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Cool. Thanks everyone. At least we still have snow on the land and ice on the lakes so I got some time to prep. Thanks for the help! Guess I'll be pulling a motor and a leg! Yay! Really appreciate your help and expertise!
Yeah I noticed the water on the first trip last summer and I drained the oil out of the leg. It was clean, no water mixed in. I noticed the bellows for the shaft was cracking but wasn't taking on water. So I have all new ones, seals for the whole upper drive, shaft, gimbal bearing, alignment...
Thanks guys. I was planning to pull the leg and replace the drive shaft and bellows anyways. The u-joints are starting to clunk pretty good in the corners. Gonna do the gimbal and I have a couple seal kits too. I hope i don't have to pull the engine right out to get to the "Y" pipe. I almost...
Hi, I am a new member and I'm not super great at terminology but I have a minor problem with my Volvo Penta 5.0FI. It's the original motor in a 1995 Wellcraft Eclipse 196S. There is water coming from a little hole in the middle of the exhaust piece just before it goes through the transom. I...