Just finishing up putting my 85 aq260 back in the old sea ox after a rebuild. While wiring one of the oil pressure sending units back up I broke one of the prongs off. It had 2 prongs. The other one has a single wire that looks like a can with a round top. Pretty sure it goes to the oil...
Just finished up with the 1hr break in on a 85 350 from rapido marine. After dumping the oil I want to do a valve adjustment while it's running. I have read a few good forum topics on it but can't seem to find them now. Can someone point me in the right direction. I think I remember some people...
just finished repowering my 85 aq260. took her out for its 1 hr break in. engine runs good. holds temp at 130-140f. its raw water cooled. once its warmed up and we were running her up on plane I noticed that the one manifold is quite a bit hotter than the other. I didn't have a raytec to...
just finished repowering my 85 aq260. took her out for its 1 hr break in. engine runs good. holds temp at 130-140f. its raw water cooled. once its warmed up and we were running her up on plane I noticed that the one manifold is quite a bit hotter than the other. I didn't have a raytec to...
I sent my upper drive to a machinest to get the 4 Allen head bolts out to access the u joints. He got them out and has the drive apart. He told me the bearings are shot. I'm pretty sure it's the bearing under the top plate that the oil dip stick screws into. What would the bearing be called and...
i have the top end of my 290 drive taken off. have the shift mechanism out. the 4 bolts around the dip stick come out good. i am having trouble removing the 4 long allen head bolts so i can get to my ujoints to change them out. the engine is pulled and i have the top end of the drive in a...
I have an 85 sea ox with a Volvo penta stern drive. its a aq290 engine( gm 350). im in the process of doing some drive repairs and an engine repower. the gauges I have fill with fog and water and don't work all the time. was wondering what I should check on my system now to make sure I get...
I have the top of the drive pulled. my bellows had a little water in it. oil was a little milky but not bad. the bearings I can see after pulling the top of the drive look good. the drive shaft I can see sticking out of the bell housing looks alright and has no play. I plan on changing out...
I have a 85 Volvo penta 350(not sure if its an aq 260 or 290) with a 290 drive. Have a new 350 from rapido marine being built. Wondering what I will need for seals and gaskets to do the engine swap. Can I find it in a kit of some sort? I'm from Canada and can't access the Volvo parts site so the...
I am in the process of ordering a new motor. ordering a rebuilt 350 from rapido marine to go repower my 85 aq290 with 290 drive. I am also buying new exhaust manifolds and risers, starter, fuel pump and alternator. I have never done an engine swap and was wondering what parts I may need to...
I have a 85 sea ox with a Volvo penta 350 with a 290 Volvo drive on it. im not 100 percent but I think the drive is original and the motor has been rebuilt. there is no factory tags with any numbers on it. only a tag from some machine shop that I assume rebuilt the motor.I have had it for 2...
just wondering where volvo has there model numbers written? i just bought a 85 sea ox. its got a 290 leg and a volvo v8. im not sure what numbers are the model numbers and where to find them for the engine.
well i made an impulse buy on a 23 ftsea ox thats down in mexico. saw it last year and thought it looked pretty good but didn't give it a great look over. my dad took it out for a test drive and the old volvo i/o runs pretty good. i have owned boats but not this old or i/o. what should i do...
