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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
If you can handle a wrench, the impeller change is not very hard at all. The usual hang-up that some people have is unhooking the shift linkage on some motors. From what I recall, many of the OMC products and possibly some merc products had a screw that you had to remove on the underside of the engine in order for the lower unit to come out. If that is not removed, the lower unit will drop about an inch and hang up. That may have changed now, depending on age and style of motor. I know when I did mine last (2008) the lower unit bolts come out, and the shift linkage was a splined shaft which rotated when to put into gear. So...there was not the issue with shift linkage.
Overall it is not a hard project, but if it is your first time doing it, a second set of eyes and hands are really helpful. If you lived in the Twin cities, I'd help out...
Steve |
