Motor "Discoveries"

[Guppy]

While it's off, how about a new water pump?

Figured you needed something else to fix.. ;-)

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Guppy

While it's off, how about a new water pump?

Figured you needed something else to fix.. ;-)

That was already included because I figured that gasket would need to get pulled... and I wouldn’t be surprised if that impeller is fried.

I’m a bit scared about what I’ll find when I pull the LU apart... but better to find it in my garage in January than in the middle of LIS in June
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[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by Ian

That was already included because I figured that gasket would need to get pulled... and I wouldn’t be surprised if that impeller is fried.

I’m a bit scared about what I’ll find when I pull the LU apart... but better to find it in my garage in January than in the middle of LIS in June
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Not need to be fearful...make a stand to hold the lower unit while you work on it...get a book...I buy my parts on line from Boats . Net. .these,are,OEM parts at discount prices..there are not alot of difficult assemblies in the lower unit
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[Ian]

Originally Posted by Rockfish9

Not need to be fearful...make a stand to hold the lower unit while you work on it...get a book...I buy my parts on line from Boats . Net. .these,are,OEM parts at discount prices..there are not alot of difficult assemblies in the lower unit
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Thanks for the words of encouragement! What I was mainly alluding to was my fear that the very gray fluid that slipped out when I first drained the cavity is foreshadowing gears in a very rough condition. In order to find that out, I have to do a bit more surgery than I’d prefer to do the seals on the top of the unit.

The saving grace is that if I pull it apart and find that the gears are in bad shape, at least I can rebuild it and be confident in the motor for next season.

Only time will tell at this point... I’ll probably end up posting pictures
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