Would like to first thank everyone that gives their time and attention to this forum. You gurus have saved this guy a lot of dough over the last couple months as I work on my 'new' 1990 Bayliner Capri I bought this spring. Much appreciated.
Been working the bugs out of this 1990 Force 150 hp outboard. Had water in the lower end after the maiden voyage and some oil leaking out of the prop. Pulled the prop and the top prop shaft seal was all but pushed out. Drilled and pulled second seal and noticed that they were both installed facing opposite directions. I have a lower end kit on order, but haven't got my hands on a repair manual yet to see how these two seals should be seated.
Watched a utube video of a fellow putting prop shaft seals in a lower unit that looked like a Chrysler/Force, but he never mentioned what he was working on--and he seated both in the housing facing the prop. Is this correct? The previous owner had the motor in a local shop just prior to selling it (water pump I think) and I'm hoping that the reason the top seal was pushed out was because they used more than 10psi in testing after putting the lower unit back on. Any ideas as to what else could have caused it?
Looked through the threads to find an answer to my question on the seal direction to no avail, so I decided to register and post a new thread. My apologies if I missed the answers to my question somewhere.
Thanks again.
cv
Been working the bugs out of this 1990 Force 150 hp outboard. Had water in the lower end after the maiden voyage and some oil leaking out of the prop. Pulled the prop and the top prop shaft seal was all but pushed out. Drilled and pulled second seal and noticed that they were both installed facing opposite directions. I have a lower end kit on order, but haven't got my hands on a repair manual yet to see how these two seals should be seated.
Watched a utube video of a fellow putting prop shaft seals in a lower unit that looked like a Chrysler/Force, but he never mentioned what he was working on--and he seated both in the housing facing the prop. Is this correct? The previous owner had the motor in a local shop just prior to selling it (water pump I think) and I'm hoping that the reason the top seal was pushed out was because they used more than 10psi in testing after putting the lower unit back on. Any ideas as to what else could have caused it?
Looked through the threads to find an answer to my question on the seal direction to no avail, so I decided to register and post a new thread. My apologies if I missed the answers to my question somewhere.
Thanks again.
cv