Omc Water Pump Adaptor

PGR1574

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I Need Help To Get My Water Pump Adaptor Off My 89 Omc Stern Drive. I Took Water Pump Off And Found Adaptor Corroded.im Going To Get A New Adaptor But Having A Hard Time Geting It Off. And Sry If I Posted Wrong This Is My First Time
 

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Re: Omc Water Pump Adaptor

And Sry If I Posted Wrong This Is My First Time

Ayuh,... Welcome Aboard,... That's a pretty good 1st post,.. But,....
Sry means absolutely Nothing here,... This is a forum,..
We type out Complete Words,+ Hopefully with sentences,+ paragraphs...

There's a pretty good chance, that if your drive is That Corroded,...
It just Ain't coming apart....
The common term for severely Corroded aluminum is Scrap...
 

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Re: Omc Water Pump Adaptor

Thank you Don. It doeset look that bad I have seen alot worse but there Is some.What do you think about drilling and taping some holes in the adaptor and using a slide hammer.
 

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Re: Omc Water Pump Adaptor

thank you don. It isent that bad but there is some. I think i will try to drill and tap adaptor and use a slide hammer to get it out.
 

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Gary H NC

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Re: Omc Water Pump Adaptor

I had the same issue on the Cobra drive i used to own..
Soaked it really good with PB Blaster and kept tapping it with a hammer.
It finally popped loose..the corrosion where the outer o-ring is was the cause.
 

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Re: Omc Water Pump Adaptor

Well it finly came off after about 3 hrs of working at it.I used a bolt grip puller set i needed to drill and tap some holes but with some time and a few taps with a hammer it came loose.now i will get a new adaptor and water pump.Thank you for helping with my first post
 
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