Sorry to bother you, but this time I've got some pictures (I hope!) of what I was talking about previously. (see "Impeller housing/Merc 25hp 1986"...Oct. 1, 2005)The pictures are the following:<br /> The first picture shows the housing from the top. <br /> The second picture shows it from the bottom...cup welded within housing.<br /> The third picture shows the rims of the cup and the housing level with eachother.<br /> The fourth picture shows the opposite side, with the lip of the cup extending up above <br /> the rim of the housing.<br /> The fifth picture shows the level (even) side of the housing against the faceplate. They <br /> meet nicely.<br /> The last picture shows the opposite side of the housing against the faceplate, and you<br /> can see the gap that results. The bolt holes are on either end, and you can see that if <br /> you bolt the ends down, it will result in the ends meeting the plate, and the middle with <br /> this gap. Is this normal? Again, the new part is manufactured exactly the same as this<br /> one.<br /> On the second picture, you can see where the inner cup and the outer housing come together. This is where the relatively thin O ring like gasket is supposed to sit. That gap that you see is wider than the gasket, so when the whole thing is bolted down, the gasket cannot really form any kind of seal where the gap exists. If this is meant to be, what's the point of the gasket? What do you think?<br /> 1. web page <br />2.<br />web page <br />3.<br />web page<br />4.<br />web page <br />5. web page <br />6. web page <br /><br /> Thanks a million
