75 cuddy I/O taking water..HELP?

[macojoe]

the only place i could find anything was right at the bottom of where the gimbal housing goes through the hull just a small but constant drip

I had a 1/8 inch hole in my hull, when the boat is in the water the weight of the boat pushed water in like a fountain!! Could not believe the amount that came in in such a short time!
Also check around the rub rail, mine use to allow all kinds of water in there as the caulking was all gone!

you want to stop that water as you do not have a self baling deck, all water goes to the bilge, and needs to get pumped out, all that splashing salt water will kill the starter and rot out the oil pan fast!! ask me how I know.
also when changing the starter you will find it to be a *****! one thing that helped me was to put a mirror under the motor, now the bolts could be seen in the mirror on the floor!!