mrzooom
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2023
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Greetings, I have a 92 mercruiser 5.7, serial #0c460205, stern drive #0c581330...
So, I ran her quite a few runs up and down the river. I typically am very careful of fluid maintenance, operation maintenance, and safety are my main priorities. No one else takes on those concerns nor should they.
That being said, I neglected my gear lubricant with the exception of topping it off nicely once over the past 12 months.
Well, It had used up quite a bit unbeknownst to me cause I was not in the habit of keeping an eye on it. Last week after buttoning her all up for the spring/summer season, I took her out for a spin and suddenly I lost forward with a song and all I could do was reve her up...in neutral. Anyway got a tow back and pulled the upper gear housing cape and all the gears I can see are just shamefully sheared away!
So now what? I can only imagine what it would cost to have someone rebuild that upper housing (I'm sure I can't afford it) I doubt anyone would want it as is for $1000.00 bucks...I don't know If I can take on such a job. I've done everything else myself (is: carb rebuild, gimble bearing, impellar, shift cable, etc.) Just not sure about such or if is simply beyond my scope of skill..
Any comments or suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely, broken down and bummed out.
So, I ran her quite a few runs up and down the river. I typically am very careful of fluid maintenance, operation maintenance, and safety are my main priorities. No one else takes on those concerns nor should they.
That being said, I neglected my gear lubricant with the exception of topping it off nicely once over the past 12 months.
Well, It had used up quite a bit unbeknownst to me cause I was not in the habit of keeping an eye on it. Last week after buttoning her all up for the spring/summer season, I took her out for a spin and suddenly I lost forward with a song and all I could do was reve her up...in neutral. Anyway got a tow back and pulled the upper gear housing cape and all the gears I can see are just shamefully sheared away!
So now what? I can only imagine what it would cost to have someone rebuild that upper housing (I'm sure I can't afford it) I doubt anyone would want it as is for $1000.00 bucks...I don't know If I can take on such a job. I've done everything else myself (is: carb rebuild, gimble bearing, impellar, shift cable, etc.) Just not sure about such or if is simply beyond my scope of skill..
Any comments or suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely, broken down and bummed out.
