What happens when you do not look after your outdrive leg water pump impeller

Having got the lower half of this MerCruiser outdrive unit it was in a sorry state 

Full of dirt and other rubbish 

After undoing the bolts and nuts holding down the water pump upper housing found the root cause of the engine cooling problem, the water pump impeller totally U/S little or no blades left behind    

Even the upper housing is U/S as it got hot and as mis-formed itself and so as the lower plate 

Now got the new parts on order should be up and running again 

 

Setting out the panel for the lid after cutting down the water tank top edge to the correct height

Setting out the size of the lid for the water tank after the top edge was cut to the finished height

The open of the water tank at the finished height and set up in its jig so that the tank lid canbe made to fit and the baffle plate fixed in position once it is made and cut to size

The two plywood panels which the lid and baffle plate will be fibreglass up on and then fitted to the tank

Once this are made and dry fitted the fittings will be fitted to the water tank and also the inspection hatches will be fitted and then the water tank will be fitted in the man cabin berth and the bunk base will be fitted over the water tank 

 

Marking off the top edge of the tank and making panel to make lid and battle plate

Setting up the tank ready to mark off the cut line on the top edge of the water tank

The excess Fibreglass off the top of the tank and now ready to make up the panel for the lid and the baffle plate

Setting up the plywood panel to make up the template panel to make the lid of the tank 

Giving the lid panel and the baffle plate templates to fibreglass panels their first coat of epoxy resin to use them to lay up the lid and the baffle plate on and the once the baffle plate is made glass this into the tank and then glass the lid on to the edge. 

 

Starting to release the water tank from its plug so that we can cut it to size and make the top and then fit the tank in the boat

Just cut the edge from the building jig and now turned it over to start to break the plug from the water tank  

Breaking off the bracing off the plywood that made up the walls of the plug 

Release the thin plywood edge to help loosen the other sides off the plug 

One panel removed and now to remove the other sides and then clean up the top edges of water tank to make the top of the water tank.

Now release and now for the trimming u and making the top for the water tank 

Now its released the next stage can begin 

Starting to mark out the cut line for the top of the water tank 

The cut line being marked off on the outside of the water tank so it can be cut with a diamond edge disc cutter. The fitst got to make a jig to sit the tank in 

 

Back on my Feet if only for short periods.

 Having taken a week and half off work for my ankle to help recover from the injury it has situated following my fall. I have taken the ankle complete bed rest for a week and then moving around for  half a week and now back on my feet if only for short periods of time at the moment. Building this up over the next few weeks until I am back to full strength in my ankle once more. 

Although some jobs have been put back a little with the help of a few friends I should be able to get back on track quickly and get on with work once more as before.

So next week I hope to get back to my workshop and do a few small jobs, As I can not sit at home as I need to be doing something.