Merc 700

[randlemanboater]

Hey, you mechanical types!


I have a couple of issues with my new motor.

(1962 Mercury 700 with gears)


No water ever came out the pee hole however some water was comming out of the exhaust relief on the back of the midsection. (I am going to check for bugs/trash clogging the pee hole)

Water was also running out of the area around the top motormount........pretty sure thats not good.

So I think it was pumping water, but it was not getting to where it needed to go.

Any suggestions?


Secondly, I want to make sure I lined things up right when I put on the timing belt.

There is a line on the flywheel and an arrow on the dist. pulley. I lined those up.

The cover on the top of the dist. pulley also had a line on it but it was not at the same place as the arrow on the actual pulley. I assume it is used to adjust timing advance.

How'd I do?