lower unit

[fishbone229]

I have a 1996 Merc 135L S/N 0G408024, it has been sitting for over a year, I put it up according to the owners manual prior to storage. It started just fine in the drive way, I utilized a water supply, took it to a lake to run it. The water pressure seemed low and after about three minutes I got a temperature buzzer, it also has a very weak water discharge. After reading other postings and a little 2+2 I figure it to be the water pump. I have ordered a repair kit and a shop manual. I have a pretty good mechanical backround and the lower unit removal seems pretty straight forward. I would like to get a jump on the removal and dissasembly while I am waiting and was wondering if there were any tricks to the lower unit removal (there always seems to be) any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Valv]

Re: lower unit

It is not very hard to do it, in fact, it's pretty simple, and you have book and parts already.<br />Only trick many people "falls" into it is bolt under trim tab (the gray fin sticking down from back of lower unit), you have to remove a hidden bolt underneath it.<br /><br />Other than that, it takes me 25 minutes to do job.