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’57 Golden Javelin had a seal leak at the prop shaft (actually where the o-ring in the retainer housing meets the lower gearcase half).
Dropped the lower, drained it, put it in my jig, opened it up. Got a new seal kit & a new tube of 847. Cleaned everything, scraped all old sealant…ready for work! Put in the new spaghetti seal, new o-ring on the retainer housing, smidge of 847 on the o-ring, installed everything, set the lower case half & buttoned it up tight. Everything went together perfectly. I figured I’d let it set up overnight before I did a pressure test.
Out to the shop the next morning to do a quick 2PSI test in a bucket of water, and what do I see laying in a parts tray on my bench???
….the clutch-dog cradle. I never put it in the shifter yoke! %$#*&% *&%$^^ *&*%$#@!!, and all that.
Some days you eat the bear, other days the bear eats you.
I posted a video of a Martin that had water leaking from the water jacket gasket a few days ago. The head is part of the water jacket. I thought copper coat gasket sealer would be a good choice for the head gasket. Wrong. Didn’t run 2 seconds and I had water in the combustion chambers. Now I’m waiting for more gaskets. My nickname should be Two Timer because I do everything twice. By the way the brown stuff smeared on there is the original sealer. It’s still under the carbon after I remover it. Nothing takes that stuff off. Even steel wool doesn’t bother it much. Tubs.
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