Question for Wrench

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I just changed out my water pump with part# 46-96148A 8. IT come with a whole bunch of stuff you dont need but are those little yellow washers the ones to use on the lower unit drain and fill plug. They look like it but just puzzled why the came with the water pump kit

[fshndoug]

Wrench is busy fishing right now he will get on this question later. Field testing his latest fly. He is so busy he needs a secretary.

[Deadstream]

Probably playing with his shuttlecocks. 

[fishinwrench]

Yes, gear case fill/vent plug washers.   

They finally did something right by switching to those (stolen from Johnson/Evinrude) instead of the old "one time use" gasket material washers that Mercury had used for eons prior.   

They dyed them yellow, I suppose, just to be "different" 🙄.....and so they could charge an extra 1.00 apiece for them. 

If yours has the old soft gasket washers, be sure to take a pick, or a tiny screwdriver and make sure to scrape all of the old gasket material out of the recesses.....cuz it might leak if you don't.   

[fishinwrench]

3 hours ago, Deadstream said:

Probably playing with his shuttlecocks. 

Naw, I got disgusted with Henry Cowen's famous "Coyote" fly, and went a different direction. 

 

It worked 😊

I think I'll name it George (aka; lil'george).

If we're ever fishing together, and you see me tying this fly on, you might wanna crawl under the console....cuz I'm probably gonna hurt you.   😅  It's kinda tricky to cast. 

 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

Yes, gear case fill/vent plug washers.   

They finally did something right by switching to those (stolen from Johnson/Evinrude) instead of the old "one time use" gasket material washers that Mercury had used for eons prior.   

They dyed them yellow, I suppose, just to be "different" 🙄.....and so they could charge an extra 1.00 apiece for them. 

If yours has the old soft gasket washers, be sure to take a pick, or a tiny screwdriver and make sure to scrape all of the old gasket material out of the recesses.....cuz it might leak if you don't.   

well they sell blue shitty ones but these are rubber,  Merc sell blues ones that ore nylon looking for like $2 and then the yellow ons that are rubbery for 4$