Dirty little Merc 4hp

[crosbyman]

started working on one of my winter projects… this long or ?? extra long 4hp had a bad recoil fixed up with you all’s guidance.

Down came the GC …. well surprise the front drain cavity was filled up to the top with hard packed sand !! . OMG The water drain hole never had a chance probably for the last 20 years !!

Impeller stiff but all there thankfully 🙂

p.s. 4hp in the picture not mine… mine is longer

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• This topic was modified 4 years ago by crosbyman.

[billw]

Welcome to the Dark Side. A lot of times that accumulated sand will expand and break out the side of the gear case. The original drain hole is about a sixteenth of an inch, which is ridiculously small. Virtually anything would plug it up. Your sand is only the tip of the Dark Side iceberg.

Long live American manufacturing!

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by billw.

[crosbyman]

Don’t worry…I was dark sided from age 18-55.. till I went ETEC (17 years) . these little Mercs are just low cost hobby investments to be resold for cost & parts only, to recoup my $$ .

Most go for about $150 cdn or less.

I am always amazed at how little some folks do not do “very” basic maintenance . A lot of motors run 30-50hrs / year & used for a trip or two in the wild
yet they can’t drop a gearcase to change an impeller and…clear sand away let alone a good coat or two of car wax.

thankfully they supply us with hobby material to keep busy during snow storms and -25c temps 🙂

btw… was looking on Amazon for chrome tape to touch up the cowl. A bit pricy but the local Dollar store had a nice sticky 5 roll tape kit with chrome finish tape in it for $2. 🙂 may not last long but looks pretty good. A shot of Mercury black and it will look like new 🙂
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• This reply was modified 4 years ago by crosbyman.
• This reply was modified 4 years ago by crosbyman.

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