Originally Posted by Fishermark
Welcome aboard! You might get a better response if you start a new thread instead of posting at the end of an old one. The nail head sits pretty flush with the front of the gimbal ring. The nail is bent over in the back - and the bent over portion folds over into a groove, so it can be easy to miss.
If you need to, it would be possible to drill out the nail I suppose. As long as no one has put something odd in, the original nail is simply soft aluminum. And yes, you can also just punch the whole pin in towards the center instead of pulling them out.
On the bottle - I know they sell kits where you can put a hose in place of the upper vent screw. I've never seen someone put a hose and a bottle of 90 wt on there... but anything is possible!
Yea I found the slot in the back where the nails are bent over, flipped it back up and was trying to push it out, but no luck....I guess I will try and pull from the front, if not, ill get the drill out....anyone know the diameter of the nail off hand?
Im sure I'll have plenty more questions, but one I have now, is there a gasket between the upper and lower units of the sterndrive?
And another question, I replaced the impeller on the water pump, is there a wide rubber o-ring/gasket inside the pump housing at the very top? I know there is one on the outside on top of the pump, but when i opened mine up, whoever was in there before me had the pump housing, wide gasket, small oring, then another wide gasket, all outside the pump housing, then another o ring at the top of the shaft. Is that the right order?
Welcome aboard! You might get a better response if you start a new thread instead of posting at the end of an old one. The nail head sits pretty flush with the front of the gimbal ring. The nail is bent over in the back - and the bent over portion folds over into a groove, so it can be easy to miss.
If you need to, it would be possible to drill out the nail I suppose. As long as no one has put something odd in, the original nail is simply soft aluminum. And yes, you can also just punch the whole pin in towards the center instead of pulling them out.
On the bottle - I know they sell kits where you can put a hose in place of the upper vent screw. I've never seen someone put a hose and a bottle of 90 wt on there... but anything is possible!
Yea I found the slot in the back where the nails are bent over, flipped it back up and was trying to push it out, but no luck....I guess I will try and pull from the front, if not, ill get the drill out....anyone know the diameter of the nail off hand?
Im sure I'll have plenty more questions, but one I have now, is there a gasket between the upper and lower units of the sterndrive?
And another question, I replaced the impeller on the water pump, is there a wide rubber o-ring/gasket inside the pump housing at the very top? I know there is one on the outside on top of the pump, but when i opened mine up, whoever was in there before me had the pump housing, wide gasket, small oring, then another wide gasket, all outside the pump housing, then another o ring at the top of the shaft. Is that the right order?