I have a Mercruiser sterndrive, I believe it is an MC 1. I just got the boat back from a mechanic who just replaced the coupling, drive shaft, gimble bearing, and shift cable. I put it in the water once and it over heated, troubleshot to a bad water pump.
I’m trying to remove the outdrive so I can replace the water pump. But I can’t get it off.
I removed the trim actuators, I removed the 6 mounting nuts, and I have the shifter in fwd. I’ve tried pulling, picking it up and dropping, beating, and prying as much as I can without causing damage. There’s just a sliver of a gap that opened up but it will not budge past that.
I don’t think it should be that hard to pull it out considering it was just out recently. Is there something I’m missing?
I’m considering my next step to remove the lower unit first, then see if I can get the upper unit off. Any pit falls to situation?
Also someone I know, who is not an expert on boats but knows a little more than I do, told me I don’t have to drain the oil before I separate the upper and lower unit. Is that true? It’s got brand new oil in it and I would hate to waste it, but it seems to me that the oil in the upper unit would start flowing out as soon as you break the seal.
I’m trying to remove the outdrive so I can replace the water pump. But I can’t get it off.
I removed the trim actuators, I removed the 6 mounting nuts, and I have the shifter in fwd. I’ve tried pulling, picking it up and dropping, beating, and prying as much as I can without causing damage. There’s just a sliver of a gap that opened up but it will not budge past that.
I don’t think it should be that hard to pull it out considering it was just out recently. Is there something I’m missing?
I’m considering my next step to remove the lower unit first, then see if I can get the upper unit off. Any pit falls to situation?
Also someone I know, who is not an expert on boats but knows a little more than I do, told me I don’t have to drain the oil before I separate the upper and lower unit. Is that true? It’s got brand new oil in it and I would hate to waste it, but it seems to me that the oil in the upper unit would start flowing out as soon as you break the seal.