Labor Day Weekend’21
Spent the weekend running the rig up and down the lower river.
Nothing but good times including our 6 hour float on Sunday.
Here’s some pictures.
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If you go to the very beginning of my thread there’s some pics when I had the interior out. I don’t have it pulled apart right now otherwise I’d take some for ya.
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Thanks we shall see.
We machined a new key for the keyway that was slightly larger than the previous. This seemed to take all the play out of it.
Spanner carrier is torqued to 210 and locking tab is in place.
We shall see. I believe the play/wear in the key led to the issues.
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Thanks! Surprisingly well. In those pics we were doing 55-60 down river at about 4500 rpm.
It’s a ‘98 mercury 200 efi. I picked up the cover that’s on it for cheap and threw it on because it was in better shape then the one I had.
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Few pics my buddy sent me from last trip.
Chased the threads and installed a new carrier nut torqued to spec, pressure tested and back together. Plan is to have her out on the water for Labor Day.
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Well… put it back together after doing Seals, new water pump / impeller, new shift shaft and new carrier bearing. Also Changed both fuel filters at motor and at transom. And swapped the 4.5” bolts at the setback plate to 5” so the nut is actually holding some threads… Some people shouldn’t be...
Thanks ! I don’t see that as a bad plan per say I just believe the OEM stuff is better… the warranty may be the deal maker in that case.
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So found another Lower Unit with a Bobs nose cone on it. Had it pulled apart and found some issues, seals are bad, crack at carrier bushing and a bent shift shaft. It’s getting new parts put in it and hopefully it should be good to go.
Some pictures when it was pulled apart.
In the...