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I’m in MA so I can imagine the cold hasn’t been nice to it! I’ve been trying to find info on their hull construction, but very little is out there.

Solid advice, much appreciated!

Funny, I was just on YouTube watching Friscoboater’s stringer/transom rebuild. Seems very involved, not sure if it’s something I want to get into

Appreciate the heads up, that’s the feedback I seem to be getting! Thank you

Will do! Seems like rot is an even likelier scenario than I thought. Thanks for the reply

Good to know, wasn’t sure if any of the members would be exposed. It’s a bit of a project boat so I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to suspect the worst!

Going to check out a center console that appears to have sat uncovered for a couple years. 1990 Sea Ray Laguna center console, 24’ I’m inexperienced with hull inspection, aside from the basics of looking out for cracks and transom flexing. I’m more-so concerned about the wooden...

I did see they had some good prices for new lower units, I might go that route instead. And yes I did put a new seal on the prop shaft as well as new seals on the bearing carrier. I’ll have to test a lower PSI

Okay, thank you

At this point I’m thinking of just buying a used lower unit and replacing completely. I’ve found a few used online that would be worth the money. How do I tell what size shaft it is? Is it a measurement of the actual driveshaft? I’ve removed my lower unit, here’s a picture

Freshwater only motor and yes removed the 2 retaining bolts and am pulling with 2 long threaded rods screwed into the threaded holes with my gear puller. The puller just wants to spin off of my prop shaft because of the amount of force it’s needing

That’s my next issue, I’m trying to get the bearing carrier out but my gear puller is having a hard time getting it out.

Its a Johnson J150GLER

Ohhh, I understand now. It wasn’t storage oil that was leaking out. It was definitely green gear oil.

I also just did the pressure test and when pumping 20 PSI into the gear case, after about 5 seconds I can hear hissing coming out of the area behind the prop. Is this a sign of a leak?

Yes, when I winterized I pumped new oil in from the bottom fill screw until it came out of the top screw. But I’m confused on your comment, shouldn’t the oil not be able to leak out in any way?

Okay, I’ll give it a shot👍🏻 thank you

I have a bass boat with a 150hp outboard. Last season I had to do a tear down on the lower unit and reseal the gear case after I noticed water dripping out of the gear oil drain screw. After I did the reseal, the boat ran great for the whole summer. There was no sign of water getting into the...

Sweet! Thank you

Okay! I’ll definitely take a look for that, thank you.