04-08-2002, 02:14 PM
kneebob,<br>I used to have a ship in Port Aransas, TX. I saw this to be a common problem with the merc 650. I had asociated it with high humidity in the area. The fact that you are not in a high humidity area now has me wundering on my diagnosis. You might want to check on the possable waranty on the assy as if my memmory is correct (highly unlikely) some of the units I replaced had a 10 year warenty. This was in 90 and 91. Hope this helps.<br><br>Texas Gulf Coast Fisher.