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    Drive Removal / Service

    Howdy, I'm a couple weeks away from salting the boat away for a another winter... DANG! I need a longer summer season. This will be my second winterization. Anyway, I'm good with all the basic winterizing stuff I think (fluids, filters, draining the block, impeller), but I plan to remove the...
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    Winterize Boat... check

    Thanks to all the posters here for the pointers and direction - thanks to Don S. for the 'sticky' post at the top of the board... Everything went well - took 3 or so hours yesterday to polish the boat, remove everything, etc. and then did all the mechanical stuff today in about 3 more hours...
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    Impeller, Thermostat, ???

    As mentioned in a few other posts, I recently bought a 99 Four Winns with the VP 4.3 GLPWTR and SX outdrive. The boat looked to be perfectly maintained, BUT the impeller appears to have NEVER been replaced as all but four of the vanes were intact when I replaced it. I took the thermostat housing...
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    VDO Cluster issues

    Howdy, I have a 1999 Four Winns Horizon 180 with what appears to be the infamous VDO cluster. The speedometer doesn't work (I'm going to replace the transducer). The other gauges kind of flicker on and off. I've found that if I disconnect the unit everything except the speedo seems to reset and...
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    Impeller install

    99 VP 4.3L GL - Serial # 4110174004 with a Volvo SX Drive Howdy - Finally got my life squared away and talked my wife into letting me get a boat - 1999 Four Winns Horizon 180 LX. For an older boat, it's looking pretty good. There's an hour meter wired to the engine - not part of the gauge...
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