A lot of people responded to your request for help but so far there
isn't much to indicate whether the problem was solved.


Rick,

Yea, we just solved the pump problem yesterday. We visited a VERY nice
boat restorer and he gave us some hints. Here is the same text I posted
into that other thread:


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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