On May 4, 7:09=A0am, "Jim" <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> The best way to check for leaks is to drain the oil and pressurize the
dri=
ve
> and listen for leaks or use a soapy solution to spray the suspect areas
an=
d
> look for air bubbles.
I can't really do that because the oil is coming out the weephole.
I'll have to separate the gear gase cuz the leak is inside it
somewhere.
> cases and check the ****ft shaft seal, water pump base seals, and upper
> gearcase drive shaft seals. The oil passage must be blocked to
pressurize
> the gearcase halves. Every time you separate the gearcases you should
> replace the tiny seal between them. Coat the seal with bellow adhesive
for=
> good measure.
I'll check these things today, but I think I might know what the issue
is... the pump base for the "early units" and "alpha one" drives are
slightly different. Very slightly. We noticed when installing the
pump base that it didn't go on quite right and we ended up drilling a
hole in the base to for one of the metal dowels (or whatever you call
them when they're not wood). The hole we drilled was the same size as
in the original base, same depth, and everything else about the base
looked exactly the same.
But that would indicate that we bought a pump housing kit that
included an "early unit" base.
So I'm when we take it apart, I'm going to put the original water pump
base back on, double check the quality of the oil seal in it (should
be fine since it wasn't leaking before), and check the ****ft shaft oil
seal and upper drive shaft o ring.
> You will need to purchase a Stant cooling system tester and a gearcase
> filler pump that fits the quart size gear lube bottles.
picked one up yesterday but wanted to use up the gear lube in the
squeeze tubes first.
Rick
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