87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

[mongo53]

Boy i hope someone can help...

Today i noticed that the water drain plug on the starboard side, above trim cylinder with trim all way down was leaking little water..

So i figured id remove, drain, clean & reseal..

As soon as i stuck screwdriver & turned, the insert & plug broke & of course feel in.. i think i can dig it out, i think....

What do i do to fix this????

 

[TowRoper]

Re: 87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

thats alum isn't it? if it is any weld shop worth half a ........ can fix that for you and cheap.

 

[mongo53]

Re: 87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

the housing isnt broke, there is a insert that the plug screws into..

 

[TowRoper]

Re: 87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

oooooh sorry i misunderstood :redface:

 

[cr2k]

Re: 87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

Again I say;

NEVER remove a screw that has/had a decal over it or is a Phillips head on an out drive. They are not meant to be removed and as you found out the pieces that are on the inside fall away. Some of these can require a complete drive teardown to fix.

On the cobra you will now need to pull the drive and put the little metal plate and rubber gasket back up and put the screw back in.

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

Re: 87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

someone posted somewhere that they found an expanding rubber type plug at a hardware store and used that to plug the hole.

Otherwise, you need to pull the drive and tip it on it's side to get the plate out the hole

A refer to removing that plug as a Cobra owner's "second mistake"

 

[mongo53]

Re: 87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

Thanks guys for info...

I got it out last nite. Then i relized it was plug thats not meant for removing. I saw pic that had a sticker on it, mine must came off. thats how i noticed it , i guess..

Does any one have a way to plug it for a couple weeks?
Its getn pulled & totally went through this winter..
Ill get it fix back then..

Just like to take it out mab 2 more time if weather allows,

Thanks again........

 

[danond]

Re: 87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

Pull it. A gasket for the drive is less than $10. Yank, fix, re-install. Couple hour job.

 

[a70eliminator]

Re: 87 IO OMC 4.3liter PLEASE HELP!!!

just put a simple cork in it for now, that's all you need. Like the ones that go in the old toy cork guns, or trim down a wine bottle cork, the rubber expansion type plugs work too, In the marine world they call them well nuts, but plumbing and hardware stores have urinal plugs, expansion plugs ect.