What caused the pushrod failure in these motors? Also what kind of damage did it do internallly? What does it take to fix one?
Thinking of repowering with some and needed to know what I was getting into. Thanks!

Bad rods were installed in the affected motors which didn't have the rounded (balled) ends which caused the ends to fracture. Replacement was simply pulling out each rod one at a time then slipping in the new...

The other bulletin was on the fuel rails which was some kind of wiring harness change...I think

Rick

Reckless is correct about the pushrod issue. Nothing more to it. If caught in time, damage was very limited or not at all. However, some units didn't fare so well.

In addition, regarding the fuel rail thing:
It's no big deal, really, kind of silly actually! There was a fear that the fittings weren't engaged all the way on the lines. Basically you push on the fitting until you hear a "click" and then it's engaged. I guess somewhere at merc this was discovered after some units got shipped and the fuel lines could pop off. No biggie.

Other than that, the only other recall was something to do with the ignition. Apparantly the possibility exists that the motor will continue to run even after the key is switched off and removed.