This is a family story, often repeated and handed down to my wife, Jean by her grandmother who related it to her. It seems that Jean’s great grandmother and her family were early settlers in Texas and were living somewhere around the present location of Austin, Texas. They were farmers and had planted a corn crop which was absolutely an essential crop both for feeding their livestock and for their own survival.

The great grand mother was constantly after her husband and boys to get out in the crop and thin it. Without the necessary thinning of the corn plants, there would be no suitable harvest of the corn they desperately needed. The husband kept saying he would get to it, but always had other more pressing chores.

One early morning, he and the older sons saddled up and rode off to round up some of their stray cattle. Probably the last thing the great grand mother said to them, “don’t forget you have got to thin the corn” as they rode off. Sometime later, either that, or in the following days, one of the younger boys, while outdoors tending to his chores, came running back into their cabin and yelled, “there is a band of Indians coming!”

The great grandmother had not choice for her and her small children but to run out the back of their cabin and go out and hide in the corn field. They stayed hidden there until the Indians left their property. The great grandmother was quoted as saying “the corn field never seemed so thin as when they were hiding from the Indians.” One never knows when a change in circumstances can radically change one’s point of view. Just Sayin…RJS

Man, I'm so sorry. I get it if you don't feel comfortable with what you are doing. We were just trying hard to help so you wouldn't be with out your boat. Please tell us.what is was so we can learn and help the next guy. In parting I'm just going to say three things can happen when you put the lower unit on.
1) the pick up tube is off center in the pump output orifice. This causes the lower unit to keep from mounting flush to the engine bt 1/2 inch or so.
2) the pick up tube pops completely out of the pump orifice. The unit mounts flush to the motor but no water comes out of the pee hole.
3) the pick up tube is in the pump orifice correctly. We have a happy ending.

If you wanted to test your new impellar. Remove the prop. Fill a trash can or container that you can lower your motor into and it will hold water above the water intake holes. Mark the water level and start your motor. The water level will instantly drop and stay dropped while the engine is running. If it doesn't drop the pump is not working.