Maybe I’m looking at this too simply but – in the “before” picture, the line connecting to the top of the cylinders follows the starboard side of the driveshaft tube all the way up to the powerhead. In your “top line won’t hook up” picture, that line is now routing up along the port side of the driveshaft tube. Maybe you just have the two lines crossed (top line routed incorrectly – should be to the right of the cylinder bottom line)? But if the starboard side line is the incoming water supply line, then water would be going into the top of the cylinders which doesn’t seem right.
Bob
1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp
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