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Hello all, I have finally had the opportunity to look at my Mercury 40hp outboard and I'm really unhappy with the condition of it, for an outboard that was supposedly serviced this time last year the condition is poor in the sense that the wiring is shot in various places, one of the prop fins has a chunk out of it and it appears the engine had an electric start but the wiring has perished and parts for this have been removed. Also the positive wire appears to be connected by the last 3 strands of it's inner copper wire, so far I have tilted the engine out of the water and removed the spark plugs which are BUHW-2, a design of spark plug I have never seen before. (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NGK-BUHW-2-5626-Spark-Plug-Mercury-Mariner-2-Stroke-Outboard-Engines-4hp-90hp-/181528880213?hash=item2a43f6e455:g:BOsAAOxyJX1TF5M2) I have no idea what model of outboard it is, or it's age, only that it is a heavy unit, I thought it was a four stroke but could not find any oil filler caps so possibly a 2 stroke premix? Knowing nothing of the engine, I am now thinking the best idea would be to have a boat mechanic refurb the engine (rewire, change the prop and service), can this be done with the engine in situ or would I need to remove the unit and take it to a specialist? The good news is that the outboard is currently connected to a throttle/gear control box and steering wheel via a morse cable system, I'm now thinking of replacing the entire outboard and selling off the mercury unit after it's refurb, but are the controls universal and would it be a simple case of disconnecting the throttle arm and attaching the cables for throttle/gears? Thank you!
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We have a little (10.5 metre) steel boat on the canals in France. It has hydraulic steering with two wheels, one in the saloon and one out on the flying bridge. As it is at the moment (as it was when we bought it) the fluid reservoir for the steering is down low near the engine so the system has to be pressurised (with a bicycle pump) at the reservoir to ensure that the whole system stays full of fluid. This is a bit of a nuisance because, firstly it's one more job that needs doing when setting off and secondly the pressure in the system does tend to mean that a little bit of oil creeps past the seals at the wheels. I can see no good reason why I can't move the fluid reservoir up to the flying bridge, just above the wheel and have a gravity fed system. Can anyone see any good reason why this won't work? Is there any significant advantage to the existing pressurised system apart from the reservoir being 'downstairs'?
