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    Volvo Penta SX grease tube fix alternative.

    Gonna piggy back off this one. When reinstalling new bellows I found out that the retainer that clips to the inside of the exhaust bellows was MIA and new kit didn't supply one.. Volvo Penta part #3852665. They range around $30 and as you can guess probably none available locally and it's...
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    Volvo Penta SX grease tube fix alternative.

    As most people know the grease tube on these outdrives is a pretty poor design. My gimbal bearing failed after one season due to the tube falling out somewhere and allowed water in the bearing .... what a headache. Well as always its just about time to boat in water and low and behold my gimbal...
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    Volvo Penta high and low pressure fuel pump replacement

    So my fuel pump off my Volvo Penta Gi-F 5.7 has failed again. I have pulled it apart removed all the paint off the inside of where the fuel flows and hoping this will prevent future issues. I paid nearly $900 dollars just couple years ago only to get the same paint issue when I purchased the...
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    Outdrive swinging

    Drive was up but not under load. I just started it to make sure boat actually started ..... glad I did before I took off trailer. I did try lowering it when it was shaking just because I had no clue what was going on and was trying any everything I could think of. It didn't change by lowering it...
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    Outdrive swinging

    I had pulled my outdrive just to check alignment just noticed one of the u joints was broken. Looks like gonna have to fix that prior to trying to bleed power steering. Anyone got any good links on taking them apart or how to tell which my exact u joint is? I have SX outdrive but seems like...
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    Outdrive swinging

    Thanks I will give that a shot!
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    Outdrive swinging

    Hey all I have a 2006 four winns 210 horizon with a Volvo penta 5.7 Gi-F. Finally got chance to clean her up and get ready to launch her for first of the season. When I put ears on and fired her up she shakes violently and looks like outdrive is going side to side fast. This is with no...
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    Hard starting after floating

    I have a 2006 four winns 210 horizon with the 5.7 Volvo Gi-F. When I take it off trailer it starts right up and runs great. However if I stop the boat and float around for a couple hours the boat will not start. It will crank and crank but not turn over. Not sure if it is because it's hot but I...
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    New motor, new ECM no start

    Started another post just so no one has to read 5 pages of frustration. In hopes someone might have another idea... I've had lots of great help but just haven't been able to figure it out. Volvo Penta Gi-F 2006 5.7L New motor installed and wouldn't start. Ignition coil will fire ONLY 3-4 times...
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    New motor installed and won't start

    Hey guys I have 2006 four winns 210 horizon that has the volvo penta 5.7 Gi-F engine. Last summer the crankshaft broke still not sure how but anyways since I have installed a new longblock and reinstalled in the boat. The motor will crank and crank but won't fire. I have a very weak spark coming...
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    Amp selection and speaker wiring

    I had a 600 watt 4 channel amp that burned up. It powered 4 6.5inch speakers and 1 10 in sub. I'd like to add 2 tower speakers and looking for some help on what amp to get and a little help on wiring the speakers to amp. Not sure the whole bridged / crossover on back. Thanks for any and all help
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    Motor mounts and risers

    A quick background...my crankshaft broke on my original motor. The boat is a 2006 Four Winns horizon 210 with a volvo penta gi-f. So I bought a replacement long block and brought my boat to a 40 year mechanic to swap it out. I got a call today from him telling me that the motor mounts are too...
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    Long block swap to Vortec

    Hi I am unfortunately having to get a new long block for my 2006 Four Winns 210 Horizon. It currently has a 5.7 Volvo Penta Gi-F motor installed and a broke crankshaft to go with it;( . I have been looking at getting a long block to swap out with the old one. Due to the fact I am not really up...
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    Major engine issue?

    A little background on what happened. ... I was out riding around lake and the boat was running fine. About 20 min into trip it sounded really rough and vibrating excessively so i shut boat down. I smelled what I thought was burning rubber so checked belt which was fine and then saw some oil in...
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