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Yeah, this is a poor design, that pocket just collects crud and plugs easily I guess. I was just so afraid of probing too much or trying a thin long drill in fear of poking into an oil galley. Like I said, this charity job has been a total pain in the butt, second attempt at sealing it properly. My other observation/question is why the heck doesn’t the spaghetti seal butt up against the oring on the prop shaft seal cap? Doesn’t line up on the small engines either? There is about a 3/16" gap between the spaghetti seal and oring, seems like this would be an automatic leakage area. I just run a little bead of 847 in this gap in an effort to ensure good sealing….
I know, pictures would be helpful, but gearcase is already back together….
Maybe I am just "overthinking" this stuff, which is one of my "special abilities"…