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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse I think it's done! Haven't splashed it yet... it's been raining for a month... soon though. I got a scare when I turned the key for the first time... nothing... turned out that I had somehow knocked the neutral switch wire off of the shifter...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse LOL... now I know why boats are named "His Mistress" and such... I'm sure I've spent more time sitting in this boat in my garage this winter than I will in the next 5 years on the lake... but it's better than watching TV... The floors are back...
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    Volvo Penta SX-CT1 exhaust

    Hey all, Just bought this boat last fall... it's been a big project, new transom & floors, etc... reassembling now. I had noticed that the boat was louder than I expected when it was in the water... Now that I'm looking at the parts I can see that some of the exhaust is allowed to escape...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse Well... Progress! I took a bit of a break for the holidays... I had left a few inches of the floor boards in so that I would know the original level of the floors... I made templates for the bulkheads and put them in place with temporary support...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse It looks like the stringers and bulkheads were slotted together... stringers high, bulkheads low... I'll re-make them as they were originally done. I cut it all out today... I am in the granite-countertop biz and I'd highly recommend the tool we...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse Just finished stripping most of the foam... nasty job! garden shovel, then chisels and scrapers.... The foam wasn't as wet as I had worried, but it was definitely soaked down low along the stringers. I was amazed that there was no glass on the...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse I took a picture of my almost-perfect boat.... And then I took the carpet up, cut out the floor... and took a few more of the carnage beneath. I love carpet!!! It looks like everything forward of the middle of the fuel tank is pretty bad. They...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse I made sure that the new transom was exactly the same thickness as the "good" parts of the old one... 2 1/16 everywhere. Everything appears to be nice & flat and true. I need to drill out the mounting holes... I plan to make a jig to be sure that...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse Well, here it is... new transom... 3/4 marine ply, with a thicker section laminated on with titebond III. The thicknesses and shape match the original transom except that it was OSB with a ply overlay on the thicker part. I have put 2 coats of epoxy...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse ok.... The transom came out with only a putty knife... I made a template of the old one before I crumbled it. It consisted of one piece of 3/4" OSB with another piece of 3/4" plywood (approx 2' x 2') in the center. I plan to buy a sheet of Marine...
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    water in SX drive

    I pulled the drain plug and said... "this is not good"... If there is a leak, I think that it is at the shift linkage... there is a bit of oil coming out, so I assume that water gets in sometimes... How do I chase a water leak? can I put compressed air into the housing and watch for...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    Re: Flooding thru transom when in reverse Well, here a couple of pics showing chunks of transom I removed by blowing on it lightly. ;-) There seems to be a oval section extending 4" left and right of the 3/4 marine plywood at the center of the outdrive... the top and (surprisingly) the bottom...
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    Faria Fuel gauge replacement

    Hi all, My fuel gauge reads E all of the time... previous owner told me that the tank sender has been tested and working. so... Should I believe him? is there an easy way to check? I have Ohmmeter, but don't know what to look for... Can I buy a gauge like Iboats part# 13001 and simply...
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    Flooding thru transom when in reverse

    I have a 96 volvo Penta 3.0 with an SX-C1 outdrive on a Larson Bowrider... I was recently towing another boat in reverse (unusual situation)... and after 4 minutes I was ankle deep in water. the boat has been on a mooring for years without an automatic bilge pump and is quite dry otherwise...
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