Plugs Plugs Plugs

[Swivelhart]

All I want to do is change the intermediate housing oil and I cannot figure out where the plug is to do that. there is one on the back inside the boat by the transom that I can barely get at that appears to be removed by a large allen wrench. Then on the outside if I tilt the outdrive all the way up I can see two more plugs in-between the tilt drive and the exhaust outlet. Plugs Plugs Plugs which is which and why so many what appear to be drain and fill plugs?

The plug that I think might be the fill is behind those wires right near the transom cutout. I have no idea how I am suppose to get that off with the limited space to work.

 

[Swivelhart]

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I think someone mentioned that there is no drain...just need to suck up what ever I am able to with a hose and then fill. DO I fill to the rim?

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

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there is a drain...on newer ones... not sure about '66
get on your knees and look up under the intermediate - just to the right of the ball gear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vGybQJQK4
55 seconds --on

 

[superbenk]

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there is a drain...on newer ones... not sure about '66
get on your knees and look up under the intermediate - just to the right of the ball gear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7vGybQJQK4
55 seconds --on

Wow, those videos are pretty handy. I've poked around Youtube for Stringer stuff, but never came up with much, not sure why I never found those. Howard, did you make those?

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

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yes, just the other day... I have a couple more to upload

 

[superbenk]

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yes, just the other day... I have a couple more to upload

You need to clean up that outdrive You should definitely put together something for a sticky and get it to the moderators. That's some good basic info that'd be nice to point people to.

 

[Swivelhart]

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This is not my intermediate housing (I forgot to take a picture of the plug) but this one I found on the internet has the same plug like thing that I am curious about. The picture is a little contrasty but you can kinda make out the allen head on it. It's the one with the big question mark! Is this the fill hole for the intermediate housing?

 

[superbenk]

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There's a metal clip that holds the shift cable in that gets screwed in where that hole is. You can see part of the clip on my shift cable here on the right:


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[Swivelhart]

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Thanks for the input...that makes sense but I will take a picture of mine tomarrow to see and compare. Your outdrive looks newer, mine is a 66.

 

[superbenk]

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Mine is a 1980 hydro-mechanical.

 

[Swivelhart]

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How come nobody knows where to fill the intermediate with lube? Is this something that never needs to be checked? Strange....

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

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posted a link - guess you didn't watch it..