In article ,
says...

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:12:25 -0400, "
wrote:

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:51:18 -0700, wrote:

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:49:59 -0400, X ~ Man
wrote:

On 8/13/11 12:28 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:20:27 -0400, "
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:18:13 -0700, wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:52:10 -0400, "
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:56:03 -0400, X -
wrote:

On 8/7/11 6:07 PM, wrote:
How do I dissolve corrosion between upper and lower outboard unit so
to get at the impeller?

I took all five nuts off (125 mercury sal****er) the studs holding the
lower unit on. I had to use penetrating spray to get the washers off.

After whacking the seam dividing the upper and lower with a rubber
hammer till blue in the face I etched/scored/scratched the seam to
allow penetration spray to work in, nothing.

After 24 hours of repeated spraying whacking and more scoring, the two
halves still won't come apart. Short of pounding in a chisel (gouging
aluminum), and prying them apart, anyone have an idea?


Try a boating discussion board. Rec.Boats is a vehicle for right-wing
trash to whine about President Obama and for those few of us centrists
or slightly left of center here to laugh at the righties.

You're becoming an island onto your self. Even the RATS are abandoning
Oboobuh's dingy

CB
...
"The debt ceiling should not be something that is used as a gun
against the heads of the American people to extract tax breaks for
corporate jet owners or oil and gas companies that are making billions
of dollars," Obama said during a town hall that featured questions
posed through the online social network Twitter.
...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GOP-sh...47664.html?x=0

What class

Here's a cartoon of the Classless One
http://global.nationalreview.com/ima...oll_101129.jpg

Whoooo... another right wing moron. Just what the laugh-o-meter
ordered.

An organization such as 'A noiseless patient Spider' does nothing but
spins a web of deceit, lay in wait for (See: Chicago Obama Rezko)
opportunity, pounces and devours. That's you.

47% of people pay no taxes in America. As a spider (see: emdeplume's
header) you understand the meaning of leeching off your host.

I suppose you extend this disdain to all posting from that
"organization?"


Wow...the two new assholes who are really one guy are chatting each
other up.

He might forget and hurt himself.

Are you a Legion onto your self?

CB

No. You're a moron unto yourself, however.

Is there anyone here besides Harry that you've not deemed to be a racist
and a moron?

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:07:35 -0700 (PDT), stp
wrote:

On Aug 10, 1:34*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"jamesgangnc" *wrote in message

...

On Aug 9, 9:15 pm, Richard Casady wrote:





On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:35:36 -0400, "

wrote:
On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:07:59 -0400, wrote:

How do I dissolve corrosion between upper and lower outboard unit so
to get at the impeller?

I took all five nuts off (125 mercury sal****er) the studs holding the
lower unit on. I had to use penetrating spray to get the washers off.

After whacking the seam dividing the upper and lower with a rubber
hammer till blue in the face I etched/scored/scratched the seam to
allow penetration spray to work in, nothing.

After 24 hours of repeated spraying whacking and more scoring, the two
halves still won't come apart. Short of pounding in a chisel (gouging
aluminum), and prying them apart, anyone have an idea?

Try heating just one of the parts, a gas welding torch gives a lot of
heat in a small area. In Des Moines, one supermarket chain has dry ice
in a vending machine for two bucks a pound. Chill and then heat one
half.

Casady- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Heating is going to ruin the paint.

I have used the putty knife followed with a chisel successfully on i/
o's. *Really gop up the steel parts with antisieze when you put it
back together.

Reply:
Can *be the drive shaft corroded to the power head. *May have to cut a hole
in the leg and then cut the shaft. *replace shaft and have leg welded.
Also, I had to have the chips in the leg welded on a Mariner 15 that did not
want to come apart and had to pry apart.

You do know that once you remove the bolt that holds the trim tab on
that there is another fastener underneath it that holds the lower unit
on.

Not on the 125 outboard.

Most outboards do.

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:23:20 -0400, iBoat Often wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:07:35 -0700 (PDT), stp
wrote:

On Aug 10, 1:34*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"jamesgangnc" *wrote in message

...

On Aug 9, 9:15 pm, Richard Casady wrote:





On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:35:36 -0400, "

wrote:
On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:07:59 -0400, wrote:

How do I dissolve corrosion between upper and lower outboard unit so
to get at the impeller?

I took all five nuts off (125 mercury sal****er) the studs holding the
lower unit on. I had to use penetrating spray to get the washers off.

After whacking the seam dividing the upper and lower with a rubber
hammer till blue in the face I etched/scored/scratched the seam to
allow penetration spray to work in, nothing.

After 24 hours of repeated spraying whacking and more scoring, the two
halves still won't come apart. Short of pounding in a chisel (gouging
aluminum), and prying them apart, anyone have an idea?

Try heating just one of the parts, a gas welding torch gives a lot of
heat in a small area. In Des Moines, one supermarket chain has dry ice
in a vending machine for two bucks a pound. Chill and then heat one
half.

Casady- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Heating is going to ruin the paint.

I have used the putty knife followed with a chisel successfully on i/
o's. *Really gop up the steel parts with antisieze when you put it
back together.

Reply:
Can *be the drive shaft corroded to the power head. *May have to cut a hole
in the leg and then cut the shaft. *replace shaft and have leg welded.
Also, I had to have the chips in the leg welded on a Mariner 15 that did not
want to come apart and had to pry apart.

You do know that once you remove the bolt that holds the trim tab on
that there is another fastener underneath it that holds the lower unit
on.

Not on the 125 outboard.

Most outboards do.


Not any Mercury I know of

The bolt that you loosen to adjust the trim tab is the bolt that holds
the lower unit on?? Isn't that way on my Force, and it wasn't that way
on the Evinrude I had before. Makes me want to go take apart the
neighbor's Merc!!!

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:05:18 -0400, iBoat Often wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:23:20 -0400, iBoat Often wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:07:35 -0700 (PDT), stp
wrote:

On Aug 10, 1:34*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"jamesgangnc" *wrote in message

...

On Aug 9, 9:15 pm, Richard Casady wrote:





On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:35:36 -0400, "

wrote:
On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:07:59 -0400, wrote:

How do I dissolve corrosion between upper and lower outboard unit so
to get at the impeller?

I took all five nuts off (125 mercury sal****er) the studs holding the
lower unit on. I had to use penetrating spray to get the washers off.

After whacking the seam dividing the upper and lower with a rubber
hammer till blue in the face I etched/scored/scratched the seam to
allow penetration spray to work in, nothing.

After 24 hours of repeated spraying whacking and more scoring, the two
halves still won't come apart. Short of pounding in a chisel (gouging
aluminum), and prying them apart, anyone have an idea?

Try heating just one of the parts, a gas welding torch gives a lot of
heat in a small area. In Des Moines, one supermarket chain has dry ice
in a vending machine for two bucks a pound. Chill and then heat one
half.

Casady- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Heating is going to ruin the paint.

I have used the putty knife followed with a chisel successfully on i/
o's. *Really gop up the steel parts with antisieze when you put it
back together.

Reply:
Can *be the drive shaft corroded to the power head. *May have to cut a hole
in the leg and then cut the shaft. *replace shaft and have leg welded.
Also, I had to have the chips in the leg welded on a Mariner 15 that did not
want to come apart and had to pry apart.

You do know that once you remove the bolt that holds the trim tab on
that there is another fastener underneath it that holds the lower unit
on.

Not on the 125 outboard.

Most outboards do.


Not any Mercury I know of

The bolt that you loosen to adjust the trim tab is the bolt that holds
the lower unit on?? Isn't that way on my Force, and it wasn't that way
on the Evinrude I had before. Makes me want to go take apart the
neighbor's Merc!!!

Not exactly, on a lot of Merc outdrives you have to remove the trim
tab to get a socket on the sixth bolt that holds the lower unit on.

I think outboards use only five bolts and removing the trim tab (bolt)
is not necessary.

Any outboard I ever had had a bolt that you had to take the trim tab off
to get to.

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:54:42 -0400, iBoat Often wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:05:18 -0400, iBoat Often wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:23:20 -0400, iBoat Often wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:07:35 -0700 (PDT), stp
wrote:

On Aug 10, 1:34*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"jamesgangnc" *wrote in message

...

On Aug 9, 9:15 pm, Richard Casady wrote:





On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:35:36 -0400, "

wrote:
On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:07:59 -0400, wrote:

How do I dissolve corrosion between upper and lower outboard unit so
to get at the impeller?

I took all five nuts off (125 mercury sal****er) the studs holding the
lower unit on. I had to use penetrating spray to get the washers off.

After whacking the seam dividing the upper and lower with a rubber
hammer till blue in the face I etched/scored/scratched the seam to
allow penetration spray to work in, nothing.

After 24 hours of repeated spraying whacking and more scoring, the two
halves still won't come apart. Short of pounding in a chisel (gouging
aluminum), and prying them apart, anyone have an idea?

Try heating just one of the parts, a gas welding torch gives a lot of
heat in a small area. In Des Moines, one supermarket chain has dry ice
in a vending machine for two bucks a pound. Chill and then heat one
half.

Casady- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Heating is going to ruin the paint.

I have used the putty knife followed with a chisel successfully on i/
o's. *Really gop up the steel parts with antisieze when you put it
back together.

Reply:
Can *be the drive shaft corroded to the power head. *May have to cut a hole
in the leg and then cut the shaft. *replace shaft and have leg welded.
Also, I had to have the chips in the leg welded on a Mariner 15 that did not
want to come apart and had to pry apart.

You do know that once you remove the bolt that holds the trim tab on
that there is another fastener underneath it that holds the lower unit
on.

Not on the 125 outboard.

Most outboards do.


Not any Mercury I know of

The bolt that you loosen to adjust the trim tab is the bolt that holds
the lower unit on?? Isn't that way on my Force, and it wasn't that way
on the Evinrude I had before. Makes me want to go take apart the
neighbor's Merc!!!

Not exactly, on a lot of Merc outdrives you have to remove the trim
tab to get a socket on the sixth bolt that holds the lower unit on.

I think outboards use only five bolts and removing the trim tab (bolt)
is not necessary.

Any outboard I ever had had a bolt that you had to take the trim tab off
to get to.

I took that off and looked up into the cavity, nothing. The 5th bolt
is right next to the trim tab going forward. That's ones out

There's a gap now which tells me the corrosion is in the gearing

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:01:45 -0400, iBoat Often wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:12:25 -0400, "
wrote:

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:51:18 -0700, wrote:

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:49:59 -0400, X ~ Man
wrote:

On 8/13/11 12:28 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:20:27 -0400, "
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:18:13 -0700, wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:52:10 -0400, "
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:56:03 -0400, X -
wrote:

On 8/7/11 6:07 PM, wrote:
How do I dissolve corrosion between upper and lower outboard unit so
to get at the impeller?

I took all five nuts off (125 mercury sal****er) the studs holding the
lower unit on. I had to use penetrating spray to get the washers off.

After whacking the seam dividing the upper and lower with a rubber
hammer till blue in the face I etched/scored/scratched the seam to
allow penetration spray to work in, nothing.

After 24 hours of repeated spraying whacking and more scoring, the two
halves still won't come apart. Short of pounding in a chisel (gouging
aluminum), and prying them apart, anyone have an idea?


Try a boating discussion board. Rec.Boats is a vehicle for right-wing
trash to whine about President Obama and for those few of us centrists
or slightly left of center here to laugh at the righties.

You're becoming an island onto your self. Even the RATS are abandoning
Oboobuh's dingy

CB
...
"The debt ceiling should not be something that is used as a gun
against the heads of the American people to extract tax breaks for
corporate jet owners or oil and gas companies that are making billions
of dollars," Obama said during a town hall that featured questions
posed through the online social network Twitter.
...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GOP-sh...47664.html?x=0

What class

Here's a cartoon of the Classless One
http://global.nationalreview.com/ima...oll_101129.jpg

Whoooo... another right wing moron. Just what the laugh-o-meter
ordered.

An organization such as 'A noiseless patient Spider' does nothing but
spins a web of deceit, lay in wait for (See: Chicago Obama Rezko)
opportunity, pounces and devours. That's you.

47% of people pay no taxes in America. As a spider (see: emdeplume's
header) you understand the meaning of leeching off your host.

I suppose you extend this disdain to all posting from that
"organization?"


Wow...the two new assholes who are really one guy are chatting each
other up.

He might forget and hurt himself.

Are you a Legion onto your self?

CB

No. You're a moron unto yourself, however.

Is there anyone here besides Harry that you've not deemed to be a racist
and a moron?

He really must get ****ed at seeing this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyug2PvpB8

CB
....
"The debt ceiling should not be something that is used as a gun
against the heads of the American people to extract tax breaks for
corporate jet owners or oil and gas companies that are making billions
of dollars," Obama said during a town hall that featured questions
posed through the online social network Twitter.
....
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GOP-sh...47664.html?x=0

What class

Here's a cartoon of the Classless One
http://global.nationalreview.com/ima...oll_101129.jpg

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:20:34 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:48:39 -0400, "
wrote:

I took that off and looked up into the cavity, nothing. The 5th bolt
is right next to the trim tab going forward. That's ones out

There's a gap now which tells me the corrosion is in the gearing

The corrosion should not be in the "gearing" since that is a sealed
compartment in the foot.

I mean where the long 'D' shaft goes up into the

Water will get up in that area where the
joint you are trying to crack open is.

Which end seems to be stuck, the front or the back?

The front


Some of the Mercurys have a design of shift shaft that needs to be
unscrewed before they will separate but I thought it was only a few
old, midrange 2 strokes.

I checked with the owner of the shop near me and he said it didn't
need to be disconnected. I called him so many times on stuff that I
finally sent him 2 pizzas to say, "thanks"

It is a threaded shaft with a shaft coupler and a lock nut right up
front, coming down from the top.

He showed it to me but said don't worry about it.


I doubt that is it but it is worth a look.

Can you get it to rock side to side?

at the gap?, no.

I'll be out of town until Friday. Hopefully all the spray I did will
have had time...when I get back

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:41:03 -0400, "
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:20:34 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:48:39 -0400, "
wrote:

I took that off and looked up into the cavity, nothing. The 5th bolt
is right next to the trim tab going forward. That's ones out

There's a gap now which tells me the corrosion is in the gearing

The corrosion should not be in the "gearing" since that is a sealed
compartment in the foot.

Sorry, got deverted

I mean where the long 'D' shaft goes up into the engine



Water will get up in that area where the
joint you are trying to crack open is.

Which end seems to be stuck, the front or the back?

The front


Some of the Mercurys have a design of shift shaft that needs to be
unscrewed before they will separate but I thought it was only a few
old, midrange 2 strokes.

I checked with the owner of the shop near me and he said it didn't
need to be disconnected. I called him so many times on stuff that I
finally sent him 2 pizzas to say, "thanks"

It is a threaded shaft with a shaft coupler and a lock nut right up
front, coming down from the top.

He showed it to me but said don't worry about it.


I doubt that is it but it is worth a look.

Can you get it to rock side to side?

at the gap?, no.

I'll be out of town until Friday. Hopefully all the spray I did will
have had time...when I get back

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:21:33 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:43:22 -0400, "
wrote:

Which end seems to be stuck, the front or the back?

The front

This is the scary part. If this is still just corrosion on the front
locating pin it won't cause any damage when it finally pulls free but
if this is the shaft coupler for the shifter, it could pull the shaft
out of the foot. There is only a single jesus clip holding it in. If
that happens, there is a very good chance the cam will fly out and you
are going into the foot to fix it. I would believe if that was what
was hanging you up there should be a little free play.
I assume by now you have all of the white powder out of the bolt
holes. One of those heavy duty dental picks they sell at harbor fright
can help there. WD 40 seems to soften it up.


Thanks, BB Friday, I'm off to DC

On Aug 13, 3:40*pm, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:12:25 -0400, "



wrote:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:51:18 -0700, wrote:

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:49:59 -0400, X ~ Man
wrote:

On 8/13/11 12:28 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:20:27 -0400, "
*wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:18:13 -0700, wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:52:10 -0400, "
*wrote:

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:56:03 -0400, X -
wrote:

On 8/7/11 6:07 PM, wrote:
How do I dissolve corrosion between upper and lower outboard unit so
to get at the impeller?

I took all five nuts off (125 mercury sal****er) the studs holding the
lower unit on. I had to use penetrating spray to get the washers off.

After whacking the seam dividing the upper and lower with a rubber
hammer till blue in the face I etched/scored/scratched the seam to
allow penetration spray to work in, nothing.

After 24 hours of repeated spraying whacking and more scoring, the two
halves still won't come apart. Short of pounding in a chisel (gouging
aluminum), and prying them apart, anyone have an idea?

Try a boating discussion board. Rec.Boats is a vehicle for right-wing
trash to whine about President Obama and for those few of us centrists
or slightly left of center here to laugh at the righties.

You're becoming an island onto your self. Even the RATS are abandoning
Oboobuh's dingy

CB
...
"The debt ceiling should not be something that is used as a gun
against the heads of the American people to extract tax breaks for
corporate jet owners or oil and gas companies that are making billions
of dollars," Obama said during a town hall that featured questions
posed through the online social network Twitter.
...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GOP-sh...ma-apf-3138547...

What class

Here's a cartoon of the Classless One
http://global.nationalreview.com/ima...oll_101129.jpg

Whoooo... another right wing moron. Just what the laugh-o-meter
ordered.

An organization such as 'A noiseless patient Spider' does nothing but
spins a web of deceit, lay in wait for (See: Chicago Obama Rezko)
opportunity, *pounces and devours. That's you.

47% of people pay no taxes in America. As a spider (see: emdeplume's
header) you understand the meaning of leeching off your host.

I suppose you extend this disdain to all posting from that
"organization?"

Wow...the two new assholes who are really one guy are chatting each
other up.

He might forget and hurt himself.

Are you a Legion onto your self?

CB

No. You're a moron unto yourself, however.

Having a boat is just one of the many ways CB likes to remind the
rabble how much better he is.


Paul