Mercury Cover Rattle, Drives me nuts

Ok I give up.

My 2008 15hp Mercury cover has a rattle that drives me nuts.

It starts at about 3 mph and since thats about my trolling speed it never goes away.

I have adjusted the tension on the cover latch, does nothing other than make it harder to unlatch.

The rubber that is attached to the hood looks fine.

The question is where and why is the cover rattling ?

Almost ready to run it with out the cover.....but that would be redneckish!

Anyone else have this problem? How did you fix it?

BA

If you see a 15hp mercury go up for sale in the buy and sell ignore this post.

Is it the cover? Take it off and see. Has it always done this? You can run without the cover, you'll just have people asking if you need a tow. lol If not, something is worn or loose/broken. Finding rattles is a PITA and takes lots of trial and error.

Tie 50 feet of rope to it and threaten to turn it into an anchor (best use for them anyway) , maybe it will stop rattling. Try jamming small strips of foam between the cover and lower portion.

Weather stripping might work if the rubber is starting to go . Worked for me in the past ...lol

Thinking if some self tapping screws

have you made sure it is nothing loose on the motor rattling against the hood.. or maybe one of the hood latching components screws are loose? If the hood seal is fine, you would think it has to be something loose inside.. It could even cause a problem.. parts rattling together will wear over time as you probably know already.. just dont want to see you end up with a bigger problem

Could it be the nut behind the wheel?

I was going to suggest spraying in a can of foam. that will fix it

Oh Shank, you're such a tart, there's coffee snot all over the keyboard...

red green says duct tape they have all the fancy colors at the dollar store . really though check it with the cover off. then if it is the cover just try the weather striping trick

What kind of nuts? Mayhaps that's the problem!

But seriously, check the cover for loose emblems, or couplings inside. If all else fails, get a bigger hammer.

Also running without the cover cuts down on theft. People think that the motor has problems and will leave it alone. Oh sorry, I forgot it was a Merc, never mind, you don't have that problem any way.

Bahahahahahaha

Could very likely be related to the recoil start mechanism. I would bet dollars to donuts it has slop and is vibrating back and forth, especially at low RPM's

Hey Ba.............did you find the solution yet?