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    Welcome to the World of Boating! Hit a log today. Prop not spinning.

    Re: Welcome to the World of Boating! Hit a log today. Prop not spinning. Went today to the Marine shop to survey the damage personally. The SX drive's splined coupler was indeed split into two pieces as it's designed to do. Also, the prop shaft housing has TWO cracks in it. Here's a pic of...
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    Welcome to the World of Boating! Hit a log today. Prop not spinning.

    Re: Welcome to the World of Boating! Hit a log today. Prop not spinning. I got a call last night from the Insurance Agent handling the claim. He pretty much said they were NOT going to cover this b/c of a number of factors and figures he was throwing out. When I heard that they're probably...
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    Welcome to the World of Boating! Hit a log today. Prop not spinning.

    VP SX-M Cobra Outdrive 1.79 ratio. Serial #4112054940. Pretty bummed out and could use some advice. My second time on the water in a boat i've been working on continuously for over a month. A barge had just went through about 20 or 30 minutes prior to me hitting a log or something in the...
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    Help Tuning a Carb

    Bought a 1999 Larson 186 lxi 3 weeks ago w/ 1998 4.3GS PBYC engine and SX outdrive. A LITTLE HISTORY: Guy I bought it from said the engine was missing last time on the water. He was the 2nd owner and had it only one season. He thought it was a bad carb. Not being a mechanic himself he took...
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    What is "normal" operation for an SX Drive??

    Being new to the boat owning world and especially SX-M drive specifics i'm not sure what normal operation is supposed to look like. Where exactly is water SUPPOSED to exit from, if at all? And if it DOES exit, say the 4 small holes that another poster here mentioned earlier, what is that...
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    Tulip Valve

    Re: Tulip Valve I have the EXACT same engine and yesterday I discovered #3 valve has tuliped. I just acquired the boat 2 weeks ago. Head is currently at a engine shop. Thoughts on what the cause is for this specific engine? Thanks
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