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The water tube from the lower unit pickup has to be air tight. Even with a new impeller it won’t draw water up to the pump. I had to make new rubber tube seals before I got mine to pump. The original design wasn’t tight enough to seal unless it was new, the original wouldn’t work. I had it apart several times before I figured it out. Ran the motor afterward with excellent results. As you stated you don’t need the bailer pump impeller, I sealed up the water passages in the bailer pump housing. It was trial and error but I didn’t give up on it. Left it numerous times but finally succeeded.