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cht_angelus
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12 Dec 2014 : 21:27:02
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Hi,
Got the engine with the boat, manage to get it run after rebuiding the carb, but the engineer from the marina who did it reckon i need to replace the bearing which looks really expensive if they do it.
So does anybody know of independent who works on old merc ?
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df
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Dec 2014 : 10:22:34
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Theres more than one bearing in an outboard, you need to be more specific, if it's more than an easy gearcase job I wouldn't spend money on an old 2 stroke engine of that age.
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cht_angelus
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Dec 2014 : 12:01:08
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Not sure which one it is but the engineer told me the fly wheel was a bit loose and so it was a sign of damage bearing, will ask him next week which one he is talking about
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HappyChef
United Kingdom
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cht_angelus
United Kingdom
5 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2014 : 11:12:27
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Hi John
Thx for the link I already used it to buy a carb
I have ordered a repair manual and I will give it a go
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df
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Dec 2014 : 14:42:00
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That will be a main bearing, may be possible to change without a complete strip down but would take a good look and some ingenuity, depends how it's located in the housing, if a complete strip down it's a lot of work to pay someone else for on an old stroke engine and you'll need to pay for gaskets as well as the bearings.
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cht_angelus
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Dec 2014 : 21:31:19
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Thx Df for the answer, As I said I will it give it a go myself, I think the engineer will supply answer if I got stuck.
Will start by the water pump(needs a new impeller)and will see how I get on.
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mercury blue band 20hp 1979
