a few posts on the...
