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    Amsoil SVG Severe Lube Water Tolerance?

    Had a Upper gear throw off a tooth at the end of 2009. The BRAVO XR drive was 5 years old. Was using the AGMQT. The last two hours of run time, we ran the boat hard to run the gas out of before winterizing. That drive worked and shifted properly all the way to the dock. When I drained the...
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    CMI Header Leaking at Silent Choice lever

    Seaford, You'll want to check'em all. I fixed one on the stbd motor, and the other side on the same motor was leaking about month later. And it looked when fine when I did the first one. And the kits are different from inboard stbd to inboard port... Bill
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    Hoped it wouldn't happen

    http://www.wdnweb.com/articles/2009/08/26/news/doc4a9472a9715f2481294524.txt But I guess the weak economy has hurt Fountain same as everybody else. Filing for Chapter 11 restructuring.
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    CMI Header Leaking at Silent Choice lever

    Seaford, Yep, just the rubber seal. Then the shaft goes through, plugs into the melamine spacer on the other side. The Flapper once screwed in holds it in place. I put a little dab of Merc grease on the melamine spacer and shaft, and where the shaft goes through the rubber seal... just as...
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    CMI Header Leaking at Silent Choice lever

    If its a CMI diverter, there is a new metal (with rubber coating) seal on the side with the lever. The other side has a brown fiberglass (melamine) spacer that fits between shaft and the side of the diverter. On mine, the metal seals were rotted out after a couple of years in salt water. The...
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