On a Mercury/Mariner, it's better to put the plastic sleeve into the pump housing and raise it up onto the tube in the midsection. There should be a foam gasket/o-ring in the housing into which the plastic sleeve fits semi-snugly.
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Common Sense is learning from your mistakes. Wisdom is learning from the other guy's mistakes.
Fr. Frank says:
Jesus liked fishing, too. He even walked on water to get to the boat!
Currently without a SeaCraft 
(2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks
'73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury
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