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OB Outboard Mechanics
Posted on 6/13/13 at 7:59 am
Posted on 6/13/13 at 7:59 am
Maybe you guys can tell me what's wrong with my motor. I admittedly don't know a whole lot about outboards. I have a 1997 90 horse FORCE. It's a Chrysler motor(I think) but it says Mercury Marine on it.
Anyways, the motor had been doing fine. I let my buddy take it out and they had it had been running fine all day. Then he calls me around 7:30 and says something's wrong with the motor. Said he cranked it and when he put it in gear it locked up and died.
I told him to troll to the launch and bring it home. When they got there I cranked it and put it in gear. It went for me, but the prop wasn't spinning. This makes me think it's something in the lower unit; drive shaft, gears, etc. Any help?
Anyways, the motor had been doing fine. I let my buddy take it out and they had it had been running fine all day. Then he calls me around 7:30 and says something's wrong with the motor. Said he cranked it and when he put it in gear it locked up and died.
I told him to troll to the launch and bring it home. When they got there I cranked it and put it in gear. It went for me, but the prop wasn't spinning. This makes me think it's something in the lower unit; drive shaft, gears, etc. Any help?
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Posted on 6/13/13 at 8:06 am to rballa19
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I have a 1997 90 horse FORCE.
I'm not hating, but there is a reason you don't see many of these still running.
The myth always was that they substituted more plastic parts where they should be metal. Much like the mariner vs. mercury outboards.
I don't know if that's true but you see a lot more older mercury's than mariner's still running these days too...
So to answer your question, I'm going to say the teeth snapped off some plastic part that engages the gear. Total guess.
This post was edited on 6/13/13 at 8:07 am
Posted on 6/13/13 at 8:26 am to rballa19
Take the cowl off and find the gear shift and see if it's actually going into gear. The linkage might have broke. If its going in gear and nothing's happening, you could be fricked.
Hope it's just the linkage. That's not too terrible to fix.
Hope it's just the linkage. That's not too terrible to fix.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 8:43 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Lower unit still shouldnt be too bad to fix. Prob several out there used on blown motors.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 8:55 am to rballa19
Can you spin the prop by hand? If so does it spin freely?
Posted on 6/13/13 at 9:15 am to Nascar Fan
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Can you spin the prop by hand? If so does it spin freely?
Thats the key. Try to spin it with it in neutral and make sure it will spin, then put it in gear and make sure it wont spin freely. If that works correctly, make sure you didnt mess up your hub and its not slipping, but that wouldnt explain the dying when put in gear.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 9:53 am to Nascar Fan
No, actually, I can't spin it by hand when it's in neutral. I forgot about that.
Posted on 6/13/13 at 9:56 am to rballa19
Better start looking for a used lower unit
Posted on 6/13/13 at 10:41 am to REB BEER
That's what I've been afraid of. Most of them I've found online have been in the 300-500 range
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