alpha one pump housing covered in grease and transplant info
alpha one pump housing covered in grease and transplant info
ok so the pic I have is of the cover after I cleaned it. I painted the drive and changed the impeller today. When I craked the drive apart is when I found about a 1/4 inch of sludge on the pump cover it was thick and messy. I really think it was engine soot. The plugs were very black and sooty too.
The shaft going to the top half was also black see pic.
I bought the boat as a donor because it had the same package I hope to transplant the drive pressure tested well and the engine had low compression on clyinder 5 (all were 145-150 #5 was 50 so I imagine a valve problem) so I ordered a new long block, and will fix the old one later. But I am using the transom assembly and outdrive form the donor as well as all the tin from the 350 mag that was in the boat.
The donee boat is the 92 liberator in my signature It had an omc Daddy king cobra and 454 in it.
I had wanted to start a transplant thread like wca tim did but I know some poeple do not like the 500 post threads so I am posting about each gotcha as it happens.
Also, the y pipe problem ( in my last thread) was the result of some one putting non oem bolts in and there were 7/16 non SS bolts that corroded. I got a block off plate and now there is 3/8 12pt ss bolts holding it on. The inner transom plate was missing the bottom 1/4 also.
