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    No Beep or Priming When Turning Key

    Hello everyone, I have recently finished installing 2 new longblocks in my 2000 Chap Sig 290. These are Volvo Penta 5.0GiPEFS (throttle body injection), serial # 4012003285. I was starting them for the 1st time to set the timing, and noticed 2 pinhole leaks in the body of the port motor fuel...
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    New Longblock - Dipstick Doesn't Fit

    Hello all, I have just finished swapping my new ATK longblock out on my year 2000 Volvo Penta 5.7l Gi. The old oil pan was toast and hence the new longblock came with an oil pan pre-installed. My original dipstick will not fit (it has course thread and the new oil pan drain plug has fine...
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    New Gimbal Won't Turn After Install

    Hello everyone! I just went through the ordeal of replacing my gimbal/oil seal/bellows on my SX-MLT transom. The new gimbal bearing was perfectly smooth and functional out of the box. I just fully seated it and now I cannot turn it with bare fingers... I tapped it in with the alignment...
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    Rusty Gimbal Bearing

    Hello all, I'm new here, thank you for the opportunity to join the community. I have just nearly finished swapping out old for new longblocks on my twin Volvo Penta 5.7l engines, and getting ready to put them back in and realign them. One outdrive was very hard to remove, and turns out has a...
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    Rusty Gimbal Bearing

    Hello all, I'm new here, thank you for the opportunity to join the community. I have just nearly finished swapping out old for new longblocks on my twin Volvo Penta 5.7l engines, and getting ready to put them back in and realign them. One outdrive was very hard to remove, and turns out has a...
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