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Ran into a potential snag this evening.
I removed the impeller, and while doing so discovered the cooling water passage isn't going to be as easy to seal/contain from above as I thought. It really needs the bottom of the ICE to be sitting on it (or some facsimile!).
On top of that, looking over the manual, there's also a small chance that the seal I made in the water inlet of the gearcase (under the hull) doesn't make the gearcase 100% watertight! Water may also be able to find its way in through the cap on the end that holds the prop shaft/guts in place.
We'll know for sure tomorrow morning when the boat goes in.
Worst case scenario is I will have a slow leak, and will have to lift the stern of the boat up with the stationary crane to sort it out (to get the relevant bits above the water line. I had to do that once to change the impeller.)
Some good news though: with the impeller housing removed, the input shaft pops right out. That means I can make the coupler on the workbench, instead of having to monkey around in the engine compartment to figure it out.
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