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- Oct 14, 2017
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Help! A few weeks back a mechanic mate who had never pulled a sterndrive before stripped mine down to replace the 17 yr old shift cable which had degenerated into a cruddy mess at the sterndrive end and which was refusing to get out of gear and work the interrupt. He said it was an awful job and one he would never do again! Today a steady drip of presumably seawater is coming out of the long black plastic sleeve on the upper cable feeding the interrupt switch "Y" assembly keeping the distributor and HT leads nice 'n cool on the way down to the bilges.
Anyone any idea what is going on and how it can be fixed. Also I've read that a disintegrating U joint can break up and tear the bellows and sink the boat which sounds pretty alarming. Anyone ever heard of that actually happening?
Anyone any idea what is going on and how it can be fixed. Also I've read that a disintegrating U joint can break up and tear the bellows and sink the boat which sounds pretty alarming. Anyone ever heard of that actually happening?