steelersman224
New member
Hello,
I've been working on my 79 1150 for the past couple months, and I cant seem to get more than a dribble through to my telltail. I have rebuilt the impeller and made sure that everything was lined up when reinstalling my lower unit. When i went to pull my lower unit for the first time the copper pickup tube came out with the lower unit, and there was a bit of sand around the impeller housing and in the exhaust pipe, but not inside the impeller housing. Looking up into where the pickup tube sits on the top side I can see a little bit of dirt, but nothing blocking the passage. The copper tube is sound other than being a little bit out of round on one end. To the best of my knowledge it seems that I'm just filling up the midsection of the motor full of water. I'm going to replace the pickup tube tomorrow and see if that fixes anything. I've looked in my manual and online for flushing procedures, but haven't found anything. If anyone has thoughts on things I should look into or try it would be greatly appreciated!
I've been working on my 79 1150 for the past couple months, and I cant seem to get more than a dribble through to my telltail. I have rebuilt the impeller and made sure that everything was lined up when reinstalling my lower unit. When i went to pull my lower unit for the first time the copper pickup tube came out with the lower unit, and there was a bit of sand around the impeller housing and in the exhaust pipe, but not inside the impeller housing. Looking up into where the pickup tube sits on the top side I can see a little bit of dirt, but nothing blocking the passage. The copper tube is sound other than being a little bit out of round on one end. To the best of my knowledge it seems that I'm just filling up the midsection of the motor full of water. I'm going to replace the pickup tube tomorrow and see if that fixes anything. I've looked in my manual and online for flushing procedures, but haven't found anything. If anyone has thoughts on things I should look into or try it would be greatly appreciated!