Mercury 2.5 260 Rebuild Thread

Hey everyone,

Since restoring and rigging my ski race boat I purchased a couple of years ago the ol' 2.5 260 was in need of a tidy up (plus the odd upgrade), so I thought I'd share a few pics from the build so far.

Getting there slowly - can't wait to be back on the water ready for summer here in New Zealand!

Cheers, Alex

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Looks great, i guess you know your getting old when you think of a motor of this age as one of the "new ones" , fun out

Very nice!

Looks good

OMC race engine silver?
Nice flywheel

That’s what I’m talkin’ about! These kinds of threads are what Scream And Fly was meant for! Very nice work.

My 260 looks dingy. Won`t clean up. I think I just might paint it like this guy did. Silver looks good.

DB

Looks like you may have gotten a few goodies from Brendan. Ha!

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Originally Posted by Ziemer

Looks like you may have gotten a few goodies from Brendan. Ha!

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Sure have - great to deal with!

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Originally Posted by Scream And Fly

That’s what I’m talkin’ about! These kinds of threads are what Scream And Fly was meant for! Very nice work.

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Thanks Greg.

Have been following the forums for years and years before finally undertaking a build myself (with ALOT of help).

Cheers, Alex

Finally got her up and running this week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCP-...ature=youtu.be