racerone,
as per my last 4-5 message/contacts, I put it back together today and barrel tested - seem to work ok. LU didn't want to close up tight, about 1/8" gap, but that disappeared with tightening the two nuts that hold the lower unit together with the exhaust column. Hopefully all is well...
Hi racerone,
Update
Your thoughts please,
Decided not to pull the cylinder top water jacket, or the exhaust plate assembly. Hoping that there are no stoppages or problems there.
I’m assuming I got the shift rod back in normal position –
One position turning the drive shaft clockwise, causes...
Hi again Racerone,
Fish are biting, boats not moving. Decided to bite the bullet and order parts and charge into it. If interested, the attachment shows parts ordered and what I plan to replace and other info. Parts not on the order list means I'm re-using old parts.
You're advice please...
Racerone,
Just checked - I could not find one. I re-measured the ID of the old one, for the unteenth time and as always, it varies a little. This time In got somewhere between 29.3/64th and 29.5/64" or on the 10th s scale .0456 to .0457" Not sure which direction to go given the precision of...
Hi Racerone,
correction of my previous note of "updates" of Yesterday. I tried to measure the actual drive shaft at the impeller mounting point where iy flares out. Hard to caliper, but I got a little different reading. Drive shaft at flare out came up at 0.4575 to maybe 0.4578". I did this...
Racerone,
update: Pulled power head off of bottom cowling, cleaned up both halves in prep for new install of gasket. Removed all seals, spacers that would come out from shift rod, drive shaft and water pump including the Stainless/chrome impeller basket on the lower 1/2 of the water pump. Al...
Hi Racerone,
Wow, I would have never guessed that. Obviously, there is enough water pressure involved that allows water to exit the telltale tube, making the telltale just an indicator that the pump is working, but not necessarily that there is adequate water volume and circulation to cool the...
Thanks Racerone.
I was hoping not to have to go that far into it, but given what appears to me to be an obvious major leak some where near or in the bottom of the power head, or lower engine case it looks like no choice. At the same time, I guess I need to line up all the names/numbers of seals...
Roscoe and Racerone
Thanks for the lead on the parts and the heads up on the washer/seal at the end of the copper tube. The seals/washers etc where the copper tube attaches to the bottom plate in the power head area.....do I need to disassemble the driveshaft housing from the bottom plate? or...
Roscoe,
hello again
I air tested the remaining cooling tube system and noticed that air is leaking out inside the drive shaft tube. If I blow air into the copper water tube at the point where it would normally hook up with the water pump, it freely comes out the pee tube but you can hear a...
