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Suitable maintainance alternatives to Merc stuff?

Posted: May 15th, 2009, 8:20 am
by Hit-n-Miss
Need to grease moter and change foot oil. No merc dealer in Thomasville(that carries Merc service stuff) What have you used In place of OEM stuff. :o Bruce at T tractor said use red grease on moter lube points and Yammaha foot oil. Evinrude stuff from Bellamy?

Re: Suitable maintainance alternatives to Merc stuff?

Posted: May 15th, 2009, 9:27 am
by Hit-n-Miss
:o Anybody?? :o

Re: Suitable maintainance alternatives to Merc stuff?

Posted: May 15th, 2009, 9:34 am
by wevans
The "red stuff" is water proof grease and suitable :thumbup: I use Amsoil Synthetic in the foot and in the motor "change the foot oil about every 400 hours and the motor oil every 200 hours" :smt004 or roughly foot once a year and motor twice a year :beer:

Re: Suitable maintainance alternatives to Merc stuff?

Posted: May 15th, 2009, 10:13 am
by Hit-n-Miss
:o Man that's a lot of hours in a year. My moter is 2 yrs old and might have 30-40 hours on it. Don't get to fish on average 1 or 2 times a month. Where get the Amsoil? :-D

Re: Suitable maintainance alternatives to Merc stuff?

Posted: May 15th, 2009, 12:08 pm
by wevans
I get mine from Car Quest "because my nephew works there" :thumbup: It is available at most Auto parts stores and many Walmart type stores :thumbup: but be warned, it aint cheap :smt009 but the longevity of it makes it worth it "I use it in the car and truck and change the oil every 20,000 miles" :smt004 :beer:

Re: Suitable maintainance alternatives to Merc stuff?

Posted: May 15th, 2009, 5:58 pm
by leonreno
If you see oil/grease under the Quicksilver brand, then that is Mercury products. You may have better luck finding it under that name than the Mercury name. At Wal-Mart they sell some Quicksilver products such as 2-cycle oil, and if you look on the back its made by Mercury.