853735002 Mercury CUP

Start By:a. remove hood
At operating temperature, the engine coolant is hot and under pressure. Steam can cause personal injury. Check the coolant level only after the engine has been stopped, and the cap is cool enough to touch with your bare hand. Remove the fill cap slowly to relieve pressure. Cooling system conditioner contains alkali. Avoid contact with the skin and eyes to prevent personal injury.
1. Release the pressure in the cooling system by slowly loosening the filler cap on the radiator. Drain the coolant from the radiator. The capacity of the cooling system is 49 liters (12.7 U.S. gal). 2. Remove sixteen bolts (1) and fan guards (2) from the machine. 3. Remove four bolts (4) and the washers. Remove enclosure top panel assembly (3). 4. Put identification marks on the two wires connect to the back-up alarm for installation purposes. Disconnect the wires from back-up alarm (5). 5. Fasten two lifting slings and a hoist to radiator grill assembly (6).6. Remove six bolts (7) and the washers that hold the radiator grill assembly in position. Remove the radiator grill assembly. The weight of the radiator grill assembly is 52 kg (115 lb). 7. Remove four screws (9) and the washers that hold plate (8). Remove the plate from the tail light. Remove plate (8) from the other tail light. 8. Put identification marks on two wires (10) for assembly purposes. Disconnect two wires (10) and one connector (11). Disconnect the two wires and one connector from the other tail light.
Do not damage the wiring harnesses for the tail lights during removal of the side panel assemblies for the radiator. The wiring harnesses should be slowly fed through the grommets in the side panel assemblies.
9. Fasten tool (A) and a hoist to radiator side panel assembly (12) as shown.10. Remove four bolts (13) and the washers from