Thank you for the ideas coming in!!
John - I hate the idea of water coming in to the boat for any reason. I would have to come up with a way to contain the drip......when I'll get it
One thing I didn't do was to clean and lubricate the shaft before installing new packing. Newbie!
Shawn - I was looking into a bilge blower already. Feels like should help.
When I was working on motor, Moyer guys told me to leave the pump alone if is working. So it still does work
I have the same questions as you are posting here regarding the water pump. Wander if the impeller needs changing or is it a metal one..??! I mean water is going trough the motor fine, but would be good to have more