Guess that's all I can do at this point. I don't know much about motors, especially outboards, but it all looks pretty strait forward. Yet here I am. I will give it another try. Maybe I will get lucky and adding more water in the drum will work.
In post number 13 you said the impeller was sticking out of the housing a little bit while he was screwing the housing down. The impeller has to be bent into the bottom of the pump before securing the housing. With the key in place turn the driveshaft clockwise while pushing down on the housing to get the impeller seated.
In post number 13 you said the impeller was sticking out of the housing a little bit while he was screwing the housing down. The impeller has to be bent into the bottom of the pump before securing the housing. With the key in place turn the driveshaft clockwise while pushing down on the housing to get the impeller seated.
That's what he did but it was still sticking out about tenth of an inch or so. I figured he must have known he didn't get it in all the way and just figured it would go in the last little bit when he put it together. He has put in impellers before so I assumed he knew what he was doing but assumptions can cause problems so maybe I should ask him to be sure what he was thinking or if he noticed. Maybe the replacement impeller wasn't the right size (thickness).
OK, I decided to talk to the mechanic at the parts place and insisted something wasn't right about there just being a washer to seal the top of the copper water tube up by the engine. Low and behold they looked it up again and said I needed a rubber grommet. I'm not sure why there wasn't one in this motor to begin with but now I have one.
The problem I have is the grommet has two little nipples. One on each side and looking up into the midsection to where the tube goes. I can't even see spots for the nipples let alone how to try to orient them. It will be tough enough getting it up there without some major disassembly so I was wondering if I couldn't just cut most of the nipples off and push it in there?
Here are some pics of the washer (#72) & the grommet (#22).
Some will argue.-----It really is not that much work to remove the power head to install that grommet.----Allows you to change the lower crank seal at the same time.----A new crank seal may be an improved version of the original.
