My upper swivel shaft is leaking, and my boat is 11 years old now, so I'm going to pull the bell housing and fix the leaking seal and replace all of the rubber parts, lower shift cable, and upper swivel shaft. I've got almost everything I need in order to get started. I've spent the past hour trying to find information on the transom assy end of the water intake line. Specifically, my transom assy (s/n 0W429518) has the quick disconnect water intake housing on the inside of the boat. The Merc parts catalog is showing an insert with a "Design I" and a "Design II" water intake hose.
Looking at the inset, my thoughts are that if I had the "Design II" hose, it would be fairly obvious, as I should be able to see the plastic section of tubing and the hose clamp where it changes to rubber hose above the bellows. I've looked at my drive hundreds of times, and I'm 95% sure that mine has a rubber line all the way to the inside with a normal tapered insert inside of the intake housing with the quick connect. Is that a fairly safe assumption (that I'd see the plastic section easily)?
Edit: Does it matter which one you get? Are they interchangeable? I assume that Design II would be an improvement... Worth it to "upgrade"?
Looking at the inset, my thoughts are that if I had the "Design II" hose, it would be fairly obvious, as I should be able to see the plastic section of tubing and the hose clamp where it changes to rubber hose above the bellows. I've looked at my drive hundreds of times, and I'm 95% sure that mine has a rubber line all the way to the inside with a normal tapered insert inside of the intake housing with the quick connect. Is that a fairly safe assumption (that I'd see the plastic section easily)?
Edit: Does it matter which one you get? Are they interchangeable? I assume that Design II would be an improvement... Worth it to "upgrade"?
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