1974 7 1/2 hp Eska water pump replacement question

ibjeepin

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Hoping someone knows a trick to get the unit apart to replace the impeller. I have removed the 2 bolts from lower unit and I thought it should just slide apart...but it feels like its got something else holding it......I have used a rubber mallet on it and sprayed pb blaster down in it just in case the drive shaft is seized to the engine but it just wont come apart..........any tricks?
 

brim_buster

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there should be an inspection cover above cavatation plate. remove the screws and take shift rod apart.
 
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