I finally got the stuck bolt out of my 1976 Johnson 35's water pump
housing, replaced the impeller and started trying to put the lower unit
back in its place. The new snag is the copper water tube that has to go
into the grommet on top of the water pump housing. The copper tube
won't stay in one place long enough for me to persuade the drive shaft
into the power head, the shift linkage into the connector and the pipe
into the grommet. Is there a secret to getting everything into place in
one operation? I can't see up into the housing far enough to align the
tube visually, and I haven't figured out a way to hold the tube in a
fixed location long enough to mate the pieces.

Thanks in advance...