I recently had my lower unit worked on and unbeknown to me I think that forgot to add the thrust washer. I ran the boat without the thrust washer for about 45 min total and every time I went to full throttle the motor would cavitate. The prop has now ground into the lower unit housing :(...
I attached pictures from my trailer, it's basically on the side of the highway and I need to get it repaired quickly. I was wobbling extremely bad before I pulled over; the only reason I did was because of smoke pouring off from the tire which was rubbing on the fender.
I found this link...
It's a 1992 Stingray 556zp with a 3.0 and a Merc Alpha 1 Gen II. I bought this boat for $800 dollars and it'd been sitting in my buddies parents backyard for years.
Anyways I just replaced the starter and finally put it in the water last weekend. Everything was going great until I tried to...
