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My thanks to Moonsailer, Negrini and Omatako for your replies. Tried all your suggestions them to no avail.
It would appear that there is a blockage near the overflow hole. I removed the prop-shaft housing and examined the interior. All nice and pristine. Then hooked up the lube pump to the overflow hole and tried to squeeze some lube through. No joy. Tried poking around in the hole with a thin length of plastic but couldn’t get past the first 20mm or so. (could be because there’s a right-angle turn at this point.)
Then tried to remove the lower section completely from just above the overflow hole and managed to shear off the first of the 2 bolt I tried to undo. (Why do they use such crap bolts etc when decent ones would only cost a few pennies more?)
While I’m drilling out the thread, can anyone throw any light on what the problem could be and what I should do to fix it?
Many thanks,
Bryan
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