Reply To: Water seems to not be flowing. 1964 28 HP Evinrude Speeditwin 28402M

[Don]

Chris Koure wrote:

Thanks again Bob D,

Your pic is very very helpful.

Talking with the friend that I got this outboard from (short the leg, carburetor, and starter) he said two things (that were said here in various ways)

The pump doesn’t self prime and,

The pump sits at the seam at the very top of the leg.

Looking for and at pics to jog my memory I found this pic of an older 35 HP Johnson and yeah I’m no where near that seam! This doesn’t mean I should skip pulling the exhaust portion of the leg and insert that water tube from the top (I should and will)(thanks Bob) but FIRST I need a bigger bucket. For anyone who is following this here is the pic of that leg that got me to understand.

Yes, first thing to do is get a deeper bucket, make sure the gearcase is buried deep enough.  If it still does not appear to pump water, I would remove the gearcase and have another look.  Perhaps you misaligned the water tube, or maybe the impeller got “burned up” from not having adequate water flow…

Please do NOT pull the powerhead off, we must exhaust all the simple explanations first.  Again, does the engine show any signs of overheating in the past (burned paint/melted wiring)?