As someone pointed out to me in another thread, I haven't put
any update on this problem here. So....

First, THANKS to all of you for suggestions, I really appreciate it.

Yesterday we found out what the problem was and fixed it. It
turns out that the gears in the pump can go in there two different
ways. One of the grears is driven by the shaft (call this gear A)
and the other (Gear B) is just driven off of Gear A.

The drive gear (A) can either be either above or below the
other (B) gear. When it's on top it pumps one way (the
way we need it to) and when on the bottom it pumps in
the other direction.

I believe the reason for this is....on twin engine boats they
use two of the same engine, but one engine rotates in the
opposite direction. With the pump set-up this way, they
can use the same pump on either engine...just flip the
gears around.

Why we made the mistake: With the way our pump
NEEDS to be, the writing that is cast into the part is
upside-down. But when we put the pump back together
we, quite naturally, figured that the writing should be
right-side-up. Not so.

If that doesn't make sense or anyone wants a picture
describing all this...send me an email and I'll mail you
an MS-Word document that has pictures (and circiles
and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one,
kid.)

Again, THANKS,
Gary


"Gary Warner" wrote in message
...

As many of you know, we've been working for the last 2+ years
on Delilah, our 1958 22' Chris-Craft. She still hasn't seen the water
but on Saturday we started the engine for the first time. That was
a big milestone after having had the engine out, putting in some
new valves, having the carb, water pump, head, and "everything else"
all apart. She started right up and purred beautifully.

The only problem was the water pump seems to be trying to pump
in the wrong direction. It's a gear pump that drives right off the
engine (no belt). I'm guessing that the two gears in there were just
put in backwards. This should be very easy to fix.

Last week we also ordered our axels and such, so in a few weeks we
can start making a trailer. We though we'd have her in this year...but
now it really looks like NEXT year we can finally have some fun on the
water.

Thanks for all the help I've received here!!
Gary