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    sx outdrive.last hose in upper manifold removal

    Hello all.so i noticed oil seeping out of my 99 sx trim hoses and thought id just replace them.sounded good at the time.im down to the last hose and it does not have enough clearance to get a wrench on it.surely someone has a suggestion how to get this out without pulling the engine.book says...
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    5e generator wont start-anti diesel valve

    Hello all,i have a kohler 5e generator that has run fine all year but today i went to start it and it run 5 seconds and died.troublshooting...i have no gas entering cylinders.fuel pump working.i pulled anti diesel valve and had gas there.after applying 12 volts to valve it will arc but not pull...
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    power steering cooler test

    Hi,i have a 1998 penta 5.7 and this past weekend my power steering pump locked up,bone dry.i have read where the power steering cooler is the usual culprit.what i did was take it out and used an air gun to pressurize it under water but i did not see any air bubbles at all come out the water...
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    homemade swim platform?

    Hi, i have a 1998 regal 242 and would like just a little more room off the back of the boat.the expense of a swim platform is too high.so i was thinking i could take a sheet of treated plywood 3/4? and lay out the fiberglass mat on it and wet it down good with resin.then gelcoat it for a nice...
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    waste tank plumbed wrong?

    Hi, all -i have my waste holding tank out and am running all new hose from the head and replacing a bad macerator pump.my question is about the original plumbing.it comes from the head to the lower SIDE of the tank to dump.the macerator is in line from a fitting in the TOP of the tank and then...
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    homemade water heater

    Hi,i have been thinking of making a water heater for my boat.its a regal 242 cabin cruiser and does not have hot water plumbing to the fixtures but has the inline electric water heater.it does not work very well at all.my idea is to put the copper wound tubing in the can ,weld it back and pipe...
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    wter leaking(squirting) out between manifols and riser

    Re: wter leaking(squirting) out between manifols and riser well i took off the risers and found the culprits of the hot risers i do believe.its hard to believe that the mechanic put these back on a brand new engine.plus when i undone the bolts they couldnt have been very tight at all,gonna get...
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    wter leaking(squirting) out between manifols and riser

    Hi, i had a problem with my 98 242 regal 5.7 with sx drive not wanting to get above 8 mph.after suggestions i went back out and tried it again.however i didnt make it far till another problem arose.i took off working my trim tabs and was getting ready to check for slipping engine coupler when...
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    engine coupler or wrong prop -5.7 with sx outdrive

    hello, i recently bought a 1998 regal 242 and took it out for a test drive.the engine is a new 5.7 upgrade on the 5.0 with a cobra sx outdrive i believ to be a 1.66 ratio.it runs great however it will only do about 10 mph.i can give it gas from 1500 rpms to 3000 and it just does not want to...
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    bearing noise in outdrive volvo sx

    Hi,i finally got my 98 sx outdrive back to gether after putting bellows in it.when i start up the engine i hear a whine like bb sound .its just enough to notice it about 2 feet from the outdrive.i used a screw driver to listen and think its coming from the bearing just behind the...
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    stuck pivot housing and outdrive

    Re: stuck pivot housing and outdrive heres a picture,this thing is 400.00!!!!i seen a picture on ebay and it might not be where water will get in it,i would still like to know how to use the studs to get it apart,also what about that drive shaft.turns out the gimbal bearing is good and...
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    stuck pivot housing and outdrive

    Hi,long time reader first time poster.i have just bought a 1998 regal 5.7 with a volvo sx outdrive.i wanted to replace the belllows and gimbal bearing.i cannot get the two apart from the pivot housing and the upper outdrive.i seen on here where someone said to undo the hinge pins and push them...
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