Re: 1947-48 Elgin 3.5hp, Model 571.58521

[Buccaneer]

I spend half the day putting the lower unit back together on the Elgin.
I thought it was going to be a snap, but the water pump discharge tube
fought me …… and it won. I couldn’t get the long brass floppy tube
fed into the snug hole in the bottom of the pump housing. No rubber bushings
on these things. I got it lined up with a guide rod from the bottom side
and was able to get a 1/4" tap started into the discharge tube, but still
couldn’t get the tube pulled into the hole. I ended up making a whole new
tube out of copper tubing, starting with a straight piece, and was able
to get it in the hole in the pump housing, but it was a pain to then bend a 90
degree turn on the top side, for the pipe to go into the housing that bolts
to the power head.

Were there ever any Elgin service manuals that covered procedures on the
early Elgins? If so, I’d be curious how they say to put the lower unit back together!

Prepare to be boarded!