Re: Interchange Merc 85 lower?
Great question.<br /><br />All I know about outboards is that I used to curse the heck out of them while sailing. Now look at me.<br /><br />Anyway, it appears that the former owner ran it into something. The skeg and all is pretty ok, but the prop, with attached casting (and presumably a shaft inside) has pulled out of the lower unit casting. It looks as if it is supposed to be held in by a threaded fitting. The part of the lower unit casting that contains the female threads is mostly broken off and missing - i'd say there is about 20% left, in two separate chunks (15% and 5% of the circumference, pieces about 150 degrees apart). Is this somehow repairable? The prior owner didn't remember what had happened - course a large cloud of funny smelling smoke followed him out of the house when I went to pick it up!<br /><br />Thanks for the help!<br /><br />And, since people are so helpful here, what would you do to a motor that hasn't been run in fifteen years before you tried cranking it? (it is not seized and we live in a very (!) dry climate).
