Reply To: Chrysler 55hp 1967 pumping

[rapier]

A house sale and all that entails stopped work on this. I got grumpy about a lack of progress and pulled the powerhead last weekend and found I’d used the incorrect base gasket in a moment of mental aberration during the rebuild. It wasn’t entirely the cause, but it didn’t help with some of the bypass not exiting the snout, but instead flowing down inside the mid, between the gap in the base plate. Am now in the process of heating and cooling the bolts on the exhaust port cover and plates – a job I hate doing,,but thank Quicksilver for continuing to make 1960s pattern gaskets for the ‘Force’ models. My theory is a long gone owner ‘lost’ a piece of impeller and that’s where it’s lodged, plus collected additional debris over time, so restricting flow.