Seaking 9.6 water pump question ALCON please chime in.

[Robert.james.connell]

Hey I was working on this 1973 seaking 9.6 outboard for a guy. I had to tear this thing down, I mean all the way down!! Anyways I got it running and it run's great. When I broke down the water pump I noticed that this water pump did not have any gasket's inside the water pump housing at all. Correct me if I am wrong but there should be 2 gaskets there (at least that is how I seen it). I assumed that there were 2 gaskets that went there, so what I did is I made 2 gaskets (they are cut right on the money) and the impeller is still good so I put it back together. Took it out and it got hot and I noticed it was not pumping water. So I tore it down and I put the lower unit in the tank and used a drill to spin the water pump. It pumped water so I took the tube out and place that in the water pump housing and it would pump water up the tube but it was very weak. So before I get this guy to buy a new water pump kit I starting to second guess myself and wondering if this motor does not have water pump gaskets? Maybe the housing is self sealing or something? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Rob

 

[jerryjerry05]

Re: Seaking 9.6 water pump question ALCON please chime in.

No gaskets.
My opinion!!! NEVER REUSE AN OLD IMPELLER!!!!
Post some pics of the parts.

 

[Robert.james.connell]

Re: Seaking 9.6 water pump question ALCON please chime in.

Yea you were right after I posted this I said screw it and went out in the garage and tore it apart. The only problem problem that I have left is it misses while running in slow, shift, and start. If I run it at full idle then it will run wide open and not miss at all. I was running ethanol (have to drive 15 miles to get non-ethanol fuel). I changed the fuel because the fuel lines were tore up from the ethanol. I am going to try the new lines and see if that fixes the problem if not I will be lost. The guy says that the spark plugs are new, I know the tank, fuel line, and the primer bulb and fittings are all new. I adjusted the gap on the points, and the wires and everything else look in great shape. If it still misses after the lines only thing I can think of is I set the points wrong. Please keep looking I will post if the lines fix the problem or not. The impeller has to stay (I do not like that either, and prefer to change it) but the customer is in between jobs at the moment and saving money on parts is what he has to do. The impeller is still good not cracked or nothing so if it last him a little bit then he will be happy. I do this on the side to save people money and to put a little bit of extra cash in my pocket (this economy sucks!!)

Thanks for the reply and help.

Rob