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Well guys, I’m almost ready to give up on this 1948 Gale 5hp. I got the new rubber pump from Brian Wilcox and it is still running hot. I did the drill test and it didn’t push much water. Slightly more than the old original. When I run the motor it gets hot almost instantly. I don’t see any water spitting out the slit. And the motor sides are burn your hand hot.
The motor runs cool if you put hose water pressure to the bottom hole in the lower unit stem (lower unit removed). We ran the engine a few minutes this way on idle with hose running and the motor sides were warm but not searing hot.
How do I get more water pressure out of this? Are the prop holes supposed to be lined up with the hub holes? Or offset? I have the holes lined up.