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The piece that got welded does not go directly on the shaft. There is a small adaptor gear that goes on the tapered shaft. it is factory and hasn't been altered. I suspect key or keyway are off just a hair. I'm not real experienced in these area so I will proceed slowly.

You back your cat into the pond often? My big triple tube might float it. I've hauled a complete kitchen and laundry room with it. That's the beauty of the plastic chairs. Just throw 'em on shore and I have a football field :)

That sounds like a good reasonable game plan. I can allow the garage to go cold so the shaft is shrunk up a bit too. The engine gear appears to be a perfect fit, snug but no heating needed. Then it is just a whole bunch of wiring improvements and some cooling fan modification/improvements before...

Things are looking up! The pump shaft felt sold and turned freely but not too freely. So I filled it up with new fluid, made a jig and spun it with a large drill. I gave it a couple hundred turns and it didn't leak a drop. My machine work got done way sooner that expected as well. I was getting...

I gotta save the beer for me, as I don't want to slow him down. Hardcore logging season hits in a week or two and that shop will be inundated with busted crap. Hoping to beat the rush. I have a plan already, but he may have better ideas.

Verified in manual. Seal from the inside. The bearing procedure also involved removing the pump and then driving the shaft out of it. What an odd arrangement. I don't want to take a chance on buggering up that bearing. I'm just gonna pull the snap rings and squash some grease in. If the bearing...

Well, I got 'er did. I heated that gear using an aluminum heat shield behind it to try to keep it from migrating so badly into the pump. At the same time I had a helper drip water behind the shield to take even more heat away. About the time that I was thinking of giving up....POING! That sucker...

Thanks for the advice. You guys so rock. There is such a thing as karma in this world. I have been helping newbies to the pontoon world (and boats in general) for years. Very active on a pontoon forum. So it is awesome for me to come here-where much of this stuff is uncharted waters for me, so...

Antfarmer, it may come to that. Did the seal come out easily?

After a generous dose of penetrant, I actually broke my puller three times! The first time, a Chinese metric bolt broke. So I replaced it with all 1/4 bolts which were slightly larger. I still broke a bolt (and yes I tapped it with a rather large hammer). Replaced said bolt and finally broke the...

Well I finally got the car engine out. Unhooking wiring took the longest. It was a total mess, unlabeled, no color coded wire with no quick plugs. Splices everywhere. I'm gonna fix it all up before putting it back in. The pump gear is adapted from the original shaft adaptor (splined), original...

Sorry it took so long. Too many irons....yada yada. Well I got the back door off and the hydraulic cooler out of the way. And waddya know? There's a car engine in there! I'll try to post up some better shots when I pull that pig outta there. I managed to get the chain off the coupling. Certainly...

Thanks Tazza. I'm workin in that direction (slowly). I was just doing due diligence as there will be no more spinning of anything once I unhook engine. Next up, hoping to remove master link on the chain coupling (by feel). If anything is stripped in there, it is the coupling to Hydrostatic Pump...

OK so I got a flexi-scope aimed at the coupler and my buddy started it up. To my surprise, all I could see of the coupler was spinning, although it is possible that it is spinning somehow on the hydrostatic pump shaft (broken key etc...?) How about the 'relief valve'? I'm thinking I need to...

Just a quick test. Here's the boat I just finished building from the tubes up. Not too many toons with a 454 I/O in 'em. Yep. Compatibility View was certainly the ticket. I'd heard of it but never had to use it before. Thanks OM. I'm no longer a frustrated Newb. OK back to wrenchin'