What the heck is Bravo fever???

It is when the fitting on the transom assembly corrodes at it blocks the water from getting to the seawater pump. There is a plastic insert that threads into the hose to hold it in place, The corrosion collapses this fitting and the hose.

Rog....Caught an earlier thread...Is this hose sprung, or will heater hose work? Thanks...

You need a hose with an internal spring - it bends a lot.

Fever! Red was right! never doubted him anyway...MAJOR restriction in the hose at the transom assembly...will be getting the parts tomorrow..Can he have it done and be on the water by the weekend??? Stay tuned to find out!

Please oh please take a pic or describe the process for replacement. I can't seem to find this infamous plastic piece on my B3.

THe plastic piece looks very much like the end of the hose. I had never noticed it until someone mentioned it here. Would be really hard to see if you had corrosion, trash, etc built up.

Mountain, There's a gooseneck fitting mounted on the inside of the transom with a hose going to your seawater pump. If you remove the hose and this fitting, you'll see the hose coming through the a hole in the transom plate(not sure if this is the correct terminology) INstead of clamoing the hose down with a hose clamp, like it's done everywhere else, there is a nylon insert that is screwed INSIDE the hose, to expand it out against the transom hole, thus keeping the hose in place. Mine was corroded to the point that it had collapsed the hose, and the insert. I was able to take the insert out in pieces, and clean the corrosion from around the hose. The hose looked like it was still in decent shape, so I'm just going to put a new insert into it. I will be replacing the hose this winter, when I have the drive down for some other repairs...But it screws into the hose, like a shotgun choke tube. Not very big, mine was black and was hard to see being collapsed along with the hose...

Den P,

Thanks for the reply and the explanation. Do I understand correctly that you were able to replace this piece from inside the boat without having to remove the drive? What is the plastic insert called? I am trying to search the interweb for the part but I can't seem to find the correct combination of words.

Thanks again!

Part # 15 on this diagram
http://www.dougrussell.com/partscata...,120,20,110,70