sker crunch
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Jun 15, 2006
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- 86
1981 5.7L 260 Pre-Alpha. I noticed last fall when I lowered my drive after parking for the winter there was oil dripping out of my bilge hole onto the ground. Great, I thought, that's the first thing I'll check into in the spring. Today was the first chance I've had to get the boat out. I put the battery in and raised the drive to tow it home and when I looked in the back it had run about a tablespoon of oil out the bilge hole on the ground again. I stuck my head in every tight spot I could to find the source of the leak and finally resorted to taping a swiveling mirror on a piece of redi-rod and found where the oil is coming from. I can see where the grey hose from the reverse lock and the black hose from the trim pump go out thru the gimbal housing directly below the exhaust port. The oil (10W30) is running out of the hole the hoses go through and down the inside of the transom until it hits the bilge drain and runs out of it onto the ground. My question is.......The trim cylinder lines run to a hydraulic connector on the bottom of the gimbal housing. 2 hoses come out of each side of the hydraulic connector and run to the cylinders. If I take the 2 bolts holding the hydraulic connector to the gimbal housing out and drop it down am I going to find the grey and black hoses with a loose connector inside there causing my leak or are they connected by some sort of compression fitting inside there? It got too dark for me to try tonight, so I want to try it in the morning. I have scoured my OEM manual and my parts catalog and they dont do much but mention the hydraulic connector when telling you to connect the hoses to it. I'd love a little help on this one. Thanks!
