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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hoarder" data-source="post: 518143" data-attributes="member: 35073">I can't say if mine has water shooting out like that or not, on my boat at rest its deeper in the water. The av plate is about an inch above the bottom of the boat and the transom is about 8" into the water at rest.I wouldn't think there should be water pump pressure there but it could just be water drain back.Do you get water out of the upper port on the mid section when it runs?Those motors were basically unchanged from the early 60's as West Bend motors up until the mid 80's or so when Mercury ended production. Here's a scan of the original shop manual from 8/80</blockquote>