I've been down to my mooring this morning and rocked the power head but movement is minimal. When I lift the power head I'll just go ahead and replace both engine mounts and any gaskets and I'm sure a few other parts will want replacing along the way. I suppose it's to be expected from a 35...
Thanks for everyone's input on this, I've been through my manual to understand the power head removal part, but I can't seem to find any reference to engine mounts, would any of you happen to have this information, and I ow why it's omitted from a repair manual?
I'm on my mooring now for the season and would rather avoid starting something that could bite back if anything's corroded on, which I suspect it would be being a vintage motor. I dry store my boat at home over winter which is when I prefer to carry out any overhauls with more time, under cover...
Thanks for taking the time to answer and to look at alternative solutions. I need to pull the power head at the end of this season anyway so I'm assuming that there's no chance of damaging anything if left to run like this for the next 6 months?
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I appear to have an exhaust leak coming from the back of my outboard towards the transom bracket. I only found it because I noticed a small splattering of oil in the splash well and then noticed exhaust water dripping down the back of the leg. I've attached a photo of where the leak is...
Thanks for the advice, it certainly helped me. Once you get your head around the link and sync procedure it's not that complicated and well worth doing as it's made a massive difference, especially to fuel economy in my case. She now idles smoothly at 850rpm in neutral and 700rpm in gear with...
Thanks for the information, you've cleared that up in my mind now. Does it matter where the primary adjustment screw starts? I honestly panicked when I realised I'd turned the wrong screw by mistake and don't know where I ended up, it's screwed in just over half way at the moment. Would it be...
She's an old girl for sure, but only 10 years use out of the box. This old Merc, along with other relics, was found by a family member in its original packing crate in 2013 in a corner of an old engineering Workshop that we had acquired at auction. It's just the conflicting information in my...
I own a 1989 Mercury 60hp 2 stroke and although this motor is almost vintage she's been very well looked after, serviced annually and owned by myself for 10 years. Long story short, due to some niggling issues last year, I carried out an overhaul of the fuel system, replaced the CDI box, coils...
