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  1. hckrphil

    Thermostat fell out of housing

    I pulled my thermostat housing and the thermostat had fallen out of it, and it was laying inside the intake directly below the housing. Lucky I checked it.... found the rubber o-ring too. Any idea what would cause this? What can I do to prevent it in the future? The only thing keeping it in is...
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    2008 Monterey 194FS - Rubber cushion holders??

    I have a 2008 Monterey 194FS. The very front BOW cushion has some type of rubber coupling under the seat (female). It is rubbery. When the seat is set into place, it goes around a harder plastic male piece sticking up........... the 2 pieces together holds the seat in place. Over the years...
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    Volvo Penta SX trim Cylinder rebuild Question

    I bought the rebuild kits for my SX cylinders. Pretty easy to rebuild. I did this last spring and they have worked fine. When I pulled the boat out of the water, I noticed all (4) outside seals are no longer seated in the end caps....... Any idea HOW this gasket is supposed to stay seated...
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    Thermostat Part # - Replacement?

    I have a 2000 Wellcraft Martinique 3000...... twin Volvo Penta 5.7GS motors. Where can I find the part # for the thermostats? I'd like to replace both of mine. Thanks! Phil
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    Changing Props - 3 Blade Stainless (LH & RH) to 4 Blade Aluminum props

    My Boat: 2000 Wellcraft Martinique 3000 (30ft cruiser) I currently have twin volvo penta 5.7GS motors with Volvo Cobra SX outdrives. I have stainless 3 blade props (one left hand one right hand).... 14-3/4" x 19". Current WOT is at about 4100ish RPMs. I'd like to consider changing to...
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    Throttle Only button stuck!?!?!?

    I have a 2000 Wellcraft Martinique 3000, volvo motors and outdirves but it has a Mercury throttle control. The Throttle Only button is stuck depressed. The plastic piece you push on is loose, its what THAT pushes on that seems to be stuck and not popping back out. Any ideas what I can do...
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    HOT Hose???

    Recently one of my volvo penta 5.7gs motors overheated and hydrolocked. I tore down the top half of the motor..... nothing bent..... Had the heads redone at the motor shop.... reassembled everything, new head gaskets, intake gaskets, etc. The engine has always run COOL up until the...
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    Engine running cool??? <kinda>

    I have a 2000 Wellcraft Martinique 3000 with twin Volvo Penta 5.7GS motors. The starboard motor gets up to temp relatively quickly, no issues. The PORT motor never really ever gets up to temperature. Recently, port motor DID overheat on me (set alarm off, i looked down and noticed the temp...
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    Electric AC pump gushing water into engine compartment??

    I have a Cruisair AC system on my boat. When I first put the boat in the water, while it was still in the sling, I checked the engine compartment and noticed the AC water pump was GUSHING water into the engine compartment from the spot shown on the attached photo. This boat is new to me, so I'm...
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    Mercury Dual Throttle - Neutral Button Assistance

    I have a boat with a dual Mercury throttle. The port throttle stick has a trim switch on the handle that raises / lowers both drives. On the top of the case there are individual trim buttons to fine tune each outdrive. Make of boat unecessary, as I have volvo outdrives and engines, and a...
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    Garmin USB Card Programmer and data card???

    I purchased a boat with a Garmin 2006C GPS navigation unit....... this unit's latest update was about 8 years ago............ and the unit in my boat was probably never upgraded about 5 years prior to THAT update. I'd like to at least get it up to date with the latest 5.9 software. Does anyone...
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    Dual Engines - Dual Power Steering Pumps?

    I have a 2000 Wellcraft Martinique 3000 w/ dual Volvo 5.7 motors. My question is, should BOTH motors be running power steering pumps? How does that work? On the starboard motor, the power steering pump is connected via hoses and belt. On the port motor, the power steering pump is connected...
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    Sorry

    Sorry, Phil. We can't do this in the forum.
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    How do I remove this? Please help!

    I have volvo penta sx cobra outdrives.. Removed the outdrives, removed the lower bracket and bolts on top. I thought the steering bracket attached to the transom would have come right off... What am I missing?? Thank you!! Phil
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    Homemade - Prop Shaft Seal Installer Tool

    I'm replacing my prop shaft seal in my Volvo Penta SX Cobra outdrive..... and didn't want to purchase their "special" install tool for the seal. For $5, I made my own tool that works perfect. I purchased a 5ft 1-1/4" PVC pipe from Lowes as well as an end cap for that pipe. I cut the pipe down...
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    Volvo Penta SX Cobra - Bearing Carrier Part - What is this?

    Does anyone know what this part is? I removed the bearing carrier in my outdrives to change out the shaft seal..... and this is a bracket bolted to the carrier with what looks to be an anode? Is this piece even needed? I'm pretty sure it isn't anything critical? Boat was originally in salt...
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    Volvo Penta SX-M Hydraulic Cylinder Help!

    Hi Everyone! I have a 2000 Wellcraft Martinique 3000 cruiser I just bought this past fall. Long story short, needs some TLC. I removed the hydraulic rams (Volvo Penta SX-M) to rebuild the cylinders. When removing 2 of them, the cylinder end (not the ram side) was severely corroded and very...
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    2000 Wellcraft Martinique 3000 - Gauges & Switches

    I recently purchased this 2000 Wellcraft Martinique 3000. I'd like to replace the dash gauges and switches. Does anyone know if these are still sold? Best place to look? Has anyone done this before on this make / model boat? The current gauges work when they want to (tap them, and they start...
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    Exhaust Temperatures - Bad Impeller - Melted bellows.... Question!

    I have a 2008 Monterey 194FS with the volvo outdrive and GXI 4.3 motor. Recently the exhaust over heated on the starboard side. The culprit (I believe) was an impeller blade broke off and got lodged in the water inlet of the starboard side exhaust. The 2 rubber bellows on the starboard side...
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    Looking for a Boat Table....

    I have a 2008 Monterey 194FS....... I've seen these tables at boat shows, where it has a bracket that mounts on the vertical surface under the bench seat, comes out horizontal to the floor into a 90 degree bend, and then straight up into the table. So basically, I have a table and no flush...
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