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    starter engaging when I throttle up??

    This is going to sound very strange, but I am working on my newly replaced block, and I am guessing my relay for my fuel pump is out, so I jumped the relay with a wire to get it to run, and the engine starts just fine. The problem is when I throttle up the starter engages and makes this...
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    What type of engine to replace with??

    This may seem like a strange question - but here it is. I have a 98 cobalt with Volvo Penta. It has a cracked block and exhaust manifolds. I am going to replace the engine and was looking around for a good replacement, and notice that all of them are chevy blocks, whether it is a VP, Merc, or...
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    Volvo Penta sterring getting VERY tight when there is a load and higher idle?

    I had a strange experience the last few time I took my Larson out. I have a 5.0 VP and an SX outdrive. I noticed two trips ago that my steering got very hard to turn to the right all of a sudden, then went back to normal. It happened a few times. Then last weekend I went out again and I had...
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    prop change from 14.5 to 14.25?

    I have a volvo 5.0 and penta sx-m 1.5 with a 14.5X19 and have a spare 14.25X19 that is a SS prop instead of alum. Would this be a bad change in losing hte .25 in diameter - or will this really make any kind of difference? I have switched from the original 14.5X19 alum to a 14.5X18 4 blade...
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    trim skeg??

    What does this little thing actually do? I have had 3 boats over the years, and not one of them still had this little thing still in tact - what exactly does it do, and is it worth replacing? And if so - where to purchase a replacement? Thanks, Brian
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    Penta SX-M Trim sending unit replacement questions

    I have a 2000 SX-M where the wires basically dry rotted very close to the sending unit, so I am going to replace it. I have ordered a new one, but was looking at the job at hand for when the part comes in, and I cannot get that wire to budge from the outside at all. It looks like it has a...
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