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    Volvo Penta sea water pump

    My unit is on a 1979 volvo Penta is there there any where a part # can be found so perhaps A cross reference impeller can be used in stead of purchasing a completely new sea pump?
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    Volvo Penta sea water pump

    I neglected to mention year of the unit was 1979
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    Volvo Penta sea water pump

    Any one have or know of a place that could supply a part number for a impeller for a Volvo Penta Sea Water Pump?All parts prints just show the pump and no internal parts. Model of the enginw and out drive = AQ200D - S/N 3402 on a 200Hp. GMC engine
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    Sea Water Pump

    Understand have to do some checking. Would a pair of muffs put on the drive also help?
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    Sea Water Pump

    Considering the age of the boat probably would be a good idea replacing the pump. Thank you
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    Sea Water Pump

    The cooling water is drawn in through the bottom of the Volvo Penta drive
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    Sea Water Pump

    Like to change the impeller that is inside of the sea water pump which is mounted on the V-8 engine. Can this be accomplished when the boat is in the water. The boat is a 38' houseboat with Volvo Penta Aquamatic 280 I/O drive.
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    fire extinguishers

    The extinguishers will stored on our houseboat and just thinking ahead just in case. Thank You
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    fire extinguishers

    Not that I'm planning to have a fire, but I was wondering if there is much difference between the two types during clean up afterwards. I also see extinguishers need to be replaced after 12 years. Thank you for the reply.
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    fire extinguishers

    New USCG regulation starting in April and question is which would might be better a Mono-ammonium phosphate filled type or bicarbonate filled type?
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    fire extinguishers

    Which might be better in a fire extinguisher for boats, a mono-ammonium filled or sodium bicarbonate?
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    battery chargers

    You would think with today's technology things like this shouldn't happen. I guess it is probably dueto the Covid virus.
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    battery chargers

    Charger only good for 2 years. If unit fails throw it away per service tech! I could be a service tech.
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    battery chargers

    looking for a good battery charger. The 3 year old Promariner ProSport 20 recently stopped working. There are no lights on the unit and the outlet does have power. Unit located in a dry houseboat engine compartment. Just a few days ago there was a pretty big storm with some power outages...
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    Torquing Transom shield plate to engine

    Looking for the bolt torque which are used to attach the transom shield to the engine. The shield in mounted to Volvo Penta AQ200D/280. Bolts go through a collar which compress o-rings on each side of the transom shield plate and fastened to the bell housing. After bolts are tightened the...
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    Aquamatic 280

    Does anyone have any idea what could cause a very hard metal hitting metal noise when the drive is operating around 3000 rpm. There is no sound when the drive is operating at a idle speed. The u-joints were replace last winter. The drive is on a houseboat which is in the water until Oct.
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    Exhaust Bellows internal flappers

    When changing both exhaust bellows on Aquamatic 280 drives I noticed one of the bellows being replaced looked like it did had have a set of flappers on one end ( which were gone) and the other bellows looked like it never had any and it was never designed for any. My question is - Are these...
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    Removal of Helmet Shield

    Question - How to remove the center fastener on the steering helmet which is attached to a Aquamatic 280 outdrive? I removed two bolts which were running through the sleeve. There are no other threaded bolt holes on this sleeve and I have two bent rods which are shown in the manual. My...
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    Flybridge sloppy steering

    How can air be purge out from a houseboat hydraulic steering system? The system is on a 1978 Holiday Mansion houseboat with a flybridge. Looking at the hydraulic cylinder there don't seem to be a bleeder valve on it. There are threaded plugs on each wheel housing. When steering from the lower...
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    flickering GPS

    Just converted engine ignition system from a points type to a pertronix electronic type with a flamethrower coil. Engine starts immediately and runs great. Problem having is that the Garmin GPS/ chartplotter flickers and turns off when the engine is put to power.
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