I am not sure how old your boat is or how many hours, but my guess is that you do NOT need to repack the stuffing box. Most likely you just need to retighen the nut. The most difficult time I had in the process was finding two 1-7/8" open ended wrenches. I finally went to Pep Boys and rented a fan clutch kit that had the wrenches and it was free. I did my adjustment on the water, you just need to loosen the small nut, tighten the longer of the two, and then tighten the small nut against the larger. The nut wont leak until you put it into gear, so it will be a trial and error process. Once you are done, it should drip once every 6-10 seconds. My boat is a 98 with about 400 hours, and all I needed to do was tighten the nut. If you tighten the nut all the way, and it still drips more that stated above, you then need to repack the stuffing box.
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