Hello everyone,

I am working on a 195? mercury mark 5 for a family member that hasn’t ran in a while.  I don’t really know anything about mercury outboards, never worked on one till now.  So far, I have got the engine free, worked on the rewind starter some, got spark, and got it to pop out the water.  I am working on the carb right now.  But I removed the propeller because I believe the neutral needs adjusted because it doesn’t go into neutral.  Does anyone have any advice on how to do that (I can see someone tried and failed)?  Also is the hub of the prop supposed to come out with these little gears not inside of the prop (see pic)?  One last question for now, I believe the ID tag is supposed to be between the 2 transom clamps.  If this is true, I don’t have an ID tag.  Is there an alternative spot to find the model number and serial number?  I don’t see a welch plug like OMC or anything that is too obvious to me at least.