I’m back...now don’t every one run, I’m not contagious.

New water pump and Opti. Supposed to be good stuff.

I continued to explore solutions and come up with several.
Install piece of brake line in WP weep hole and JB Weld in place hook pierce of rubber hose to direct Leakage from OPTI. Im
Sitting here in my boat and it’s 5 deg outside light snow. Not that I don’t have anything else to do.
The second thing is to put a thin layer of silicone sealer around the cap joint.

I don’t have these parts in my hands so I’m going on other’s descriptions. The experts are here so is this the things to do?

I’m going out to my son’s shop this weekend to look at this mess. Fortunately he does have some experience with these things and is pretty good at repairing things to work right and for a long time.

He was going to take pictures tonight so I may have something to for show and tell soon.