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    Is the bilge drain hole to small or am I stupid

    Have a 2005 Chap 256SSi with the 6.2L. I'm trying to feed the oil drain hose through the bilge drain so I can drain and change the oil. It doesn't seem to want to fit through. The drain plug diameter seems bigger than the diameter of the hose....so confused.
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    Bravo 3 Sea Water Pump - What's this?

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    Bravo 3 Sea Water Pump - What's this?

    Thanks for all the info/help. One impeller change done but what a PIA getting the pump off and back on mainly due to the hoses and the shape of the bilge. I was going to try the recommendations of pulling the intake hose off the pump, but there wasn't enough room and my hand/wrist doesn't...
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    Bravo 3 Sea Water Pump - What's this?

    Didn't think of the suction side. That makes sense. Do you do you're own impeller change? If so, any tricks to dealing with stiffer hose? This is my first go-around with a Bravo water pump.
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    Bravo 3 Sea Water Pump - What's this?

    The red hose has stampings for 200 PSI rating and is way more rigid. I can't seem to flex it enough to pop it off that fitting. The discharge hose was easy. I don't know how such a high rated hose got installed on the intake side. There's no need for 200 PSI rating. My luck it got replaced...
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    Bravo 3 Sea Water Pump - What's this?

    I wrestled with it some more to rotate the fitting to better see the clip thingy. One pic is with the clip pulled up. Don't mind the blood on the one hose clamp. Missing a few skin cells 😁
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    Bravo 3 Sea Water Pump - What's this?

    Sorry about that. The picture was kind of upside down. I notated the pic as well as a screen shot of my cooling diagram. The red hose seems to more rigid than the black hoses and that might be what is giving me trouble pulling the hose off. The box is the fitting that has that spring clip thingy.
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    Bravo 3 Sea Water Pump - What's this?

    I'm trying to remove the sea water pump and the intake has this fitting with a spring loaded something on it that pulls up in to a second position. You can sort of see the one leg of it in the pic. At first I though it could be a quick disconnect in the middle but that doesn't seem to be the...
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    Rust stain from sterndrive water inlet

    I've noticed a rust stain running out of the sterndrive water inlet. If it's from the manifolds or risers, I don't see how the water could back flow through the impeller. Any ideas?
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    Hi gloss polished look - what am I missing.

    Here's the one pic with before/after using the oxidation remover and the heavy cut pad. I was just looking at it again, may be I need to do another pass with the orange pad (lighter cut/polishing) before going to the black pad (polishing)
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    Hi gloss polished look - what am I missing.

    I picked up the kit from McKee's. It came with a single pad of each type/color, marine/rv heavy oxidation remover and a one-step polish/sealant as well as other polishing pad(not really a pad) with elastic like it's meant to fit over one of the other pad that velcro on. I worked through and...
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    Winterizing fuel/oil mix for MPI's

    Reading up I see that the fuel injected engines have a different way of fogging. What type of tank do you use? Like a 3 gallon above deck or home made? How long do you need to run the engine on that mixture?
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    Keel repair

    Based on looking through the bow area table post fitting sits in, I have textured gel coat (diamond like pattern), layer of foam then 3/4in?? plywood. I believe to access the area of keel in question, the portion of deck aft of the bow table would need to opened up. It's raining today so I...
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    Keel repair

    When you say the keel should be very thick, how thick is that typically? I marked below where along the keel the damage is. Is the keel typically very thick from the tip of the bow all the way back?
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    Keel repair

    > Does the described area feel 'soft' because the fiberglass is thin? The area of real concern is/was squishy. I pushed on it and water dripped out. > Does water continually drip from any of the damaged area? No. Today it seems drier but still squishy/soft. > Is the area where the scrape is...
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    Keel repair

    As far as I know, no water in the bilge. From the second outing, no water came out the drain plug. Took another look and poked at it with a screwdriver. In the pic below, the red (~3 1/2 in) is where all the soft spots are with the softest in the middle. Not knowing how thick each layer is, it...
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    Keel repair

    I have 2005 Chap 256 SSi (owned for barely 2 weeks) and just noticed today that a section of the keel has lost all it's gel coat and the next layer is exposed. We have not done any grounding. Feeling around there is a soft spot that when I pushed on it, water squeezed out. What is the process...
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    Merc Engine Harness/Smartcraft data

    In my continuing efforts to learn..... I was looking over the engine harness and referencing the wiring diagram in the #31 manual so that I can identify all the sensors, etc. I noticed that some connectors are not connected to anything such as fuel level, digital trim, transom harness, etc...
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    Draining engine block - Merc MX 6.2 MPI/Bravo 3

    Yet another post from me as I learn a new engine/boat. I see that the 6.2 has more of a single point drain system, with exception to the drain plugs on the water pump and t-stat housing. I see, what was a drain plug on the engine block of my old boat, fittings connected to hoses that connect...
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    Bravo 3 has rubber boot cover - what is it?

    I noticed this rubber boot thingy covering what would normally be one of the nuts securing the outdrive to the bell housing. Take the boot off and there is no nut. How do you loosen that thing up?
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