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Well I had a new drive bellow installed this spring due to a leak. One thing I forgot to mention before.. So first trip out this year I was doing fine then I hit a sand bar which pulled outboard away from transom about 1/4" at the bottom. Found out one of the nuts was missing that helped hold it...
Still haven't been able to get at this problem. Can't put any weight on my ankle until Sept 7th (wife won't help). Once I take off the prop and look more into the outdrive I should know more.
I can get over 4000 rpm in neutral out of gear. I can manually operate linkage with same results. I'll look at the prop first. One of my coworkers thought it might be the high speed jet in the carburator that is plugged. I think it might be the prop but not sure until I take it off. It'll be...
1985 Bayliner Capri Cabin Cuddy
Volvo Penta AQ125A with 270 outdrive
So a few weeks ago when I took boat out it was surging a little bit off and on but it went away after a bit. This past weekend I was down to about a quarter tank of gas so I added some 91 octane which brought it up to about...
