On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:15:12 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

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If water's coming out from where the front of the prop meets the housing, or
from one of the lower pivot points, what could be the possible causes? I
asking so I can spend a couple of nights with the service manual, imagining
horror stories, and deciding whether to even bother with the hose test &
just take the thing to the dealer (an expense I'd prefer to avoid).

It's Bush's fault. :)

I'm having trouble imaging this problem. Is this the same extra spray
we were joking about last summer?

Is the prop loose? That might do it. Is the engine working it's way
off the stern of the boat? Maybe crooked under power tilting either
right or left? Not centered properly? The skeg aligned? Everything
tight and/or properly torqued?

Help a brother out here. :)

I just went and looked at my Johnson 25 which should be the same
engine and I can't see anything that could cause extra spray other
than that I mentioned.

Maybe you changed the tilt rod and that's causing the spray?

Later,

Tom