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    2003 SX-M big leak near transom

    I got somewhat lucky. Paid someone to pull the engine, transom wood is in good shape. Seal just went bad.
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    2003 SX-M big leak near transom

    I'll try to get it back to a ramp and check. Crawling under it I found something that miybe a possibility. Is there supposed to be a seal around the shifter cable where it exits the transom? I can move it around and there's nothing there, big gap. I tapped all around the transom with a ratchet...
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    2003 SX-M big leak near transom

    Hey everyone, pulling my hair out on this. I have a leak in the back of my boat, that has progressively gotten much worse. I flooded the bilge with a hose with the boat on the trailer and nothing came out so the leak is relatively high up. I thought I found it when I found the speedometer pitot...
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    Volvo Penta SX-M Sterndrive Gasket?

    I bought a new to me boat a month or two ago, as part of getting it ready, I pulled the stern drive and checked/greased everything. I followed a volvo workshop manual, and just applied grease where the stern drive separates from the transom shield assembly. I took the boat out a couple times...
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    Riser/Manifold Inspection Pics

    Hey everyone, just bought my first boat. The previous owner had it for 2 years and never pulled the risers, so I wanted some piece of mind. I pulled them off and took some pics. I think they are good to go, just need to clean them up, but wanted some opinions from more experienced owners. These...
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    I/O Lower unit check, is this normal?

    I went to see a boat, overall it looked well cared for but had more slop than I expected in the lower unit. I am not familiar with them though so wanted some more opinions. There's also a decent sized ding in one of the prop blades, how much is acceptable? YouTube video:
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    Ebbtide boat parts? Going to look at one

    Hey everyone, I've been around boats here and there but never owned one. Going to look at a couple used ones tomorrow.Both 2003, one is a Regal 1800 with the volvo 4.3, the other is an ebbtide campione 210 with a 5.0 volvo gxi-b. I was familiar with regal since they are made right down the road...
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