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    Y pipe

    If you installed the drive without gluing the large sealing ring inside the bell housing and had trouble wrestling the drive on then you may have caught and cut the ring. That will allow water to enter through the breather hole in the transom plate. The best way to install the drive is where...
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    Swap drives from one boat to another. How many day project?

    You will have to do some transom cutting and drilling. After 75 Merc went to the ear muff style trim/limit sender system. You might be able to use the inner plate to locate where to drill the 2 holes and give an idea where and how much to cut by holding it in place with the 2 bottom bolts. Or...
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    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Try rotating the propeller with the drive in gear. Most times the outer area of the center joint retainer needs grease to force it through pivot housing boot. Hopefully the hydraulic system will hold with the weight of the drive.
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    Ballast Resistor

    Another way is to measure the voltage at the + or bat side of the coil with the engine running. Readings around 8-9 will show a resistor and of course readings of 12 volts will indicate no resistor. Also many boat builders did not use the genuine Volvo instrument and harness to hold down the...
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    Boat firing then dies

    A good possibility that the fuel line may be cracked or the fuel suction tube in the tank could be plugged. Also just a bad fuel pump, Just as an experiment try this. Get a 6 gallon outboard tank with the primer bulb and then you can either rule out the tank and lines or the fuel pump.
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    Water leaking from engine - 5.7 GXI-E

    Are you getting water in the oil? Chevy engines usually crack under the intake manifold which is the thinnest area of the block.
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    Can’t get outdrive fully seated

    Did you check the alignment with the alignment bar? Did you replace the gimbal bering?
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    Older Ranger Inboard

    If you have a 302 with a 2 barrel carburetor like SD posted it could have either firing order. If it has a 4 barrel carburetor a good chance it will be 1386273. There were hp versions 170 and 190. 170 is 15426378. And then to further cause problems if the engine was a 190 and rebuilt by...
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    Mercruiser 3.0 Engine knocking noise

    If the noise leaves when there is a load on the driveline then that would indicate a flywheel problem. However if it remains with or without a load then it could a cracked piston skirt or a wrist pin. Most times a cracked piston skirt eventually comes apart but a wrist pin usually does not...
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    Mercruiser 3.0 Engine knocking noise

    I am beginning to think that the flywheel might be loose. I cannot imagine an engine making that much noise for that long without finally coming apart.
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    Mercruiser 3.0 Engine knocking noise

    If I read your description right you stated that this noise has been present for 10 years? Or has it started as a result of water entering from the manifold? The engine appears to be idling rougher than normal. 3.0s normally idle slightly rougher than a 2.5. It almost sounds like the rear...
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    MOTOR SWAP

    Do you have a Stringer mount drive, Cobra or the later joint venture OMC/Volvo? Try to locate a rebuildable 5.7 core that has the same flywheel bolt pattern.
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    VP 280 no reverse

    As Dubs283 posted about cable travel. If you still have the instructions from the control would be helpful. If not try down loading it. At least try measuring the total cable travel from full forward to full reverse. I am going to guess that you should have 3” total travel which I bet you do...
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    Transom Bearing Plate Leak

    If it only leaks with a flush out on the drive and the engine running on dry land then the “Y” pipe is the culprit. If it does not leak then the transom itself is the problem.
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    Transom Bearing Plate Leak

    There is a good chance the wood in the transom is soft and the water is coming in under the outer transom shield. In other words, the transom has to be replaced. The engine and drive system have to be removed and the boat has to go to a fiberglass shop. $$$
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    Twin Solex pa44 1, volvo penta Aq151B

    After you replace the timing belt remove the spark plugs and spin the engine with the starter or with a wrench a few times to check if the timing marks on the belt “walk” back to the original location when you first installed it. It take around 25 revoloutions to get the marks back to the...
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    Stuck Defective Grease Fitting on Lower Unit

    The thread pitch on grease fittings is 1/4”-28. You will need a bottoming tap to clear the threads. A starting tap will end up damaging the threads because of the pointed starting feature.
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    Outdrive cannot clean

    Be sure that the bonding wire from the inner transom plate to the tiller bar is in good condition. Also that the engine is bonded to the transom inner plate.
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    Twin Solex pa44 1, volvo penta Aq151B

    Did you remove all the threaded plugs in the Venturi body? Some have fine mesh screens on them. I have had good results cleaning out those carburetors in the past. The Volvo service manual is very good and helpful with setting the throttle levers evenly.
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