I have a 7.5 that I purcjhsed last year so I purchased a new o-ring and the bearing and replaced it, and it still leaked. A friend told me to use form a gasket and that held until the motor was used. It is not a big leak but, it bugs me. Any idea's on using silcone sealer or something. I notice the o'ring is not completely seating into the groove so, I tried to get it down further into it but, it just won't seat down. I called Merc and they told me that it was the right seal for that serial number and size so I'm at a loss.
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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I have a 7.5 that I purcjhsed last year so I purchased a new o-ring and the bearing and replaced it, and it still leaked. A friend told me to use form a gasket and that held until the motor was used. It is not a big leak but, it bugs me. Any idea's on using silcone sealer or something. I notice the o'ring is not completely seating into the groove so, I tried to get it down further into it but, it just won't seat down. I called Merc and they told me that it was the right seal for that serial number and size so I'm at a loss.
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