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    Trim Motor Nightamre Solved Saved $$$$

    I have a 2007 Glastron GT190 with a Penta Volvo 4.3 i/o. The trim motor failed with only like 130 hrs!!! I thought it would be a no brainer to fix but no dice. The trim motor is on the back of the transom under a plastic coverThe say you have to remove the drive unit to get it out but you really...
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    Biggest ripoff ever!!!

    I just ahd the trim motor go out on a Volvo 4.3 SXA 1.79. I could not believe it but they wont sell you just the electric motor (a little bigger than an electric fuel pump motor) rather they make you buy the whole trim system: motor, pump, gasket, plastic cover and all hydraulic lines as a...
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    Trim Motor Nightmare avoided

    The trim motor went out on my 4.3 Volvo GL. It didn't work at all. I did all the tests relays. fuses, switches etc and it finally came down to the electric motor.I benched tested it and it didn't work. It is actually quite easy to remove just eight ten mm bolts and remove the wires from the...
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    Trim Motor for GL-G

    I have a 2008 Glasstron GT 185 with 4.3 Volvo GL - G, SXA 1.79. My trim quit working. I have checked everything switches, realys, jacks, fuses etc. I get power right to the motor and have bench tested the motor; it doesnt run. I have been told that I cant buy the pump itself only as a unit...
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    Keep throwing the serpentine belt

    I have a 07, Glastron, GT 185 with a 4.3 litre Penta Volvo I/O with less than 100hrs. I am on my second serpentine belt. The belt is sometimes noisy it's squeals at low rpms and comes off once in a while. I can't see any alignment problems. Are these motors prone to this problem due to the...
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    Grinding noise in reverse

    I took my 2006 Glastron GT185, 4.3 Penta Volvo out yesterday for the first time this year. About an hour into using it, I starting to hear a kind of grinding type noise from the lower unit, especialliy in reverse at higher RPM. No noise at low rpms. Not much use on it, probably less than 100...
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    Chirpy Serpentine Belt

    My 4.3 litre I/O started to throw my sepertine belt and chirp when hot. It only has 40 hours and the belt was in good shape. I observed that power steering seemed a little offset. I shimmed the rear bracked with two thick washers so the pulley protudes forward about an 1/8inch. After making...
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    Ignition Switch?

    I have an 07, Penta Volvo, Glastron GT185 with a very strange issue. When I switch on the bilge pump or the accessory switch the start alarm squeals. With the ignition, switched off, when I hit bilge switch the bilge pump does not activate but the start alarm squeals? Anyone have any ideas.
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