Reply To: Timing a 6HP Johnson 1989

[Don]

The lower seals are housed in the inner exhaust tube. The powerhead pictured has the inner exhaust tube removed….The inner exhaust housing is bolted to the powerhead and comes out with it when removed from the powerhead is removed from the exhaust housing.
Let us know what happens when you run the engine without the gearcase….. Please check the primer for leakage before removing the gearcase though, only takes a few minutes using the method I described….