Ok, so i picked up the boat from the mechanic and spent a whole lot more money than I wanted. On top of everything else, the alternate froze up so I had to get that replaced as well.
It turns out that for boat that have limited access, according to the mechanic, if you remove the manifold and risers, you have full access to the front of the boat.
If you followed this post from the beginning, I removed the belt, a crap load of hoses, the cool fuel pump, etc, and the sea strainer. Most of which was unnecessary.
So, a 3-4 hour job turned into an 9 hour job putting all that stuff back on and at $95 an hour, that's an expensive mistake.
Bottom line, I'm chalking all this up to experience. Next time I have to change the impeller, I'm taking it to the expert.
