Motor repair question from the mechanically challenged.
Posted: February 19th, 2006, 9:06 am
Went out Sat. Leaving Cbelle, almost to w end of DI, when motor feels like it hits something. Depth is 20 ft, and nothing floating. When throttled in gear, no propulsion. Trim up and prop spins, but not at the speed and timing it should when in gear.
(At this point we sat in that fog, and hoped not to get run over since we were in the channel, and ate fried chicken and called Seatow)
Buddy's boat has a 250 Merc, 99. Where can we get a prop hub thing, cuz we assume that's the prob. Mike's Marine in Panacea is a Merc place, but is 1-1 on the lower unit replacement analysis. Maybe we'll fish yet! Dude comes out takes a look, and says he can probably fix it quickly. Spins prop, I think maybe turning nut at the bottom. (I was too nervous for my buddy who owns the boat, and bought a lower unit for the last boat so I stayed at the front). I hear the "uh-oh" then and know what's coming. "Your screwed. The rods broken inside". I believe this was determined by an attempt to remove the nut before the cotter pin widget, and something or another turning with this action, that shouldn't. I'm not sure what else could have been done during the 20 second diagnosis. So to the mechanically advanced, or MM service experienced what do you think?
If there was something broken between those points why: The prop wouldn't turn when in gear by hand, shouldn't it have? It would turn while not in gear.
(At this point we sat in that fog, and hoped not to get run over since we were in the channel, and ate fried chicken and called Seatow)
Buddy's boat has a 250 Merc, 99. Where can we get a prop hub thing, cuz we assume that's the prob. Mike's Marine in Panacea is a Merc place, but is 1-1 on the lower unit replacement analysis. Maybe we'll fish yet! Dude comes out takes a look, and says he can probably fix it quickly. Spins prop, I think maybe turning nut at the bottom. (I was too nervous for my buddy who owns the boat, and bought a lower unit for the last boat so I stayed at the front). I hear the "uh-oh" then and know what's coming. "Your screwed. The rods broken inside". I believe this was determined by an attempt to remove the nut before the cotter pin widget, and something or another turning with this action, that shouldn't. I'm not sure what else could have been done during the 20 second diagnosis. So to the mechanically advanced, or MM service experienced what do you think?
If there was something broken between those points why: The prop wouldn't turn when in gear by hand, shouldn't it have? It would turn while not in gear.
's with the boat owner and got a little more detail. 
