George,
Almost sounds like the switch for the motor lift is acting up.  If power is flowing to the motor lift motor, the voltage should drop.  Can you get to both sets of terminals for the switch and check things there?  You should have a set of inlet and outlet wires.  You will see no voltage at the outlet wires until the switch is engaged.

Where is the water coming from?  Sounds like it's coming from the 'pee hole', which is located at one of the aft corners of the motor.  That's the motor cooling water and that's normal.  If a motor is not peeing, you should not use it as you have no cooling water.  The other water sounds like a leak in the cooling water system somewhere.  One place to look is to pull the motor cover off (don't drop it!  don't ask).  Check the tubing leading from the pee hole back to the motor.  Maybe some of that tubing is loose or cracked. - rob

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the motor lift isGB  style OR BUILT IN TO THE MERC


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From: Gmorganflier <gmorgan.flier at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wed, Aug 19, 2020 8:51 pm
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Strange Electrical Problem

This has happened twice on my boat.

For seemingly no reason, the electric starter on my Mercury 9.9 and the
motor for the engine lift will stop working. Using my volt meter, the start
battery is at 12.95v. Tracing the battery cables to the Laz, the voltage at
the terminal block where the battery cables, the outboard’s electric cables
and the lift motor cables all connect is also 12.95v. The voltage downstream
of the lift motor fuse is 12.95. The fuse on the outboard is not blown. The
wing nuts on the terminal block are tight. When I push the switch for the
motor lift, there is no draw...voltage steady at 12.95v.

This has me scratching my head...what the heck is going on. Last time this
happened, I took all the cables off the laz terminal block. They looked
clean with no corrosion and when I reattached them, everything worked. I
haven’t tried doing that this time.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Also, a quick Mercury question from a novice at sailing and outboards. While
running, my 9.9 has the steady stream of water coming out below the cowl.
There is also a small stream of water coming out the front of the drive
about halfway between the engine and the prop. Is this normal?

Thanks,
George Morgan
S/V Knotty Lady 1986




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