[Public-list] PROP SHAFT TUBE LEAK

[Jim & Carole]

My  boat was lunched yesterday after being out for 10 months.   I had to 
tighten both the prop shaft and rudder shaft packing nuts, as they were 
leaking.   There remains a leak around the copper tube where the prop 
shaft enters the boat. The tube apears to be bedded in some type of gray 
"gunk".  There is a small shelf or pocket about 3" wide x 4" long x 1 
1/2" deep  a couple of inches below the tube that I was full of water. I 
swabbed it out and it slowly refilled.  Reaching the area (even after 
removing the spark plugs) is difficult.  Can it be adequately cleaned 
and rebedded without removing the engine? What type of compound should 
be used to rebed the tube? The boat is the later model ,#565 . Would 
anyone with any  advise please advise?

Jim
Barchetta Mia #565

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