How many nuts hold the lower unit on a Merc 850

[MercMark]

I got the six around the top of the lower unit after removing the bottom cowling/shroud thing. And the two up under by the motor mounts swivel joint.<br /><br />Anything else. I see a lot of shift linkage mentioned in the the stuck powerhead topics. I haven't undone anything like that yet. Does that apply to a merc?<br /><br />I do have a manual but it's pretty vague about this part.<br /><br />BTW I'm pulling the powerhead to work on Cyl No2. which has no compression.

 

[sharkcat]

Re: How many nuts hold the lower unit on a Merc 850

Before you try to remove the powerhead remove the gearbox from memory there are 4 nuts at the bottom of the centre section & 1 under the trim tab.once you have the gearbox off then try to remove the powerhead it sounds like you have found all the nuts.Good Luck