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<blockquote data-quote="Skiffing" data-source="post: 394171" data-attributes="member: 15889"><p>I got a solid recommendation for a local merc mechanic [40 years] and will be bringing it to the marina Thurs PM.</p><p></p><p>It's good to be able to walk in that door with some amount of trust and confidence.</p><p></p><p>The fact it would not idle in neutral tells me there is an issue with the drive shaft / pinion gear also. </p><p></p><p>When I went through the manual I quickly discovered this is NOT the lower unit from years ago. It's a new beast to me.</p><p></p><p>Shift cam is in the very front and positioned between two castings - which are part of the LU drive housing pinned by the shift shaft.</p><p></p><p>I can only hope the housing hasn't been trashed.</p><p></p><p>But.......... I just found a zero hour 2001 merc 50 bigfoot for relatively cheap. Getting the serial numbers today to see if there's apples to apples between them...........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skiffing, post: 394171, member: 15889"] I got a solid recommendation for a local merc mechanic [40 years] and will be bringing it to the marina Thurs PM. It's good to be able to walk in that door with some amount of trust and confidence. The fact it would not idle in neutral tells me there is an issue with the drive shaft / pinion gear also. When I went through the manual I quickly discovered this is NOT the lower unit from years ago. It's a new beast to me. Shift cam is in the very front and positioned between two castings - which are part of the LU drive housing pinned by the shift shaft. I can only hope the housing hasn't been trashed. But.......... I just found a zero hour 2001 merc 50 bigfoot for relatively cheap. Getting the serial numbers today to see if there's apples to apples between them........... [/QUOTE]
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