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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

    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

    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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    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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    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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    Fuel pump whine

    My Volvo Penta fuel pump is doing a lot of whine. It's a 2008 4.3 gxi. The pumps are running cool, about the same temperature as everything else in the engine bay. I have checked the screens, replaced the E-clip instead of screen to the fuel pressure regulator, cooling passages are clean, engine...
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    Spark plugs difference

    I have been chasing the causes of not so smooth idle on my VP 4.3gxi. Found out that even though all 6 plugs are the same Acdelco 41-993 then somehow on the port side all center electrodes look different then those on the stb side. Made also a picture of it, and only when at home looking at the...
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    Trim connector pinout

    So I'm installing a new trim sender and can't really decide how to connect. The wire colors on the new sender don't match with colors on the old sender. The instruction refers to positions A And B and C, but I cant find such marking on neither of the housings. So on the boat side its black, red...
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    Fuel cell project gone bad

    Fuel pump on my 4.3 gxi started to whine already a while ago. Checked the fuel pressure regulator, there black dots visible so diagnosis on the paint problem was put. Ordered myself new pumps and opened up the fuel cell. The filter side was really good condition Ok, so I thought must be...
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    How to drain tilt-trim system

    Noticed that my trim oil is a bit milky or foamy. Seems the cap O-ring on the reservoir has failed. So how to get it out from the system before you fill it with new? It's a DPS-A, gen 1 pump.
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    Tracing the trim problem

    It is a 4.3gxi-j coupled with DPS-A, both from 2008. For a while already I have had the problem that irrespective what is the outdrive actual position the little screen in the gauge still shows 56...as if the drive would be lifted up. Just bought a new trim trim sender and nothing changed. Given...
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    Faulty fuel sender or fuel gauge?

    The problem is following - switch on the batteries, turn ignition and the fuel gauge moves to correct position. Everything works fine until you come down from plane and the gauge drops to zero and diagnostics display reads "system faulty". Then if you switch of the engine and batteries and turn...
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    Antifouling outdrive

    Lifted out my boat at the end of the season and the outdrive was basically looking like bush. So enough is enough, for the next season will paint my outdrive with antifouling. There's not much on that in youtube so not sure how it would be correct - scuff with 3M pads, prime with 2 part epoxy...
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    Exhaust overheat on 4.3 gxi

    Pulled out my boat the other day - ran it for five minutes on the hose and got really surprised. Port side exhaust manifold, riser and exhaust pipe was just warm or even rather cool as it should be. But on the starboard side, manifold and riser was uniformly warm/cool but the exhaust pipe was so...
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    4.3 GXi-J with DPS-A howling sound

    Following problem - there is a howling or humming sound when on plane. It's not there when you rev the engine in neutral, so probably coming from the drive, right? Or is there a possibility it's still the engine but appears only under load? U-joints are changed, gimbal bearing changed, raw water...
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    DPS-A props alignment

    When installing back the props after maintenance I was wondering is there any difference how the props are put back in relation to each other. Neither the operator manual or workshop manual say anything about it. Then found from some forum that the prop blades should not meet at the same time...
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    DPS-A trim sensor drives me nuts

    Ok, rebuilt my trim cylinders, hooked everything together, everything works, yuhuu, I'm the man. Took my 10 year old son to play withe trim so I could watch the outdrive just to check. Then all of a sudden he tells me it shows 56. Me, how come, it's all the way down!? And so it is, no matter...
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    Prop shaft vs crankshaft alignment on DPS-A

    My boat has always had this bow-high riding attitude. So much so that it is often porpoising unless the tabs are down. Other boaters are saying why don't you trim down your outdrive, but it is as down as it can be. So when doing maintenance I adjusted the trailer so that engine is level on...
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