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    marina says gimbal bearing was installed backwards?

    so last summer i was visiting a friend down south and helped him with doing his transom rebuild.. we installed a greaseless gimble bearing on a v/p sx assy. the reason being that the gimbal housing was taking on water leaking from where the grease fitting tube meets the housing . the tube was...
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    bravo III milky oil but holds pressure for days

    i do not have the serial # but the boat/engine/drive is a 2008 model
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    No Spark, checked battery and coil, what next?

    this should help with your troubleshooting. as for the wires to the distributor, follow them from the dist to the ignition module, mounted on the riser. chances are the ignition switch, inside the distributor has gone bad, more likely than the module itself.
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    bravo III milky oil but holds pressure for days

    im not sure what you mean by that. the oil is contaminated, its not supposed to be that color, the oil installed was darker. blue/green tint
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    bravo III milky oil but holds pressure for days

    the gaskets on the plugs are new each year, there was no water in the gimbal/bellows.
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    bravo III milky oil but holds pressure for days

    ive been using the HP synthetic blend lube the past few years and it has a blue/green tint to it
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    bravo III milky oil but holds pressure for days

    its mint flavored :)
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    bravo III milky oil but holds pressure for days

    The drive is not white and chalky
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    bravo III milky oil but holds pressure for days

    yes
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    bravo III milky oil but holds pressure for days

    i am trying to locate the cause of the milky oil in my bravo drive. i have had the pressur hold steady at 12, 8, 4 and 14 psi . each pressure held with no drop . ive been working on this for over a week and cant figure out how water got in. im about to just change the drain plugs and gaskets...
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    volvo coil design error

    18 bucks at rockauto
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    1987 3.0L water in oil

    lets not forget the 1st repair was a blown out core plufg on the back of hte block, this indicates freeze damage. you very well have a crack in an unvisible area of the block or head. as suggested, hve the machine shop check it for cracks. as for bondos suggestion, yeah a lake boat engine would...
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    1990 Rinker 18.6

    also check the tach, if the tach is dead, it shorts out the coil, disconnect the grey wire from the coil and if it starts, you know the tach is dead,
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    Tried Everything on New (to me) Boat-1996 Sea Ray F16

    your in the wrong forum, this is for mercruisers, you have a mercury, you will get more hits if you move it to the right section.
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    to vent or not to vent, that is the shrink wrap question

    so i have been shrink wrapping boats for a few years now and i always add 2 vents to the job when i am done. it seems like more than 1/2 the boats are very mildew stained come spring when they are opened up. some people add damp rid others do not i can remove the wrap from 2 boats next door...
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    2005 5.0 gxi-b belt jumped and wiped out,

    gates and dayco do not make their tensioners. a company that starts with an "L" does. non of my vendors could cross reference the tensioner so i had to get it from V/P
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    1998 50hp carb-can't stop it from leaking

    i resolved the problem, i ordered and replaced everything available in side the carb and the issue cleared up
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    2005 5.0 gxi-b belt jumped and wiped out,

    i got thelaser tool and in order to get the p/s puley to line up with the others, i had to crasnk the pulley onto the shaft so much that it nearly rubs against the bracket. it looks like it may lign up now but reall iffy;. the dam tensioner broke when trying to reinstall the belt. brand new...
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    1998 50hp carb-can't stop it from leaking

    i have this motor its a bf50a BAZL-2000021 and have rebuilt the carb 2 times and can not stop the gas from leaking from the disc on the side . carb #2, p/n 16101-ZW4-D23 of course this carb is no longer available. im about to through in the towel on this one, i do not know why i can't get...
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    2005 5.0 gxi-b belt jumped and wiped out,

    if you look at the video, that was included in the link that esgwheel posted, the belt side the same distance back. https://photos.app.goo.gl/CRSFdEBEiWRZs6zv7 i di order a dayco belt alignment laser so i hope to get some answers there.
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