[omc-boats] Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #249

The motor is a 210 HP V8 with 307 ci with the original flat top mallory
distributor and the standard points setup. I prefer the older "less reliable
points" as I can fix those off shore if something happens. I carry a spare
set of points and a feeler gauge and can do it out on the water (at least I
hope I can having never done it in an emergency). I dont know about the
electronic ignition and I want to keep it simple. I am willing to sacrifice
whatever horsepower and or mileage you are supposed to get. I dont run
races or at full speed often. As for oil in the gas (the proverbial molasses
oil) - I had a water leak into the oil and took the engine out last winter
and removed the intake and heads and decarboned them and left the
crankshaft, pistons and oil pan alone. I really could find no damage due to
the water but I wouldnt advise running it long like that. I spent a lot of
time looking for cracks in the heads and what part of the cylinders I could
see with turning the crank to lower each piston. I couldnt find the source
of the leak and assumed it was in the intake to block gasket and reassembled
it and had no leak. You should run a compression check and mine were a
little off but I was having some valve maladjustment at that time so I was
all confused about the compression readings. It is a simple fix to do the
intake gasket with the motor in and forget the removing of the heads etc. I
would run a compression check and pull the intake and get a magnifying
glass and snoop aroung the channels maybe youll get lucky and find the
problem - look closely at the head gaskets for signs of a blown head gasket
which can lead to water in the oil - reassemble and change the oil after a
short run. These motors are pretty bullet proof if taken reasonable care of.
Good luck. TK PS - I put a fresh coat of paint on the stern drive today and
hope to put it on this week and will be ready to go - with fingers crossed
of course!
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From: "omc-boats-digest" <owner-omc-boats-digest@...>
To: <omc-boats-digest@...>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:00 PM
Subject: omc-boats-digest V1 #249

>
> omc-boats-digest Sunday, March 13 2005 Volume 01 : Number
> 249
>
>
>
> [omc-boats] Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #248
> Re: [omc-boats] Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #248
> Re: [omc-boats] Re: Water in the engine oil
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:51:07 -0500
> From: "Thomas Klauber" <tklauber@...>
> Subject: [omc-boats] Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #248
>
> Lee, Thanks for your reply-I did it with the motor in but you have to pull
> the stern drive off. The year is 1969 and it is a 210 V8 Rogue. You are
> right about the change in design in the early 70's. The whole intermediate
> shaft with ball gear and bearings lifts out fairly easy if not frozen in
> the
> housing. The bearings are not the tapered later type. They are a large
> ball
> bearing and a larger roller bearing with the roller bearing having the
> inner pressed on race. The ball gears are like new as they were replaced
> about 4 years ago by a mechanic and I haven't done much boating (
> read -spending all his time fixing an old boat ) since. The splines were
> in
> good shape and there is a small "o" ring on the splines to prevent the
> water
> rust scenario.It is all coming together now and we should be more active.
> It
> is not leaking when I checked yesterday. I am dewinterizing this weekend
> and
> should be ready soon. The weather is turning nice so it won't be long. I
> also bought a new set of ball gears from Sea Way and the intermediate ball
> gear is attached to the shaft and comes as an assembly. I will have them
> ready down the road when needed. Have a good weekend. TK
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "omc-boats-digest" <owner-omc-boats-digest@...>
> To: <omc-boats-digest@...>
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 12:00 PM
> Subject: omc-boats-digest V1 #248
>
>
>>
>> omc-boats-digest Saturday, March 12 2005 Volume 01 : Number
>> 248
>>
>>
>>
>> [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>> Re: [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:57:22 -0500
>> From: "Thomas Klauber" <tklauber@...>
>> Subject: [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>
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>> I finally did it. I could not stand the small oil drip at the ball gear =
>> at the intermediate housing so I replaced the seal in the bearing =
>> retainer. You pull the ball gear and shaft from the intermediate housing
>> =
>> and there is a small clip which you remove which allows you to remove 2 =
>> bearings from the shaft. You have a bearing inner race pressed on the =
>> shaft that you have to remove prior to removing the bearing retainer. I =
>> have a press and a press tool to remove the race which I did and it came
>> =
>> off easily. I slipped the bearing retainer off and replaced the seal. I =
>> think the leak was from the seal. The rubber part of the seal looked =
>> warped like it had been soaked in solvent and I speculate that the =
>> previous mechanic that installed the replacement ball gear soaked the =
>> parts in solvent prior to reassembly and didn't notice the bad seal - =
>> anyway the seal presses out easily and the new one went in nicely. Put =
>> the retainer back on the shaft and install the outer bearing race then =
>> the 2 bearings and clip and you are done. Time will tell if I am =
>> correct. Just thought I would pass this on. TK
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>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I finally did it. I could not stand the
>> =
>> small oil=20
>> drip at the ball gear at the intermediate housing so I replaced the seal
>> =
>> in the=20
>> bearing retainer. You pull the ball gear and shaft from the intermediate
>> =
>> housing=20
>> and there is a small clip which you remove which allows you to remove 2 =
>> bearings=20
>> from the shaft. You have a bearing inner race pressed on the shaft that =
>> you have=20
>> to remove prior to removing the bearing retainer. I have a press and a =
>> press=20
>> tool to remove the race which I did and it came off easily. I slipped =
>> the=20
>> bearing retainer off and replaced the seal. I think the leak was from =
>> the seal.=20
>> The rubber part of the seal looked warped like it had been soaked in =
>> solvent and=20
>> I speculate that the previous mechanic that installed the replacement =
>> ball gear=20
>> soaked the parts in solvent prior to reassembly and didn't notice the =
>> bad seal -=20
>> anyway the seal presses out easily and the new one went in nicely. Put =
>> the=20
>> retainer back on the shaft and install the outer bearing race then the 2
>> =
>>
>> bearings and clip and you are done. Time will tell if I am correct. Just
>> =
>> thought=20
>> I would pass this on. TK</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>
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>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:47:31 -0700
>> From: <lib1@...>
>> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>
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>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Great job, Tom! What year was this intermediate housing? I think in the
>> =
>> early seventies OMC changed the shaft bearing over to a tapered roller =
>> bearing design. I've heard one major weakness is moisture getting inside
>> =
>> the housing and rust causing the shaft splines to weaken. When that =
>> happens you get "instant neutral." That when you hope there's a friendly
>> =
>> boater nearby to tow you back in. So did you bite the bullet and do an =
>> engine pull or were you able to do it with everything in place? (So =
>> how's dumb I am!)
>>
>> How's the wear on the ball gears looking?=20
>>
>> Lee
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Thomas Klauber=20
>> To: omc-boats@...=20
>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:57 PM
>> Subject: [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>
>>
>> I finally did it. I could not stand the small oil drip at the ball =
>> gear at the intermediate housing so I replaced the seal in the bearing =
>> retainer. You pull the ball gear and shaft from the intermediate housing
>> =
>> and there is a small clip which you remove which allows you to remove 2 =
>> bearings from the shaft. You have a bearing inner race pressed on the =
>> shaft that you have to remove prior to removing the bearing retainer. I =
>> have a press and a press tool to remove the race which I did and it came
>> =
>> off easily. I slipped the bearing retainer off and replaced the seal. I =
>> think the leak was from the seal. The rubber part of the seal looked =
>> warped like it had been soaked in solvent and I speculate that the =
>> previous mechanic that installed the replacement ball gear soaked the =
>> parts in solvent prior to reassembly and didn't notice the bad seal - =
>> anyway the seal presses out easily and the new one went in nicely. Put =
>> the retainer back on the shaft and install the outer bearing race then =
>> the 2 bearings and clip and you are done. Time will tell if I am =
>> correct. Just thought I would pass this on. TK
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>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Great job, Tom! &nbsp;What year was =
>> this=20
>> intermediate housing? I think in the early seventies OMC changed the =
>> shaft=20
>> bearing over to a tapered roller bearing design. I've heard one major =
>> weakness=20
>> is moisture getting inside the housing and rust causing the shaft =
>> splines to=20
>> weaken. When that happens you get "instant neutral." That when you hope =
>> there's=20
>> a friendly boater nearby to tow you back in. So did you bite the bullet =
>> and do=20
>> an engine pull or were you able to do it with everything in place?&nbsp;
>> =
>> (So=20
>> how's dumb I am!)</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>How's the wear on the ball gears =
>> looking?=20
>> </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lee</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
>> style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
>> BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
>> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
>> <DIV=20
>> style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
>> black"><B>From:</B>=20
>> <A title=3Dtklauber@... =
>> href=3D"mailto:tklauber@...">Thomas=20
>> Klauber</A> </DIV>
>> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
>> title=3Domc-boats@...=20
>> href=3D"mailto:omc-boats@...">omc-boats@...</A> =
>> </DIV>
>> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 11, 2005 =
>> 8:57=20
>> PM</DIV>
>> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [omc-boats] ball gear =
>> int.=20
>> housing</DIV>
>> <DIV><BR></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I finally did it. I could not stand =
>> the small oil=20
>> drip at the ball gear at the intermediate housing so I replaced the =
>> seal in=20
>> the bearing retainer. You pull the ball gear and shaft from the =
>> intermediate=20
>> housing and there is a small clip which you remove which allows you to =
>> remove=20
>> 2 bearings from the shaft. You have a bearing inner race pressed on =
>> the shaft=20
>> that you have to remove prior to removing the bearing retainer. I have =
>> a press=20
>> and a press tool to remove the race which I did and it came off =
>> easily. I=20
>> slipped the bearing retainer off and replaced the seal. I think the =
>> leak was=20
>> from the seal. The rubber part of the seal looked warped like it had =
>> been=20
>> soaked in solvent and I speculate that the previous mechanic that =
>> installed=20
>> the replacement ball gear soaked the parts in solvent prior to =
>> reassembly and=20
>> didn't notice the bad seal - anyway the seal presses out easily and =
>> the new=20
>> one went in nicely. Put the retainer back on the shaft and install the =
>> outer=20
>> bearing race then the 2 bearings and clip and you are done. Time will =
>> tell if=20
>> I am correct. Just thought I would pass this on.=20
>> TK</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
>>
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>>
>> End of omc-boats-digest V1 #248
>> *******************************
>>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:28:13 -0700
> From: <lib1@...>
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #248
>
> That's cool that it was free enough to be extracted from the stern side
> after taking off the drive unit.
> I've head they some times won't dudge, which then means a motor pull to
> drive it out from the input side.
> So your 210 must be a Chevy 307? Does yours have the Mallory flatop
> distributor or the GM-style?
> Sounds like you'll be all set and ready to go. Never a bad idea to have an
> extra set of ball gears sitting around.
>
> Lee
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Klauber" <tklauber@...>
> To: <omc-boats-digest@...>
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:51 AM
> Subject: [omc-boats] Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #248
>
>
>> Lee, Thanks for your reply-I did it with the motor in but you have to
>> pull
>> the stern drive off. The year is 1969 and it is a 210 V8 Rogue. You are
>> right about the change in design in the early 70's. The whole
>> intermediate
>> shaft with ball gear and bearings lifts out fairly easy if not frozen in
>> the housing. The bearings are not the tapered later type. They are a
>> large
>> ball bearing and a larger roller bearing with the roller bearing having
>> the inner pressed on race. The ball gears are like new as they were
>> replaced about 4 years ago by a mechanic and I haven't done much boating
>> ( read -spending all his time fixing an old boat ) since. The splines
>> were
>> in good shape and there is a small "o" ring on the splines to prevent the
>> water rust scenario.It is all coming together now and we should be more
>> active. It is not leaking when I checked yesterday. I am dewinterizing
>> this weekend and should be ready soon. The weather is turning nice so it
>> won't be long. I also bought a new set of ball gears from Sea Way and the
>> intermediate ball gear is attached to the shaft and comes as an assembly.
>> I will have them ready down the road when needed. Have a good weekend. TK
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "omc-boats-digest" <owner-omc-boats-digest@...>
>> To: <omc-boats-digest@...>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 12:00 PM
>> Subject: omc-boats-digest V1 #248
>>
>>
>>>
>>> omc-boats-digest Saturday, March 12 2005 Volume 01 : Number
>>> 248
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>> Re: [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:57:22 -0500
>>> From: "Thomas Klauber" <tklauber@...>
>>> Subject: [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>>
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>>> I finally did it. I could not stand the small oil drip at the ball gear
>>> =
>>> at the intermediate housing so I replaced the seal in the bearing =
>>> retainer. You pull the ball gear and shaft from the intermediate housing
>>> =
>>> and there is a small clip which you remove which allows you to remove 2
>>> =
>>> bearings from the shaft. You have a bearing inner race pressed on the =
>>> shaft that you have to remove prior to removing the bearing retainer. I
>>> =
>>> have a press and a press tool to remove the race which I did and it came
>>> =
>>> off easily. I slipped the bearing retainer off and replaced the seal. I
>>> =
>>> think the leak was from the seal. The rubber part of the seal looked =
>>> warped like it had been soaked in solvent and I speculate that the =
>>> previous mechanic that installed the replacement ball gear soaked the =
>>> parts in solvent prior to reassembly and didn't notice the bad seal - =
>>> anyway the seal presses out easily and the new one went in nicely. Put =
>>> the retainer back on the shaft and install the outer bearing race then =
>>> the 2 bearings and clip and you are done. Time will tell if I am =
>>> correct. Just thought I would pass this on. TK
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>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I finally did it. I could not stand the
>>> =
>>> small oil=20
>>> drip at the ball gear at the intermediate housing so I replaced the seal
>>> =
>>> in the=20
>>> bearing retainer. You pull the ball gear and shaft from the intermediate
>>> =
>>> housing=20
>>> and there is a small clip which you remove which allows you to remove 2
>>> =
>>> bearings=20
>>> from the shaft. You have a bearing inner race pressed on the shaft that
>>> =
>>> you have=20
>>> to remove prior to removing the bearing retainer. I have a press and a =
>>> press=20
>>> tool to remove the race which I did and it came off easily. I slipped =
>>> the=20
>>> bearing retainer off and replaced the seal. I think the leak was from =
>>> the seal.=20
>>> The rubber part of the seal looked warped like it had been soaked in =
>>> solvent and=20
>>> I speculate that the previous mechanic that installed the replacement =
>>> ball gear=20
>>> soaked the parts in solvent prior to reassembly and didn't notice the =
>>> bad seal -=20
>>> anyway the seal presses out easily and the new one went in nicely. Put =
>>> the=20
>>> retainer back on the shaft and install the outer bearing race then the 2
>>> =
>>>
>>> bearings and clip and you are done. Time will tell if I am correct. Just
>>> =
>>> thought=20
>>> I would pass this on. TK</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>>
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>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:47:31 -0700
>>> From: <lib1@...>
>>> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>>
>>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>>>
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>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> Great job, Tom! What year was this intermediate housing? I think in the
>>> =
>>> early seventies OMC changed the shaft bearing over to a tapered roller =
>>> bearing design. I've heard one major weakness is moisture getting inside
>>> =
>>> the housing and rust causing the shaft splines to weaken. When that =
>>> happens you get "instant neutral." That when you hope there's a friendly
>>> =
>>> boater nearby to tow you back in. So did you bite the bullet and do an =
>>> engine pull or were you able to do it with everything in place? (So =
>>> how's dumb I am!)
>>>
>>> How's the wear on the ball gears looking?=20
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: Thomas Klauber=20
>>> To: omc-boats@...=20
>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:57 PM
>>> Subject: [omc-boats] ball gear int. housing
>>>
>>>
>>> I finally did it. I could not stand the small oil drip at the ball =
>>> gear at the intermediate housing so I replaced the seal in the bearing =
>>> retainer. You pull the ball gear and shaft from the intermediate housing
>>> =
>>> and there is a small clip which you remove which allows you to remove 2
>>> =
>>> bearings from the shaft. You have a bearing inner race pressed on the =
>>> shaft that you have to remove prior to removing the bearing retainer. I
>>> =
>>> have a press and a press tool to remove the race which I did and it came
>>> =
>>> off easily. I slipped the bearing retainer off and replaced the seal. I
>>> =
>>> think the leak was from the seal. The rubber part of the seal looked =
>>> warped like it had been soaked in solvent and I speculate that the =
>>> previous mechanic that installed the replacement ball gear soaked the =
>>> parts in solvent prior to reassembly and didn't notice the bad seal - =
>>> anyway the seal presses out easily and the new one went in nicely. Put =
>>> the retainer back on the shaft and install the outer bearing race then =
>>> the 2 bearings and clip and you are done. Time will tell if I am =
>>> correct. Just thought I would pass this on. TK
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>>> Content-Type: text/html;
>>> charset="Windows-1252"
>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>>
>>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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>>> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
>>> charset=3Dwindows-1252">
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>>> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Great job, Tom! &nbsp;What year was =
>>> this=20
>>> intermediate housing? I think in the early seventies OMC changed the =
>>> shaft=20
>>> bearing over to a tapered roller bearing design. I've heard one major =
>>> weakness=20
>>> is moisture getting inside the housing and rust causing the shaft =
>>> splines to=20
>>> weaken. When that happens you get "instant neutral." That when you hope
>>> =
>>> there's=20
>>> a friendly boater nearby to tow you back in. So did you bite the bullet
>>> =
>>> and do=20
>>> an engine pull or were you able to do it with everything in place?&nbsp;
>>> =
>>> (So=20
>>> how's dumb I am!)</FONT></DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>How's the wear on the ball gears =
>>> looking?=20
>>> </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lee</FONT></DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
>>> style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
>>> BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
>>> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
>>> <DIV=20
>>> style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
>>> black"><B>From:</B>=20
>>> <A title=3Dtklauber@... =
>>> href=3D"mailto:tklauber@...">Thomas=20
>>> Klauber</A> </DIV>
>>> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
>>> title=3Domc-boats@...=20
>>> href=3D"mailto:omc-boats@...">omc-boats@...</A> =
>>> </DIV>
>>> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 11, 2005 =
>>> 8:57=20
>>> PM</DIV>
>>> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [omc-boats] ball gear =
>>> int.=20
>>> housing</DIV>
>>> <DIV><BR></DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I finally did it. I could not stand =
>>> the small oil=20
>>> drip at the ball gear at the intermediate housing so I replaced the =
>>> seal in=20
>>> the bearing retainer. You pull the ball gear and shaft from the =
>>> intermediate=20
>>> housing and there is a small clip which you remove which allows you to
>>> =
>>> remove=20
>>> 2 bearings from the shaft. You have a bearing inner race pressed on =
>>> the shaft=20
>>> that you have to remove prior to removing the bearing retainer. I have
>>> =
>>> a press=20
>>> and a press tool to remove the race which I did and it came off =
>>> easily. I=20
>>> slipped the bearing retainer off and replaced the seal. I think the =
>>> leak was=20
>>> from the seal. The rubber part of the seal looked warped like it had =
>>> been=20
>>> soaked in solvent and I speculate that the previous mechanic that =
>>> installed=20
>>> the replacement ball gear soaked the parts in solvent prior to =
>>> reassembly and=20
>>> didn't notice the bad seal - anyway the seal presses out easily and =
>>> the new=20
>>> one went in nicely. Put the retainer back on the shaft and install the
>>> =
>>> outer=20
>>> bearing race then the 2 bearings and clip and you are done. Time will =
>>> tell if=20
>>> I am correct. Just thought I would pass this on.=20
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> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:37:21 EST
> From: LeeHazen@...
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Re: Water in the engine oil
>
> I have mentioined this previously I think - I have a l971 Johnson Surfer
> 19'
> runabout with the 307 Chevy 210 hp engine.
>
> The oil had water mixed with it and when I drained it, the oil was the
> consistancy
> of molassas.
>
>I suspect a bad intake manifold gasket as there is an Edelbrock intake
> manifold on the engine rather than the chevy version.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem before ? The freeze plugs all look fine
> and overall, the boat is in above average condition for its' age. The
> boat
> started up fine and idled smoothly right after I bought it 2 years ago.
>
> I've just finished up putting a composite deck board floor in my 20'
> pontoon
> boat and once it is back in service, I plan to start on the Surfer.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated..
>
> Lee Hazen, Hendersonville, TN Old Hickory Lake
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Received on Sunday, 13 March 2005