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i have a VP 280 and was JUST getting ready to go out for a long weekend and I'm noticing a pin hole sized jet of water coming from the y-pipe. It's right up against the transom, so it's hard to see, but seems like there is some sort of plug there, on the starboard side? i attached a...
i didn't intentionally change the angle of the transom but something ended up not going back together the way it should, because i had to shim the engine mounted a solid 1.5" in order to get everything to line back up. to counter that, the outdrive was set in the pin that allowed it to be tipped...
hey all, I have been having various issues with reverse on a Volvo Penta 280 on a 32' houseboat. I replaced the reverse lock mechanism last season, and this season it seems like it is working 50% of the time, but sometimes the drive still pops up. the "teeth" on the reverse lock mechanism that...
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Last season I replaced the reverse lock mechanism on my VP 280. Everything seemed fine, but towards the end of the season I started to lose the ability to go into reverse reliably. It seemed like the very first time I would shift into reverse each day I would get it, but then there was...
I’m reviving this old thread of mine. Short story is that last season I had lost reverse on a VP 280. I had tried adjusting linkages, made sure the cable was properly seated in the anchor plate, adjusted the trunion etc. but couldn’t get it to work.
When I finally hauled it for the season I put...
ESG, I did the trouble shooting as specified in post #4 of that link you shared, and it seems like I do have a ground leak. With + terminal disconnected I had 12v when measuring between the disconnected + cable and its respective battery terminal. I then checked resistance and it seems like it’s...
I should pull off just the neg battery cable and then check correct? If it’s a ground leak and the bildge pump is the culprit what is the solution? New bildge pump?
I have a 2001 Volvo Penta 3.0 GSP-A . While trying to see if I had spark (I did) I happened to notice that there was continuity between positive and the engine block. I also had continuity with neg to the block. Then a few minutes later i didn’t have continuity with positive. Then I did. Etc...
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I have a 2001 VP 3.0 GSP-A. I believe it hydrolocked the other day. User error. Was pretty choppy and so people went to the rear cause they were getting wet, and next thing I knew we lost power. Tried to start it but after turning over a few times it just sounded seized. Pulled the plugs...
I just wanted to close this thread out. Ends up it was a bad o-ring in the oil fil port that is near the shift linkages. Changed the oil and the o ring and all seems well. Just wanted to post that in case anyone is referencing this in the future. Thanks !
This is my first boat that has a trim system so I’m not sure how to inspect it. Put the boat on a trailer and do a visual inspection? Am I supposed to pressure test it somehow? So far all I did was check the level of the resevoir, and I can keep my eye on that to see if it changes. But I assume...
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I have a 2001 VP 3.0 and the drive says “SX” on it. Don’t know if “SX 175” is correct or if that is referring to the model of the glastron boat ??
When the boat has been sitting in the water I don’t see an oil sheen, but once I get on and jump around a little bit the tiniest sheen...
Ends up it was written on the registration. doi. I stopped in at the DMV and they showed me which number it was. Would that also be written/stamped somewhere on the boat theoretically?
Hey all, I’m trying to figure out the Hull ID number on an old 1970’ish Nautaline Houseboat. The placard in the engine compartment ((see attached) is pretty beat up. I can do a rubbing of it and probably get the numbers in the lower left hand corner, but I won’t know what they are associated...
