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Originally Posted by JOHN COOKSON
If you are thinking about connecting the water hose directly to the engine\water pump don't do it. The pressure will force the water past seals and you will have a well watered engine. Run the hose into a 5 gallon bucket and lead a hose to the water pump from the bucket.
The cutless bearing is water lubed. Do not put the engine in gear when the boat is not in the water or it will burn up in short order.
TRUE GRIT
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On the hard, I have a "Y" in my hose connection outside the boat. One stream, with the nozzle clamped to the ladder, is directed onto the shaft where it enters the boat from the outside. The other goes inside to the bucket.
Reason: The shaft tends to rotate a bit even when the engine is in neutral because of viscous coupling in the transmission. I could, in theory, jam the prop in place within the aperture with a 2x4. But that's an accident waiting to happen, and then I couldn't try putting it in forward and reverse to play with the linkages.