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    Shift cable sleeve broke loose after impact.

    I replaced the frozen shift cable on my VP sx drive. It shifted flawlessly all day yesterday. When we anchored in shallow water, I forgot to raise the drive up. A boat came tearing through in a no wake zone and sent a swell to my anchored boat causing the drive to impact the bottom several times...
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    How you i remove this VP shift controller?

    I posted this on another website, but didn't get any responses. Not many i/o people over there. I need to replace my shift cable and cant figure out how to get the thing apart.: I'm having difficulty removing the shift control lever from the side panel. I can feel behind the controller that...
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    New tube is boring

    I "upgraded" to an HO 4 person tube that i bought from Costco a few years ago. We are just now getting into using the boat again (rough last couple years) and took the family out to the lake for the day. Long story short is that this big tube is heavy and I'm assuming because of the drag in...
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    4.3gxi injector cleaning after finding the dreaded paint chips?

    I replaced the original fuel pump four years ago after it failed. I replaced the unit and haven't had problems since. I received a bulletin from Volvo to replace the screen on the fuel pressure regulator with an e clip. I changed it out but discovered the screen on the pressure regulator...
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    Found a solution to networking volvo penta engines to NMEA2K

    I stumbled onto this last night. It looks like a real solution to be able to get data from our engines via NMEA2K. Check it out. http://fox-marine.com/
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    Anyone installed a fuel sensor on their volvo penta?

    I was getting ready to buy a Garmin gfs 10 fuel flow sensor for my 04 4.3gxi engine but was told that fuel meters are not compatible with fuel systems that use a fuel return. My thought that it would still meter the fuel that flows through the line attached to the meter, but it would read...
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    Anyone STILL having fuel pump issues after already replacing the pump?

    Just out of curiosity. I have a friend who sold his boat because he was replacing his electric fuel pumps every couple years. He'd run his boat until the fuel pump went out then he'd replace it with a new one and run it until that one died. These Carter build fuel pumps have been a real...
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    Changing cooling hoses

    How often should the cooling hoses on a raw water system be changed out? The hoses look good but they are on a 2004 boat.
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    Oil bath or bearing buddies?

    Since I'm going to replace my bearings all the way around, it might be a good time to decide if I want to switch over to oil bath hubs. I'm thinking it might be a better alternative making yearly bearing inspections much easier. Thoughts?
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    Does this spindle look ok?

    The inner bearing disintegrated causing the hub to ride on the spindle. the portion of the spindle where the bearings ride on is not damaged but you can see on the shoulder where the inner bearing seats is slightly damaged. I can knock that off with a file. Does this spindle look ok to reuse by...
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    Prop recommendation for 2101 striper

    Hey guys. I have a 2101 striper walk around cuddy with hard top. It's has 4.3gxi volvo penta engine and 1.66 geared out drive. I'm currently running a 14 3/4 x 17 Ballistic ss prop. It takes 6.5 seconds to plane and the boat goes 36 knots at 4800 rpm which is max WOT for that engine. I'm...
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    Help with excessive fuel consumption 4.3gxi-ef

    I've noticed my boat is getting terrible mileage. It's a 2101 striper with Volvo 4.3gxi-ef engine. The engine runs great. It doesn't miss and runs smooth throughout the rpm range but I'm getting about half the mileage I did when the boat was new ten years ago. Has relatively low hours...
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    need help figuring out what's wrong with my drive(grumble when turning)

    No. Its not the gimble bearing. I wish it was as it would be an easy fix. Over the last few years, my drive would grumble and boat vibrate in turns. In hard turns, it would knock. I'd have the drive serviced and they wouldn't find anything wrong. Last year during routine gimbal check, they...
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    got the new drive. boat is fixed now!

    I bit the bullet and ordered the new driveshaft instead of messing around with aftermarket u joints. Of course the problem is fixed now and the drive doesn't knock in turns any more. I took pics of the new driveshaft on my phone but I think I can't post them from my phone. Anyone know? Quite...
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