Thanks for the replies. Found the issue it was me of course. Only had the hose on half open. Took a break went out and retried with full pressure on hose and now have good flow. Will lake test it Saturday and hopefully all is well. After running in of the hose I did not have any water in the...
Ok put it all together. No will not pump water. Followed the manual very close to make sure all part were installed correctly with impeller in the correct way.
Any ideas here? I’m stumped
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Good morning. Ok go the new impeller housing in last night with all the advice that you guys have given, thank you. I do have a couple questions
1) The impeller kit included 5 O-rings I used three of them. The large one around the base of the pump housing, the quad ring where the pump drive...
Inspected the splines when I tore it down the forest time and all looked in dry good condition. I am going to also replace the seals on the steering gear just to be sure that is not the culprit. Scott thank you for the advice much appreciated now just waiting for pumped to be delivered today
Awesome thank you very much for this information it was been very helpful. Will report back once i the new kit installed and hopefully sealed up water tight.
Kenny thank you. When you say both sides of the stainless steel plate, do you mean the new one under the impeller? If so does that impact the performance of the impeller?
That is exactly my concern. The boat is in amazing condition for the age and so is the engine and outdrive. I am worried about the water cheeping in the gear as I don't want to wear out the gears or destroy a bearing.
Also after the motor has been run and has pressure in the gear case. I do not have any oil leaks anywhere. I guess I could assume the case holds pressure at this point but i have not vacuum tested it.
Awesome thank you guys for the input. I did replace both seals behind the ball gear as well as the two seals on the lower pinion shaft. I will inspect them both again when install the new impeller kit. Could the impeller be producing enough pressure to force water thru the lower pinion seal? I...
I have a 1984 Mark Twain with a OMC 2.5 liter motor. The out drive is a 400/800 stringer. When i went to change the oil in the upper gear case it had pressure in the case. I first unscrewed the top plug/dipstick and oil came out with pressure behind it. I then pulled the bottom plug and a small...
Thank you guys for all the help. Motor seems clean and from the piston inspection port all looks good. Going to keep working on it as I'm sure I will have many more questions. I am looking for the front lower cowling for this motor also where would I find something like that?
Thank you the info will be digging into this one deeper. when i open up the case halves anything i should pay particular attention. Clearly looking for excessive wear and bad seals but is there anything else i should look into?
Good morning, I just purchased a 1955 Johnson RD-17 and have a couple questions.
It is a Rd-17 no letters after the 17.
Motor starts and runs but I still replaced the coils and wires to be safe. I did notice some free play in the crank up and down. IS this normal or something I should be...
