Help in Chicago Area!!
 

HELP!
I'm in a jam and I need to go boating this weekend.
One of my mercruiser sea pumps is trashed in the bearing area. I purchased a complete, new sea pump on ebay last winter, but I went to install it and it doesn’t fit. The OD of the housing (where it slides into the bracket) is .200" larger. I guess the old pump was superseded with this larger OD pump. (saved a machining step?) Apparently, I need to buy a new bracket to make this work. Unfortunately, today is Friday, and overnight delivery isn't gonna help.
So here is my question posed to my Chicago area OSO brothers:
Do anyone have either:
1. An older model sea pump, full assembly or partial. I just need the front, don't Have to have the impeller or body. 2.120" OD mounting area.
2. Later Model mounting bracket with 2.320" mounting ID.
Does anyone have anything that can help me out? If I need to buy some complete assy to get what I need that is fine too. Can you point me towards somebody that might be able to? I really need to get in the water this weekend.
I’m in Chicago’s western suburbs, but I’ll drive just about anywhere.

I am talking about the sea pump (draws in lake/ seawater) not the circulation pump. Not the type with integral fuel pump.

[OSO please don’t move this, I’ll poof this thread on Sunday!!]

Thanks
DS

Get ahold of Grand Sports Center. They should be able to help you out. I'm not sure exactly where they are, but you should be able to do a search and find them. I think it's pretty close to you.

UPS will deliver on Saturday if it is an overnight shipment. But you better hurry. If all else fails. Good luck.

Here is Grand Sports website. Good luck

http://www.grandsportcenter.com/

Grand Sports (815) 941-2220

DS

If the housing is not junk then you can go buy the bearings from a bearing house such as Berry Bearing 1-847-956-1414. Take the bearings out, there should be a number on them that can be crossed to other brands.

Try what Too Old said,OR just take a die grinder and open up the bracket.....
Steve

If you can find a machine shop the can machine your new housing to the correct OD. You will have to take the impeller housing off.

What about taking the guts out of the new pump nose and putting in the old pump nose. The lathe idea sounds good too. I have a lathe we could do it on but not sure how to chuck it up. It is only a 6" chuck.

Rick

Rick, after puling the impeller housing off, grab the impeller end of the shaft in the chuck. Put a bolt through one of the holes in the housing to run against one of the check jaws, that will drive the housing. The pulley end of the shaft should be drilled, use a center in the tailstock to support the pulley end. Take light cuts and you are good to go.

Mbam Nice reply ;Thanks I myself will remember that.:)

Steve;
What happened to the Apache avitar?

I won't be going out this weekend. If you want to borrow the pump & bracket off my engine you can. I'm up in Mequon, Wisconsin so it would be a pretty good drive. Post on this thread, I'll keep an eye on it.

Ah we had to part company..

Ah we had to part company,Tech-no reasons they like like old-no I like new Tech is all.

So, Who is laying up Apaches now?

Marc,
Good idea, that is pretty straight forward to do. Add a live center, light cuts and good to go.

OSO team work in action.
Rick

Done!!
Popped off the impeller and pump body and turned the main body down.
We have a small machine shop at work, with a nice lathe. I didn't think it would be possible to chuck it up properly without complete dissassembly.
With some help from a seasoned machinist here we completed the task.

Hopefully, I'm good to go.

Thanks to everybody for all the help.

DS

Cool Zanie

that bam kid sure knows his stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lucy, thanks for the kid part, I feel a little less kid-like these days.

if you think you got old i saw gone mad and spoke to mirage THEY GOT REAL OLD.

Who said old?

not old, just experience !!

Thanks Lucy.

I have 3-4 milk crates of photos from 1970 or so on, mostly slides. I swear that one day I will start to scan them and create a "back in the day" web site. Damn, just checked, that domain is taken, but I did get backinthedayonline.com

Could be a fun project.

Dan,
Glad to see you got it fixed. Where are you boating this weekend?

Mbam,
I see Harry's old boat "Beast" was sold. It's over in Orland getting engine work. I would love to see the old pictures. Those boats are what got me into thi$.
Dan

That was a beautiful boat, I think that was on e of the first I had seen with real graphics, Harry was an artist.

Can anybody figure out what year this was taken? I kind of have an idea.

Anybody recognize this guy?