OK So we got the engine problem sorted by replacing the carb with a re-man. then discovered the balance weights in the distributor were sticking so we fixed that too! NOW! We are having trouble with the shifter, the sterndrive is a 1975 model (MR?) not sure of the type. Serial is 4426677. It...
I have a Merc 120hp I/O and it is quite early (Around 1976 vintage. The carb is a Rochester 2 barrel which has sat for a long while. I rebuilt the engine from the ground up but the peripherals are original. The engine ran reasonably well at home, but once we got some load on it in the water...