taking on water saga continued....
 

after spending $1200 on gimble bearing, circ pump, bellows we took the boat to the lake today and as soon as boat was launced I crawled into engine cavity and noticed the drain plug at the transom was the culprit the whole time!!! water was seaping in and that was the last thing we checked...DUH! :huh:Well the preventative maintance is done! Oh well....will replace with 2 inch drain plate and new 1/2 inch plugs. after I removed the plate I noticed that 1/2 of the gasket had deteriorated. That will be replaced and a new seal. Even though I was asked to look at the drain plug in a recent thread, It was always to late by the time we motored out there was already water above that point...Thanks for the great advice from everyone!...Dan

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Glad to hear you finally got the problem resolved! And look at the bright side...now you dont have to worry about the other items. :rolling_laugh:

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That one of the worst thing to try and track down.. I know this is probably too late, and I haven't read all of the other threads. But I had a lot of luck using the equal and opposite reaction plan of attack.. Put a little bit of water in the hull and see where it comes out? No likes putting water in their boat.. But it works!!! Glad you found it..:wink_thumbup: