Cooling System Warning Alarm

[Smelly]

Can I also remind you all that I did see water stains inside my brand new water hoses I put on after the re-install. THoughts?

[blaze]

You need to do this, until you have perfermed this test and started the proceedure of following the path of the water from the pump up the leg and into the power head you are just chasing your tail

take that bloody leg off again mate.
submerge the leg in a container of water and turn the gearbox drive shaft (splined shaft) with a 18/24volt baterry drill. You only need to have it submerged so the water pick up is covered. There is a few ways to hook a drill up to the shaft. With small shaft it can be done by putting the drill directly onto the shaft. Another way is to put the right size deep socket onto the splines and then cut the drive end off a socket extension and put into the drill.
If you can carry out this test you will get a constant flow of water at a slow speed as the pump is a displacememt type pump, this flow of water will/should be free of air bubbles.
cheers
blaze
ps
looks like I will be over your way in feb for a little while, doubt you can wait that long.

[station-rat]

Smelly
What Blaze said
Start at the bottom and work your way up until you find a problem
Station-rat

[Smelly]

Rat/Blaze

When I have the leg out, what should I see when I remove the water pump housing?

SHould I see the impellor rotating as I rotate the drive shaft?

If impellor is not rotating, then that's the problem - is that correct?

Smelly

[Smelly]

Why/how cut the drive end off a socket extension and put into the drill?

Smelly

[Owen]

SHould I see the impellor rotating as I rotate the drive shaft?
If impellor is not rotating, then that's the problem - is that correct?
Smelly

Yes, the impellor should be rotating.
It is typically connected to the shaft by a woodruff key. You should see a slot in the centre of your impeller and a corresponding slot or flat section on the shaft.
If the key is missing, the impeller won't turn (or will turn very slowly using only friction).

cheers,
Owen

[station-rat]

Smelly
If you think the water pump is assembled correctly, just turn the drive shaft with a socket and a electric drill and see if the pump does shift some water
Follow Blaze instructions
Station-rat

[station-rat]

If you have a small socket set and a large drill you may be able to get the socket extension into the chuck without cuting the drive end off
Station-rat

[Smelly]

The step 24 highlighted on page 28 of thread states ".....impellor engages housing..."

What is meant by this statement?

Instead of rotating the drive shaft, I rotated the housing onto the vanes to slide over...

Is this OK and should the impellor rotate if this was done (with key in slot)

Smelly

[blaze]

hi smelly
you are just cutting the end off the socket extension to fit it in the drill.
hope you have a successful day
cheers
blaze

[wayneoro]

gee guys this is pretty hard to know what is right its a wonder smelly is not making funny noises by now or is he i just read in my johnson manual [cd] which i have just got it to work manual says always apply gasket sealing compound to both sides of new gaskets etc it also showed a numbered system for tightning cylinder head which i did not do but i did tighten ec bit by bit

[station-rat]

when you rotate the drive shaft in a clockwise direction, the vanes of the impellar will just fold into the housing, facing the correct way
Station-rat

[Smelly]

Wayne - can u provide this head tightening sequence please?

THanks

[Smelly]

Instead of rotating the drive shaft, I rotated the housing onto the vanes to slide over...

Is this OK and should the impellor rotate if this was done (with key in slot)

[station-rat]

That will depend on which way you rotated the housing???
Station-rat