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"I am haveing trouble with the

"I am haveing trouble with the water pump, pulled it apart, the impeller looked fine. It will pump for about 15-20 seconds and stops pumping, Anyone? I am at a loss on this one. Thanks"
 
"inst a new one,...but,inst a

"inst a new one,...but,inst a comp new water pump kit,..hsng etc...what yr is it?...also,..this can be a sign,of exhaust pressure getting in cooling passage...make sure u have the grommet where the wtr tube slides into on top of hsng,and it is not folding over....make sure,ur water level is good and high....if not,when u first start,the wtr in barrle is calm,..as u run and exhaust bubbles the too shallow barrell,the turbulence,blows away the wtr from intake.."
 
"It is a 1964,model#RDS-26R, S

"It is a 1964,model#RDS-26R, Sea Horse, I have a plastic 55gal drum with the top cut off and the motor is submerged all the way to the bracket that holds it on the transsom, would the exhaust bubbles still blow it away from the intake,?looks like it has great pressure off the get go."
 
"no,..thats plenty deep....tha

"no,..thats plenty deep....that 64 did have a thermo area in the head?..if so,pull it,ck in there for dibris....have u done a compression ck..u may be getting compression in cooling area...run ok?...try lving thermo cap off for a min or so and see if wtr still stops flowing.if a thermo IS in there,remove it,for testing purposes."
 
"I would hate to ask but kinda

"I would hate to ask but kinda a newbe at this, what is a thermo area, is it the area that holds the thermostat, no I didnt do a compression check will do after work monday. Thank you for all of the help with this!"
 
"yes,...it should have a therm

"yes,...it should have a thermostat..i am just a lil rusty on that model...been quit a few yrs since i had to wk on one of those ...prob over 20..at least..."
 
"Wow, this is the first outboa

"Wow, this is the first outboard I am working on, I have it able to run now,from the info you shot me last week did all the swaping of the 65 to the 64, have a little more to go need to swap the axle and shift linkage to make it a long shaft and have to figure out the water problem. talk to ya monday night and again thank you."
 
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