reelfishin
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I went to the dealer Friday, looking for new rubber mounts for my 1975 Merc 500, I was told that they are no longer available.
Is there an aftermarket source for these? My old mounts have turned to dust, their dryrotted to the point of crumbling. I have three dealers withing driving range, two said not available, the third, (as expected), told me it was too old and I needed to buy a new motor.
I was considering making up something using maybe some shock absorber bushings or maybe just filling the cavity with liquid urethane and moulding my own mounts?
Any suggestions?
(The motor is a very low hours unit that probably has less than 10 hours of running time on it since new. It's still got 145 psi on all 4 cylinders, and looks mint. I can't see replacing it for something so simple?)
With as many of these things as they made, I would think that someone out there makes an aftermarket bushing?
Is there an aftermarket source for these? My old mounts have turned to dust, their dryrotted to the point of crumbling. I have three dealers withing driving range, two said not available, the third, (as expected), told me it was too old and I needed to buy a new motor.
I was considering making up something using maybe some shock absorber bushings or maybe just filling the cavity with liquid urethane and moulding my own mounts?
Any suggestions?
(The motor is a very low hours unit that probably has less than 10 hours of running time on it since new. It's still got 145 psi on all 4 cylinders, and looks mint. I can't see replacing it for something so simple?)
With as many of these things as they made, I would think that someone out there makes an aftermarket bushing?
