Reply To: 1949 mercury super 5

[billw]

You will need to get the flywheel off, to inspect the ignition system. The flywheel is held on with a special nut and has a tapered hole that wedges itself onto the crank shaft. It won’t just easily lift off. What kind of access to tools do you have? That would be good to know, so we can tell you how to do it, based on what you have available. In addition to regular mechanic’s hand tools, you’ll need at the very least, a large adjustable wrench or Channel lock pliers (for the special flywheel nut) and a flywheel puller or at least, a “vibration dampener puller,” which you can get at any Harbor Freight store.

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