Reply To: 1953 Sea King 3hp

[Dave]

Hey BobW,

When you were restoring your ’57 Sea King 3hp, did you have a need to disassemble the lower unit into its 2 parts? The reason I ask is that I was considering doing that to get to the drive shaft seal that is in the bottom of the upper piece of this 2 piece lower unit. I’m not sure if it needs replacing but if I can it is a relatively cheap seal. I know there is a single screw towards the front off the lower piece that holds the two together, but I don’t know if these pieces really do come apart.

'57 Johnson QD18 10hp
'53 Sea King 3hp