Hey Guys

Thanks! again!

The small O ring appears to be round, but, I haven't opened up the package yet?, makes sense it goes on the shaft "first" will give it a shot and see what happens and let you guys know, be nice to actually INPUT some information for a change! ha ha!

Great tip about dish soap!, it works well as a lubricant and its cheap, not only does it break down in water, but, in the HIGHLY LIKELY scenerio that I spill 1/2 quart of it all over myself it wont ruin my clothes and its easy to clean up, pretty much a "win/win"!

Is there an actual torque rating for the bolts?, I do have 3/8 and 1/4 torque wrenches I can use to torque it, most of the stuff I do I use the "JBS" torque scale [Just Before Snappin'!!]

Thanks again, guys!

Michael

The best tourge is to STOP befor your JBS !!!!

Just hand thight and then a little more !!

You don't need to worry about orienting the impeller vanes in relation to the pump rotation. The housing is ovate which allows the pump to pump. There is a high pressure side (more constricted) and a low pressure side (less constricted). Water is sucked into the low pressure side and hurled out of the high pressure side. As the impeller spins it's first few revolutions, all of the vanes will orient themselves in the correct direction (or maybe deflection is a better word). So, just lube it up and stuff it in there!!!

Thirdbird, Are you SURE?, man, that would make the install A LOT easier, but, really dont want to not orient the impeller blades and end up smoking [another] impeller, I looked at the housing [its just a plastic piece with 2 inlets that both look identical] and it appears to be round? maybe we are thinking of 2 different seawater pumps/housings?

Let me know, Thanks!
Michael

Like i said before ,,they will straighten themselves out !!!

I was out at my shop today and thought about your pump.I had one in pieces on the shelf so I got it down.It was the 2 piece body style so I put it together with the impeller vanes in the wrong direction.I left the end off so I could watch the impeller.Lubricated it with oil and then turned it over by hand and it went right into the correct direction in one revolution.What ThirdBird was talking about being oval is where the impeller runs inside the pump body.As the vanes pass the larger end of the oval they flip right in place.However it's no big deal to assemble them in the correct direction.Also looked on the bearing housing part of the pump and it has a grove in it for that small o-ring or quad-ring going around the shaft.Leave the bracket on the pump when you take it off the engine so you don't accidently put it back on upside down and hook the hoses up wrong.

West Marine has the impellers, $30 bucks, page 432 of the 2009 Catalog or search West Marine on line. Use dish soap to lube it up when you install the impeller in the housing, slides right in and saves it untill the water gets there on first start up. Do it once a year and boat with no worries.

[QUOTE=n20michael;2874898]Thirdbird, Are you SURE?, /QUOTE]


Yup!