Got her in yesterday. New Prop, (lap fitted), new stuffing box hose, repack on the stuffing box, new strut bushings, new shaft coupling, installed a raw water strainer, put the newly rebuilt carb back on, and put her in the water. Unfortunately, it was on my last day at the cottage to actually get the boat in the water and by the time I got the leak on the thermostat housing fixed, I was out of time an only had time blast out to the middle of the lake and back. It won't idle at all, but no time to really mess with it. Now with the new prop properly fitted I can rule out the prop slipping, so I think I'll be rebuilding the tranny (sigh)
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