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Trying to replace gasket between powerhead and shaft housing
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<blockquote data-quote="JMichael" data-source="post: 407497" data-attributes="member: 7544"><p>Well I got it off with a little help from one of those flat pry bars. Slipped the 90° end under teh bottom head bolt and a little pressure with that and it started to move. Picked it up with my hands from there and the gasket separated in the middle like it was glued on both sides. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Water was flooding all through the lower cowl and coming out every little hole on the shaft housing. Started out I was only getting water out the telltale intermittently. Figured it was probably impeller. Pulled it apart to install a new impeller and found it looked good. Further inspection found the tip of an impeller blade stuck in the pump housing where the tube connects. Removed that and even though the piece did not come from the current impeller, I went ahead and installed the new one. Fired it up and water was still running everywhere and would only come out of the telltale when I rev it up. Blowing air back through the telltale hole and I could hear the air coming from under the powerhead. Figured the problem with the water not coming out the telltale was lack of pressure/volume to overcome the leaks. This motor has been leaking inside the lower cowl since I got it. At the end of last summer it started having the problem with the telltale. This is the first impeller I've replaced in this motor. The broken piece had to have come from an impeller that was changed before I got the motor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMichael, post: 407497, member: 7544"] Well I got it off with a little help from one of those flat pry bars. Slipped the 90° end under teh bottom head bolt and a little pressure with that and it started to move. Picked it up with my hands from there and the gasket separated in the middle like it was glued on both sides. Water was flooding all through the lower cowl and coming out every little hole on the shaft housing. Started out I was only getting water out the telltale intermittently. Figured it was probably impeller. Pulled it apart to install a new impeller and found it looked good. Further inspection found the tip of an impeller blade stuck in the pump housing where the tube connects. Removed that and even though the piece did not come from the current impeller, I went ahead and installed the new one. Fired it up and water was still running everywhere and would only come out of the telltale when I rev it up. Blowing air back through the telltale hole and I could hear the air coming from under the powerhead. Figured the problem with the water not coming out the telltale was lack of pressure/volume to overcome the leaks. This motor has been leaking inside the lower cowl since I got it. At the end of last summer it started having the problem with the telltale. This is the first impeller I've replaced in this motor. The broken piece had to have come from an impeller that was changed before I got the motor. [/QUOTE]
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