Out drive water flow incorrect?

JonBoat55

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1999 Regal 1800, Mer 3.0, Apha1Gen2
Just finished doing end of season maintenance. New impeller kit and all gaskets, shift assembly and gaskets for the lower. Pulled the upper to inspect everything (u joints, alignment all looked good) and replaced with new gaskets and o rings. Put everything back together and ran it to check for leaks after new oil and filter was done.
Is the water exiting the out drive looking correct? This might just be a sanity check, I don't remember the water flowing out below the exhaust bellows like that. And I really don't remember water spraying out of the area right above the shift dog ( see video) and weep hole on the lower.
What did I install backwards?
 

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Scott06

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its normal. If you look in where the water is coming out behind shift lever, there is a 1/4” hole. There should be a clip that holds the speedo tube in it. With drive up this is open to exhaust cavity which is where the wate4 is coming from
 

JonBoat55

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The speedo tube is in front of the shift lever, I had the connection secured to it during the video. The water looks like it's coming from way above the plate where the speedo tube connection is
 

Scott06

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The speedo tube is in front of the shift lever, I had the connection secured to it during the video. The water looks like it's coming from way above the plate where the speedo tube connection i

where it connects to the lower is not what I was talking about.

There is a clip farther up the tube that holds it to the bellhousing casting. The clip goes into a 1/4“ hole in the bellhousing , i suspect this where the water is coming out.

you will have to look farther up in there than where the speedo tube connects to the fitting in lower you will see it in the very beginning of this video

 
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