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    Is it feasible to straighten a prop shaft?

    The title says it all. Brand new lower unit in July that a renter bent the shaft on in September. Have had the lower unit disassembled and sitting on the bench ever since waiting for a shaft that I can’t even get a status on. Stainless prop doesn’t show any impact damage. I have seen some...
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    Yamaha F150 tilt/trim limiter

    The actual switch didn’t mount quite as easy as it appeared it would. The steering cylinder had to be removed. I probably didn’t do that the best way possible. There isn’t enough room to install the bolt in the steering arm when the switch is installed so I had to leave the switch mount bolts...
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    Yamaha F150 tilt/trim limiter

    I finally got a chance to go back out and have a second look. The connection is pretty well hidden on the F150. That’s it wrapped in yellow tape next to the oil filter and behind the starter cables:
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    Yamaha F150 tilt/trim limiter

    I bought one of these limit switches today and took a quick look at the boat to see what the installation will take. The switch mounts easy enough but I didn’t see where to plug in the wires. I followed the harness from the trim switch on the side across the bottom of the cowl to the main...
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    Pontoon parts?

    I may be looking at this too critical. I wanted to duplicate what was there for the missing door but it may suffice just to weld up a rectangle with a couple of tabs on each side to attach the panel. Or I could buy a little extra and put a couple of cross bars and leave it open. My bender will...
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    Pontoon parts?

    Does anyone know where to source the materials? I have been searching for the aluminum tube but can’t seem to find anything close to what I am looking to match on the boat. The tube has some sort of extruded pinch tab to hold the panel.
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    Pontoon parts?

    I have a 2013 Silver Wave in the fleet I manage. Very nice boat but one of the users let a tube blow out hit and the rear gate. The gate went to the bottom of the lake and now I cannot find a replacement anywhere. Silver Wave doesn't support anything more than 6 years old. I only found one fence...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    Did that many times as well as tweaked the location of the oil pump shaft to allow the distributor to drop in at the different locations. New distributor doesn’t go in the same as the old. Maybe a quarter tooth off at the closest location. Haven’t done very many distributors but have stabbed...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    I half expect an issue. The rotor didn’t line up exactly the same.
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    Code reader only showed a code for a misfire when the the boat was in the shop. The mechanic recommended the cap and rotor change which I had to do myself. One of the cap screws didn’t feel quite right but I let it run thinking there wasn’t any real force on a cap. Bad screw came loose and...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    I downloaded an owners manual for the Cobalt and the Volvo Penta. The Cobalt manual states a variety of reasons for a beep every minute and claims the various reasons are identified on the gauge by an abbreviation. All the gauge says when it beeps is “check engine”. The Volvo manual states any...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    Could be too much oil. I have found more than one of the boats over serviced. This boat in particular was above the full mark when I started extracting oil the other day. Unfortunately, my extractor pump quit pumping after removing a quart and I didn’t catch that it had only removed a quart...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    I can’t run the boat for a couple of days but I don’t recall the oil pressure being low the last time I ran it. It has a digital display that I usually step through to check things when on a test ride. if I knew how to silence the alarm I would. I did find a reference to a lower unit oil change...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    Here is the tag from the other one:
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    Suzuki DF250S pumping fuel into air intake

    The local Suzuki shop said the VST was shot. They got this one running but I am unsure of their fix. One of the dock hands left the fuel cap off and a renter ran the boat until ignoring the alarms and lights until it pumped water into the cylinders then they called for a tow. While I was purging...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    sorry about the delay, been dealing with other boat problems. I changed the rotor and cap on this one and the alarm went from constant to once per minute (service alarm?). The old rotor was worn out and loose on the screws so I suspect that was the misfire code. The top cover is missing from...
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    Engine alarm won’t stop

    I have a 2015 Volvo Penta V8 275 that we can’t get the check engine alarm to quit. The previous manager hauled it to the shop where they said it is throwing a misfire code. They changed the spark plugs and sent it back but the alarm still sounds. Reports from the renters is that the alarm varies...
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    Suzuki DF250S pumping fuel into air intake

    By the way… This one pumps fuel out the evap purge hose an into the intakes or across the top of the engine depending on how the motor is trimmed. The pattern suggests the evap purge valve is working since fuel only comes out when the motor is running and flow is intermittent. I pulled the hose...
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    Suzuki DF250S pumping fuel into air intake

    I drove it to the ramp and hauled it to the shop this afternoon. I don’t know that I have any faith in the shop I took it too since he told me on the phone he had never heard of raw fuel being dumped into the air intakes of these engines but we’ll see if he can fix it. I put “fuel coming out of...
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    Suzuki DF250S pumping fuel into air intake

    Just hanging out over the water looking at this thing. The evap purge valve is normally closed. It doesn’t seem to let air pass with the electricity off and from reading how purge valves work in general it seems just unplugging it should keep fuel from dumping all over the place. Seems like a...
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