So I have replaced the sea water impeller, it was pretty bad.
I will I’ll check the S hose connection. That does make sense though, if that is leaking it could be sucking air and not all the water creating water problems. So thanks for that.
The water neck fitting is aluminum, and is a wear item. It is common that this part needs routine replacement.
i believe someone must have put a penta 280 on here after 67 because that’s what the outdrive cover says on it.
Owners forget to properly tighten the upper locking device, and will eventually lose this cover.
Since all of the 200, 250, 270, 280, 285, 275 and early 290 covers fit, there is no guarantee that the emblem matches the drive.
i figured out that the part that arced out was a inline 40 amp breaker. Replaced that now it turns over again.
i pulled the exhaust manifold apart and the elbow apart and the elbow (I thought it was called a riser) was clogged with those pieces of metal so I removed them and put the exhaust back together. I can’t find any information on these manifolds or where to get gaskets for them so I used gasket maker for the time being. (I will buy some newer ones like pictures above for next season but to finish out this summer I went this route. So hopefully it all works out
Be careful..... gasket maker will blow out, and you will have a breach here.
the last question I had is that there are about 5 petcocks on the bottom of the elbow and engine for winterizing I assume and 2 out of the 5 leak water, can I plug them with a brass fitting of some sort instead or do I need to keep them the petcock style?
The Petcock style drain plugs should NOT be used. They do not offer a means of probing the opening to remove rust scale that may prevent all water from draining.
Instead, use the Marine style drain fittings with a removable stop.
Or like Mark suggests, plain old tapered pipe thread brass plugs.