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Unread 08-06-2012, 08:28 AM
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I had a older 225 at one point, and when the water pump went the same thing happened to me! After trying everything and hanging the motor upside down for a few days still nothing?? BS the founding member here came over and tried all his tricks and still nothing, sold the motor to another guy and that was the last I ever saw it, Thank God!! But till that it was a great motor.
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Also, does anyone know what the philips head screw right beside the water inlet is and if it has to be removed? I am not referring to the fill and drain plugs, but this one is right beside one of the inlet holes and it's only on one side. Thanks
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The Phillips holds the strainer in. No need to remove it.
There's always water leaking between the foot and midsection, it's not sealed. Just file off any burrs you created.
Also forgot to mention (if need be) with the tension of the wedges in place, you can whack the crank with a brass hammer. Careful to not damage the nut and flywheel. This jarring and already downward force might free it.
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Pinion bearing retaining screw, but it is not a phillips. Manual says the V-6 doesn't use the pinion bearing retaining screw. So What Tsubaki said..
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this is why you change a water pump every year. had one on an older mako do the same thing,
like tsubaki said, keep tapping the wedges a little every day, went out one morning and it was laying in the driveway.
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Unread 08-07-2012, 07:09 AM
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That is what I will do and pray that I too will walk out one morning and it be laying on the ground! Thank you all for the information
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Okay, I might be talking out the wrong orifice here but this is more ancient history than modern science.

The key is to use wooden wedges and wait.

Why?

Wood will expand and contract relentlessly with changes in humidity. The Romans, Greeks, and even us Polacks (I think) used this method to quarry rock. Goggle it if you don't believe me.

One thing, a wide metal thingy, like a putty knife blade between the wood and the lower unit case will spread the load and keep the wood from just compressing.

Wood, moisture, wet, dry, rinse repeat.
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