The water that is used to cool the engine is injected into the exhaust stream at the risers to cool the exhaust so there is already water there, no issue. Hard to reinstall, normally its installed with the drive off and attached to the transom assembly first then the bellows tool is used to pull it back onto the bellhousing flange.
Try trimming the drive all the way in to see if you can work it back on.
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1997 Silverton 362, 7.4 Crusaders
1997 2400 SCR, 5.7 Vortec / Bravo 2
Mike
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