Some questions - '86 4Winns w/Merc 140

richard99

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Hello, all -<br /><br />Another newbie with questions - I appreciate your patience.<br /><br />I bought a 1986 Four WInns Freedom 170 from my neighbor for fairly short money. It's sat for a couple years and the skeg's been snapped off, so I drained the lower end and removed the outdrive to do an exam. What came out of the unit once I separated it was a greenish color, gooey, and stank to high heavens! The U-joint bellows was loaded with this stuff. I'm just going to replace the outdrive with a reman, but there must be other issues here. What should I be looking to replace now that everything's apart? Thanks in advance!
 

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Re: Some questions - '86 4Winns w/Merc 140

This should be in the outydrive section, but you have a input shaft seal leaking, the green goo is the gear lube thats leaked out and water mixed, maybe a bellows or gasket leaking a little
 
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