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..." it does pump well out of the tell tail on muffs "
It'll do that with a bad impeller.
Jeff
If it's pumping fine on its own, you're golden.
Jeff
if my memory serves me right you are still missing one bolt on the lower unit, there should six (6) that hold the LU on