Quote Originally Posted by Moveon View Post
I won't take it to Sibs anymore. They botched my carb overhaul job a few years back and would not stand behind their work. So I take my boat to East Side Marine. They may be a bit more expensive but they always do a good job and do the job right the first time. I've been using East Side Marine for over 30 years now. Luckily my boat doesn't require a lot of work.

I thought about doing the job myself but I have not done this before. I do have a manual that is suppose to tell me how it's done but those manuals don't tell you all the little tricks that you need to know. Now if I could watch someone do the job once and see how they do it then I would be more tempted to do it myself.

If all it needs is a new impeller I think I could do that easy enough. But if I have to replace the entire water pump housing and or anything else it could be more complicated. I did read about this a bit online and read where some guys complained about not getting a gomlet back in the right place and the water not flowing though the engine like it's suppose to. So that put me off a bit. Not knowing where the water pipe goes and where that gomlet is located gives me some pause.

I think that they can fix it for around $120 for replacing the water pump entirely. The kit cost somewhere around $35 to $40 bucks for just the impeller. Perhaps that include the water pump housing too. Not sure. I'll find out more after I take the boat in and let them look at it. They would not quote me over the phone. The $120 price above was what they charged me back in 2003 to replace the water pump.
theres not many tricks to it,but dont skimp and just put the impeller in it. get the whole thing changed. you have to take it all apart anyway,and the housing has just as much wear on it as the impeller does. as cheap as it is, why reuse old parts?