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On 11 Nov 2004 00:03:54 -0800, (Matt Lang) wrote:

I don't know much about Mercs, I'll be honest, but it would seem to me
that spraying down the cylinders with fogging oil, changing the gear
oil, greasing up the prop shaft, checking for seal damage (if you have
a pressure tester or access to one), changing the fuel/water separator
filter and changing plugs should just about take care of the
winterization process.

Yeah but the merc guy keeps (!) INSISTING not to use fogging oil ...
thats what I dont get ..

Gear/stator oil .. yep .. although its a jetdrive but same idea here.

Impeller shaft .. yep ... I will splurge mercs best on that!

seal damage .. nope ... no stupid seals on this thing

water/air/fuel filter ... yep ... will implant brand new ones

plugs ... nope ... they are good for 100 hours ... good, coz there is
NO more expensive plug to be found on this planet and they are a
little hard to get out

I'm sorry - I don't buy into this 100 hours or 100,000 mile deal with
spark plugs. I don't believe it, I won't believe it and I can't
believe it. :) New plugs every year.

Hey, everybody has to have a prejudice somewhere... :)

I'd do my own FICHTS, but they are a little more complicated to do and
I'd rather berate a dealer for making a mistake than swearing at
myself for doing the same. :)

I hear FICHTS selfdestruct anyways ... hahahah just teasing you

Yeah, well one person here would have you believe that, but I have
three of them and if it wasn't for the fact that a friend of mine
wants to buy mine off the Contender for a boat he is having custom
built, I'd stick with them. As it is, I'm replacing those FICHTS with
E-TECs.

Why dont you do the fichts?

The main reason is that one of my extended family members is the
Service Manager of the place where I bought them and I get taken care
of quickly, quietly and without fuss or muss. Plus, I like to throw
my business his way anyway - young guy - he's just getting started 'ya
know? Help him out a little.

should be the same procedure, although i
am sure they dont want fogging oil in them either ...

Right in the manual - spray liberal amount of storage fogging oil into
the air baffles, remove the plugs and spray fogging oil into the
cylinders.

Why Merc doesn't want that to be the case with their engines, is
beyond me. Maybe they have some kind of alloy issues or something.

There are a couple of other things in the FICHT winterization process
that I try and avoid if possible - I could do it, it's just not
something that I want to do under the circumstances. I'd rather take
it right up to the last moment, then rush them in to get them done.
:)

Live long and prosper,

Tom

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