lower gearcase stuck

joshz28

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I have a mariner/ mercury 20 1986 model and im trying to change the impeller and i unbolted the four bolts and it came down about a half and inch but the driveshaft will not come out. Am i missing something?
 

racerone

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Re: lower gearcase stuck

What about the shift linkage ?---------It needs to be disconnected up near the carburetor.----Remove electric starter if so equipped so you can see the simple set-up in there.
 

joshz28

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Re: lower gearcase stuck

Nope didnt know about that lol. And it does have electric start/ key start. Hopefully i didnt damage anything by trying to pull that out
 

carholme

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Re: lower gearcase stuck

It would be helpful if you didn't have two threads with the same question.

Gerry
 
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