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    Engine swap 5.7l Gsi

    I’ve got a 2001 Larson 233 escape deck boat, which I’m trying to pull it’s outdrive and engine out of and swap it onto a 2001 Larson 210 lxi bow runner that has a bad Volvo 5.0l block. Both use sx-m 1.6 outdrive as I previously bought the bow runner to swap outdrive onto deck boat cause deck...
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    2001 Larson 233 escape to maybe 2003 210 lxi

    I have a Larson 233 escape deck boat with a new Volvo penta 5.7l gsi pefs Motor and a Volvo sx-m outdrive.... The whole boats upholstery is shot to hell and needs to be redone, as the hull also has severallll stress cracks and a hole by where a ski mount use to be..... the boat runs great...
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    Grease fitting on Volvo six-m

    Sooo today I took the plunge and redid the bellows by myself for the first time.... all went welll however I when I went to remove my grease gun on zerk fitting for gimbal bearing It wouldn’t let go so I gave it a good tug and it pulled the zerk fitting tube out with it.... I ended up just...
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    Impeller house hot to touch

    I have a 2001 Larson 234 escape deck boat with a 5.7l gsi pefs engine a year and a half ago I winterized the boat my first time by my self. I removed the two brass plugs on the back of the exhaust and the one on the side of the engine block i also removed the two big hoses going to the...
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    Tube tow hook pulled through. Hole repair?

    When I bought this boat on the inside by the engine there used to be a small 2x4 wooden block between the bracket of the tow hook and the back of the boat. Well it had rotted out and I forgot to replace it. Overtime of tubing I had no issues. well couple weekends ago I was tubing and...
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    Stuck in forward, no neutral or reverse

    i was at dock took boat off trailer and helped take a guy to his boat less than 100 feet away.. so I had to use the reverse and forward to move to his boat... worked fine... well afterwards I turned around back to dock to let wife on and I tried to put in reverse to slow down... and it went...
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    Dewinterizing? What’s this/where does it go

    Took my boat to get winterized before deployment, figures I can de winterize it myself considering all you have to do is put the plugs back in since they didn’t use rv antifreeze and just drained it. i installed these two brass plugs on the back of each manifold, and put the plug for the block...
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    Swapping internals on blown block?

    So I recently bought a 2001 Larson 210 Sei for 4 grand, it has 2 year old motor but the block is cracked due to previous owner not winterizing it and ended up trading it in at this dealership. I bought the boat to swap its out drive over to replace my bad out drive on my Larson 234 escape. Well...
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    Engine swaps/ drive repair/swap

    So here's the story. My Volvo sx-m out drive gears got locked. Found a crack in the cover as well that must've had water get in in the past. Which made me thing gimbal bearing was bad bad due to sound but found out it was my drives gears due to not being able to start it after turning it off. So...
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    Sx-m drive to cobra drive?

    Well my boats sx drive is cracked on the gearbox upper unit and it's locked so I had to removed it..... I can either one buy a refurbished upper unit from eBay for 3 grand or this whole 1996 cobra sx drive from a guy for 600 dollars.... My question is this though can the cobra hook right up to...
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    deep low vibration from stern/ marine to car engine conversion

    Basically when I'm pulling a tube with my Larson 234 escape deck boat, or when I have a lot of people on board, there is noticeable deep vibration coming from my stern drive when I'm taking sharp turns.... My buddy told me it's probably just the gimbal bearing needing to be replaced. Now when...
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    Boat bogs down at full throttle and max at 3,500 rpms

    i have a 2001 Larson 234 escape deck boat We recently replaced my 5.7l Volvo gsi pefs 280 hp with a 5.7l from marine power310 hp...due to the old engine having cracked heads It was just the block and the top end. All the accessories and throttle body got swapped over. He problem I'm having is...
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    Is this a rough idle or considered surging?

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GHv7wI9eOGs I installed a PCv valve that had apparently been missing on the left side of the engine, apparently the previous owner just had a plastic elbo join in there, well I bought a new PCv valv and ran this engine for an hour and I might take it on the lake...
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    water pump not pulling any water on 5.7l volvo penta gsi pefs

    i removed the impellar housing to check to see if i needed to replace the impellar, it was good, i guess the place that winterized it for me changed the impellar, i also changed my tstat and cleaned up the housing a bit, and found a bunch of big impellar fins probably from a previous impellar. i...
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    Oil cap pops off on 5.7l penta Volvo gsi

    I have a 2001 Larson 234 escape deck boat with a 280 hp Volvo penta 5.7 gsi motor, I was on the lake after fixing my power steering pump issue dealing with the hose coming disconnected, and i start hearing this clacking noise, and I stop to see my engine bay full of smoke, apparently the oil cap...
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