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    Help to source Bravo 3 gimbal housing

    Thank you guys for input. I will consider all of those. At the same time, another potential candidate appeared - the only thing is seller is unsure about the part number and there is a word "diesel" on the sticker. Does anyone recon from the pictures whether it's the correct part?
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    Help to source Bravo 3 gimbal housing

    I need to change out the gimbal housing or sometimes called transom shield on my boat. I need only the part itself, without gimbal ring or trim cylinders and so on and my preference would be a used part in decent shape. The boat comes from 2005 and it"s a Bravo 3. The part number should be...
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    350 MAG temp issue

    Thanks for the tip! I think it isn't actually single point drain system as there are several of those blue fittings - on the distribution housing, on tstat housing, two on the sea water pump. But that probably doesn't matter since the waterflow has to be present on both of these block hoses and...
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    350 MAG temp issue

    I was checking my engine after a day on the water and back in the marina discovered an odd temperature difference on the block halves. Its a 2005 350 MAG. Now I don't actually know what is the difference in degrees if any, but what I'm sure of is that the ~1/2" hoses coming from either side of...
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    350 MAG no hot start

    ok, so it isn't a backflow valve, but hot water flowing back to fuel cooling unit - is that something that suppose to happen or is that something odd? I mean, not only the check valve body gets hot but it flows down to the cooling unit, you can feel how the upper hose being cold after shutdown...
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    350 MAG no hot start

    Fuel in the fuel tank is new, we have here 98 octane premium without biocomponent so moisture should not be the issue. Engine temp stays around 160 no matter idle or planing. The rubber hose from regulator stays empty, no gas there. And the fuel fklter is changed a week ago. Did some digging...
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    350 MAG no hot start

    Just this weekend boat started to behave like never before. Starts up nice when cold, you drive around like half an hour with decent revs, shut it down and tried to start it up after like 10...15 mins and it doesnt do anything other than just turning and turning and nothing. Seventh or eight...
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    Blige pump problem!

    I like my boats bikges bone-dry. I do not get the boat owners whos 25...26 ft bayliners and searays etc etc are shooting out a bucket of water every 10 minutes or so. But you see that a lot if you pay attention. Other than that, these autosensing pumps are known to drain whatever the size of the...
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    Just bought boat, most gauges inoperable

    Rpm's - take the tach off from the panel, in the back you should see a small wheel with numbers on it. Turn it couple of times both ways, connect the wiring again and see if this made any changes. The number selected on the wheel should be selected according to motor but I dont know in this...
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    Start batteries repositioning

    Thank you guys for input. Inve crawled in the boat some more and found a marking on the existing neg cable, turns out it is already awg 2/0. So my idea of awg 4 is completely off. Awg 2/0 at the same time seems also an overkill. So maybe yes, just dump the existing cables and run whole length...
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    Start batteries repositioning

    In order to better balance the boat I'm planning to reposition two start batteries. What would be the best route to go? Myself I was thinking to mount a pair of insulated 100 amp capable bus bars to where the batteries currently are and run four awg 4 cables (2 pos + 2 neg) from these bus bars...
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    Bravo 3 steering pin question

    I'm about to change the steering pin on my Bravo 3 outdrive and before I rip it apart I would like to understand some details. On this picture, as far as I understand the steering pin is swiveling on the surface pointed with arrow no. 1 inside the shield, correct? What about surface pointed...
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    5.7 Merc coolant check?

    If you don"t have heat exchanger it is open...meaning seawater cooled. There is no coolant to check.
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    350 mag mpi manifold/elbow temp

    Do you have what's called hot manifolds system on your motor? Is there separate hoses going to manifold and elbow?
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    350 MAG winterizing - which method is correct?

    Tried to loose those block drain hoses today, but no luck. I'm afraid I'll break something. Should the gray clip be pushed towards block or pulled perpendicular to the hose/fitting?
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    Which lube do you use for Lubricating shift cables

    I used motor oil. I removed the cables from remote, slided a 2ft rubber hose over the brass fitting and wrapped it around the cable tightly with zip ties. Then filled the hose with oil and attached compressor with zip ties on the other. Air pressure pushed the oil through cables. Like new...or...
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    350 MAG winterizing - which method is correct?

    Probably going for # 3, just to be sure that there is no raw water anywhere and have some sort of rust inhibotors on inner walls of the water jacket. Did some prepwork today and discovered some features I haven't seen on my previous VP-s. Under manifold there is no drain plug but there is some...
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    350 MAG winterizing - which method is correct?

    Thank you guys for reply. My only I/O experience so far is with a newer VP that was half closed system, so way safer in regards of potential freeze damage. This one is a bit different animal. Seems there are no block nor manifold drains at all but just one blue plug on the t-stat housing and...
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    350 MAG winterizing - which method is correct?

    I have a 2005 raw water cooled 350MAG in my boat and I was wondering which of the two methods is correct (both found from youtube) 1. Drain all the water from block and manifolds/risers, leave the blue plugs off, then disconnect the big tube from the circulation pump and t-stat housing, flip it...
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    Snaps hole repair

    The harbour cover snaps bases are attahed with self tapping screws. Couple of them are ripped of from the hull. The remaining hole is unfortunately so big that any screw still going through the base won't be big enough to catch any material. And I cant access them from behind...so what are my...
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