Good day, if itchy. The shaft log box (whatever) is cut away and ground to fit the water lift muffler. Next I will glass in the hole for the trim tab, build support for the muffler, and put the keel trim tab back in. The muffler will be a bit more than two inches lower. This is good. The PSS shaft seal will fit on the shaft log aft of the muffler, but still accessible (in the shadow in this photo - I will make a better one). It will be easier to adapt to the old bronze tube than to bore it out and install something else. The thing is still in great shape, so why not use it? The keel sump will no longer have the PSS seal blocking access and it will easily house the three bilge pumps. A little paint and all will be copasetic.

I do like the Aquadrive, but what a terrible paint job. Almost every part of the thing will rust like crazy in nothing more than high humidity. As part of the process above, I removed the Aquadrive and treated, primed, and painted the thing. Hopefully, it will no longer attempt to camouflage itself as a ball of rust..