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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2022
    Unrelated but @Grahamu do you have a local source for discounted Merc parts? 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • SpyderwebSpyderweb Member Posts: 955 ✭✭✭
    @YYZRC blown away by your list.  But what’s a “hull liner”?
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Spyderweb said:
    @YYZRC blown away by your list.  But what’s a “hull liner”?


    @Spyderweb the fabric on the hullsides. Previously the brown cross-hatch fabric that made the interior quite dark. 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • SpyderwebSpyderweb Member Posts: 955 ✭✭✭
    Ohhh, I get.  I was thinking outside hull.  LOL.
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  • GrahamuGrahamu Member Posts: 921 ✭✭✭
    @YYZRC, unfortunately since closing the business down I don't. A couple of the dealers I knew have changed ownership and moved away. I managed to stock up on some common maintenance parts but have since used up the filters and oil last week. Will be in Florida for 3 months this coming winter so plan to check out prices and compare.
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @aero3113 the drive stand is slick!!


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice!!
    Did you spin the drive around to work on the shaft?
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2022
    That was the easiest way for me to get it on the stand myself. This one just needs some paint touch up and a new set of decals. I will probably just stuff it in the corner until spring. 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2022
    Split the drive. Found a couple of small zebra mussels in the water intake, heads up on that @aero3113 and @kordo


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @YYZRC , remember a couple of seasons ago I found this.


    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that your fingernail?!
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YYZRC said:
    Is that your fingernail?!
    😂
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Engines moved forward. Lots of room to remove the transom assemblies. 



    Took exactly 7 hours start to finish. 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And a pic of her on land. 


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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Found these grease fittings that I didn’t know about. 


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice work @YYZRC !!
    I’m not sure if all couplers have those fittings. I can’t remember if mine do. I do remember when I had the drives off I lubed up the couplers and shafts generously.
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2022
    aero3113 said:
    Nice work @YYZRC !!
    I’m not sure if all couplers have those fittings. I can’t remember if mine do. I do remember when I had the drives off I lubed up the couplers and shafts generously.
    A generously lubed shaft is key. 
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    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,056 mod
    YYZRC said:
    A generously lubed shaft is key. 
     :D 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2023
    Well this is certainly a problem. Cracked gimbal ring.
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @YYZRC , besides the crack, look at how the bolt hole elongated. The torque was definitely off for a few years.


    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2022
    Great observation @aero3113 - I wonder how long it’s been cracked. Might be from hitting the rock. 
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  • Liberty44140Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2022
    I always greased those coupler zerks in the fall. If memory serves my coupler that was original 06 had two zerks, but the newer one I had replaced in 17 only had one zerk. Definitely an annual maintenance item. 
    07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)

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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,919 mod
    Yes, I’ve seen all newer ones only have one zerk. Greasing it should be a yearly maintenance item.

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,056 mod
    YYZRC said:
    ... Might be from hitting the rock. 
    I had a similar fail on my 342 back in the day.  I grounded the boat in sand at 30 mph, and thought I escaped without damage.  A few weeks later, a gimbal ring broke in half, and the outdrive almost fell off into the deep.    
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a good design. 


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One trim pump is weak. Figured while going to all this work with the transom assemblies, I may as well replace the trim pumps. DB makes these, got them for about $300 on Amazon. Love the stainless steel bracket. 


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice @YYZRC !
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Installed new seacore transom assemblies. 


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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    great job
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,056 mod
    I love seeing a job done right!
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