Replacing trim oil hose SX-M Outdrive

[lkcams]

Hey everybody, we've found a wealth of information here would first off like to thank everybody for such a great site.

So here is our problem. We have a 1999 Four Winns Horizon with a Volvo Penta 5.0Gi PWTR, drive unit SX-M 1.60, transom TSK SX-M.

The trim oil hose, running from the trim cylinder on the right side when looking at the transom, broke it's fitting. Unfortunately, this hose comes straight from hell. Apparently, according to our local dealership, you have to pull off the transom to get to it. I have some pictures to better visualize what I'm talking about, if all goes as planned these should be clickable thumbnails:







So my question is, do we really have to take off the entire outdrive down to the transom to get to the fitting for that oil hose? Or is there some special way to be able to reach in through that gap and get to it? It is an 11mm nut.

If we do have to take of the entire sterndrive, does anybody have any advice? Thanks in advance!

 

[Don S]

Re: Replacing trim oil hose SX-M Outdrive

Apparently, according to our local dealership, you have to pull off the transom to get to it.

The transom is the back of the boat ??????????
You also don't have to remove the transom shield.
You do have to remove the outdrive, and the pivot housing and bellows to access the lines where they attach to the transom shield.

 

[lkcams]

Re: Replacing trim oil hose SX-M Outdrive

thanks for your reply! we got most of the drive off, but we are not looking at the pivot housing.





Where should we go from here? Should we remove the torx bolt from the left side of the housing? or undo it from the upper and lower, where its attached to the transom shield?

Also, for the bellows, should we unscrew it from the shield, or remove it from the pivot housing? One last question, does anybody see anything that we need to repair/replace while we have the drive off? Not really used to working on boat drives...

Thanks again!

 

[lkcams]

Re: Replacing trim oil hose SX-M Outdrive

a bit of an update, we got the oil hose undone without having to pull off the entire pivot housing. we pulled off the lower drive and were able to access the hose by removing the bellows and reaching through the hole there. parts are in today, so were going to reinstall asap.

 

[lkcams]

Re: Replacing trim oil hose SX-M Outdrive

OK, we need some help asap!

Heres the situation:
oil hose broke its fitting, most of the fluid leaked out.
We've replaced the hose, replenished the fluid best we could tell, but we haven't put the drive back on.

We'd like to try to make sure the trim system works before we go through the trouble of putting the drive back on, is there any way to do it? Like a reset procedure or a fuse to pull? We've tried as is, and the pump is silent, and the cylinders don't move.

any ideas?

thanks!

 

[lkcams]

Re: Replacing trim oil hose SX-M Outdrive

OK, boats back together. Had to reset the circuit by pressing one of the red button on the ecu. The sun is the bane of my existence. If you're thinking about doing this yourself, don't.

That is all. Beer time.

 

[lkcams]

Re: Replacing trim oil hose SX-M Outdrive

Ok final question, apparently in our work, we managed to shear one of the wires for the trim sensor. it is a tiny little tear, but best i can tell the wire runs all the way to the trim motor, and i don't want to replace it.

does anybody have any recommendations on how to fix a very small nick in the insulation of the wire? the wire is exposed to everything, being on the pivot housing.