Re: Do I have the right pump?

[Steve D]

quote amuller:

But based on all said I’m thinking that we have a 1969 leg, with a 1979 or later gearcase. (That based on the four screw holes, the shortened spacer/isolator, etc.) Whoever assembled it used a 3 screw metal pump housing that did not really match the gearcase or the spacer. (But I don’t seen any reason it wouldn’t pump if carefully assembled.) What am I missing here?

My personal opinion, which is only worth about 2 cents, is you have exactly what you’re supposed to have…a ’69 motor with correct everything except the impeller housing and full length missing spacer, which somebody before you Mickey-Moused to fit the wrong impeller housing. And if you notice the updated impeller housing that accepts the spacer also has only 3 holes. That’s just the way they were made. The gear case housings I mentioned earlier that had 4 holes were all pre-’69 and they all take the 3 hole impeller housings, so it’s not like it’s a ’78 or ’79 characteristic.

If you get the correct impeller housing and spacer as suggested you’ll be all set.