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    It’s a deck boat so not “exactly” a true V bottom. Not sure if that matters. There is roughly 3” of just play in the steering before any resistance is felt. Power steering fluid is full. I’ll have to try the stop to stop move to see if that improves it at all. I was just wondering if there was a...
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    Just back from a full week vacation on the lake. The boat did great. I noticed low speed steering wanders a lot. Is there a wear item somewhere I need to replace to tighten this up?
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    Yes, i did just that. They are standard analog gauges. I plan to just buy a whole new set. Probably Sierra.
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    Ok i figured out my two Faria gauges that aren’t working do have power, ground, and signal. So the gauges are dead. Oil pressure and tach. I’d like to just buy an entire set of new gauges but don’t know if these are analog or VDO. How can I tell?
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    It’s a Volvo SX-A and I can just barely see the drive shaft sticking through the round flange of the transom plate. The leak is directly below that round drive shaft flange, so it’s not the shaft bellows. I think that would indicate the Y pipe connection? I can barely see it much less get to it...
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    This Hurricane is so hard to access back there. I’ll get a good light and stand on my head a bit and see what I can see.
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    I’m still going over this new to me boat learning my way around and getting all the maintenance items squared away. Or at list onto a list to get squared away. The two batteries were just sitting in the back of the boat on trays so I got them both inside battery boxes today to keep them dry...
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    Yes I have the flush hose with blue cap and can safely run on it. I used it to warm the engine up before changing the oil. I have well water where I keep the boat and the land lord gets all uptight about how much water it wastes running the boat. That’s why I was asking if there was a good way...
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    Does anyone have a trick, or particular product, that works well for blocking the water intakes on the drive while running the engine on the hose?
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    Yeah I thought that was weird too. I need to do a WOT test, but it runs great and we are skiers, not racers, so I prefer more bottom end than top end anyway. But 15 just seemed really low.
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    Also, am I reading the prop correctly and this is a 15 pitch prop? That seems way low for a 5.0 engine.
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    So I did my outdrive oil change last weekend. The oil was black as tar and stank. I sure was glad to get it changed. In the process I had to pull the prop off and discovered it’s an Evenrude prop. I thought that was peculiar. Does that make sense or has someone changed it at some point?
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    Yes im a big believer in preventative maintenance. I never understood people who spend money on something but then neglect it.
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    Yes sir my next move was to break out the stethoscope. I bought one years ago to track down a chirping idle roller on a timing belt. Very handy to have. Good idea about the serpentine belt. I’ll keep that in my hip pocket for later.
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    Oops I wasn’t sure which number was what. I repost with the SN.
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    4012219369
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    I thought this open hole on the port side of the drive seemed odd. Is there supposed to be something here?
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    Sadly mine has no such grease fitting.
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    Ah so with the drive off there is a zerc fitting available to lube the gimbal bearing?
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    I noticed a whinny noise when we test drove the boat. My research lead me to do a full overhaul on the fuel pressure pump assembly and fuel pressure regulator. We took her out yesterday and it runs great, but there is still something whinny. With my ear beside the fuel pressure pump I can easily...
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