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barnyard

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After much work on boat that was supposed to be done during winter I finally put it in water. However I did not connect( Alpha 1 gen2) small tube on frt of outdrive that connects to lower unit. Boat is in water. made short checkout trip approx. 10 minutes. What should I do?
 

Alumarine

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Is this a plastic tube about 1/4" in diameter?
If so, that's probably for the speedometer. No biggie.
 

Bondo

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Ayuh,.... Like Marc says, it's the pitot tube for the speedo, no big deal,...
 

Rick Stephens

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Next time you go swimming, tilt the drive all the way up. You can reach in and hook it up. Won't hurt anything except the speedo won't work until then.
 
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