Long story short, someone threw away the 5" water uplift tube extension for my bay kit 5" spacer. Now I need to find some way to replace it, preferably without paying $75 to Bay MFG for another one. Motor is a 2001 Merc XR6 150, long shaft going to XL shaft.
Normally, there is a short plastic pipe that fits into the top of the water pump housing and then very loosely fits over the copper pipe in the drive shaft housing. I found that a 3/4" piece of copper pipe from home depot fits just right over that plastic pipe. However it is extremely loose over the copper pipe in the drive shaft housing. However, a 3/4" to 1/2" copper adapter fits very nicely over the drive shaft housing pipe. That gives me a very secure fit and I can cut my 3/4" pipe to size.
What I need to know is whether the original plastic pipe was not secure over the drive shaft housing pipe for some reason. Will I cause any problem by using snug fittings? I can't see any reason why I would want water to not go up the water uplift tube and instead fill the housing, but I'm really new to all of this.
Thanks.
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Normally, there is a short plastic pipe that fits into the top of the water pump housing and then very loosely fits over the copper pipe in the drive shaft housing. I found that a 3/4" piece of copper pipe from home depot fits just right over that plastic pipe. However it is extremely loose over the copper pipe in the drive shaft housing. However, a 3/4" to 1/2" copper adapter fits very nicely over the drive shaft housing pipe. That gives me a very secure fit and I can cut my 3/4" pipe to size.
What I need to know is whether the original plastic pipe was not secure over the drive shaft housing pipe for some reason. Will I cause any problem by using snug fittings? I can't see any reason why I would want water to not go up the water uplift tube and instead fill the housing, but I'm really new to all of this.
Thanks.
![20240811_145621.jpg 20240811_145621.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/tinboats/data/attachments/104/104192-22975c4013f21c8cb8062a66e8edb51e.jpg)
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