Prop Shaft Seal

Ryan,
I think you'll be happy with gortex/teflon packing. It's much better than old school waxed rope. There's a commercial fishing supply on my way to work, I buy a lot of stuff there. If ANY of you guy's want shaft packing I think the 1/4 teflon packing is $3.50 a foot & 3/16 a little cheaper you'll use almost 2 ft.(for the prop shaft) So how about this "deal" E-mail me what size you need and your address I'll pick it up the next day and put it in the mail for a $10- donation to Keith to help keep us together. But you gotta call now cause you know we can't do this all day!

Oh. Yeah, you are going to want to check on that. To do both with goretex, it will cost about $30 total, maybe $35. Once you dig in there, it is really an easy thing to understand and replace. Do not pack the propshaft too tight or it will burn up. Hand tighten, check, adjust accordingly.

Edit: That is a ton of water, you may want to look at your exhaust, etc for leaks. My SN leaked a lot and perhaps would have leaked that much, but one look and you would know. A small hole in the hull will leak a lot too. Found that out in the Mustang.

Ryan

If you cannot get it to slow to 5-6 drips per minute.
Have you tried just tightening down the rudder packing? You can tighten that so it doesn't drip, unlike the shaft packing.
It is cheap and easy enough to do so if you are definitely doing one, just do the other at the same time. You will want to verify the size of both. Will be either 3/16" or 1/4". I use the goretex stuff from DIM, or others. IIRC the Mustang are each different.
You want to stagger the joints, and overwrap it around a dowel or something the same circumference as the respective shafts and then cut at the joint, so the cut is at the same angle, not straight. You will get a better seal that way.