This is not what I wanted to see! Am I screwed?-gctid347605

[Guest]

Pulled the lower unit today to replace the impellor. There is major corosion between the water intake port and the exhaust port. If I were to put the new pump back in with just the gasket there would be a quarter inch gap between the gasket and the housing. Is there anything that can be done to salvage this or am I now looking at replacing the lower unit or LU housing?

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[boatworkfl]

jmcnair101 wrote:
Pulled the lower unit today to replace the impellor. There is major corosion between the water intake port and the exhaust port. If I were to put the new pump back in with just the gasket there would be a quarter inch gap between the gasket and the housing. Is there anything that can be done to salvage this or am I now looking at replacing the lower unit or LU housing?

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The housing is dead, try some boat salvage yards or ebay.

[Guest]

I have res-erected quite a few of the that looked worse than that !A bead blaster and jb weld and a paint job it can be fixed .The pits is a normal thing for mercruiser in salt water and zinks not been serviced properly .The question was am i screwed ,well your mechanical skill will determine that . If i could find my pics of a few i did i would post them.

[Guest]

I have also seen and heard of housings being repaired rather then replaced. either jb or welding up the the damage and grinding/re-shaping. not always worth the repair if lots of hours or any doubts or other issues with the drive, sometimes better to start over IMO.

good luck

[itsabowtime2]

Wow. If it was me I would replace. But trying to repair woud not hurt. Worst case is you can't repair it. I have a A1 lower unit that needs a prop shaft seal that I plan on doing someday just to say I have.

[Guest]

I have heard & read good things about the SEI drives: http://www.sterndrive.cc/

[Guest]

I took it to a couple different welders and they said no way.

900 bucks later, I've got a new SEI lower on the way to the house. I guess I will see if I can part out the one I have or just keep the gears for parts.

BTW,

SEI sells a lower case but it is $100 more than their complete lower. When I asked them why they said they didn't want to be in the case selling business. I guess that is one way to handle it....

Jason

[boatworkfl]

jmcnair101 wrote:
I took it to a couple different welders and they said no way.

900 bucks later, I've got a new SEI lower on the way to the house. I guess I will see if I can part out the one I have or just keep the gears for parts.

BTW,

SEI sells a lower case but it is $100 more than their complete lower. When I asked them why they said they didn't want to be in the case selling business. I guess that is one way to handle it....

Jason

When welding alum that is salt water exposed it pops and crackles.