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drbones
09-09-2003, 06:13 AM
Last season boat always did leak a little water in...figured I would fix when I rebuilt...
Rebuilt engine..new gimble..new u-joints..new bellows..new raw water hose...
Boat runs great..but still had water coming in..but only at speed...never when docked...could set for 2 weeks and no water...just like last season...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Ok..had wife get boat up on plane..with me all contorted in painfull manner looking at any place water could be coming in...seen a small spray coming from above the gimble bearing... eek! ...
But all is good :D ..it was just the speedo tube..it had a small tear right at the nipple..that allowed water to spray..cut 1/2 inch of tube off...slid back on nipple...and hot damn...no more water... :D
So I figured I might not be the only one to have this problem...and it might help some others

Outnumbered
09-09-2003, 11:05 PM
Same exact thing just happened to me. Took me a few trips to figure it out. Pretty frustrating.
OL

Tee
09-10-2003, 10:31 AM
Similar situation here. Only one of my buds did it to me.
We were at powell and I had inavertantly washed him down with my rooster when I passed him.
His get back was to pull the speedo tube off the back of the speedo and tape it to the underside of the dash so that when I came on plane it sprayed me.

drbones
09-10-2003, 10:48 AM
ahhhh...LOL.. devil