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Agree, that's whats called Bravoits, and the fitting is not what will fix the issue

make sure you get the inconell valve on the exhaust side

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Originally Posted by AllDodge (Post 4625079)

Agree, that's whats called Bravoits, and the fitting is not what will fix the issue

Care to elaborate?

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Originally Posted by GrannySShifting (Post 4625223)

Care to elaborate?

Sure, the rubber hose and plastic fitting which is screwed into the hose to seal, is where the deposits start to build. The fix removes the soft rubber hose and replaces it with plastic and seal bushing. This usually only happens with salt water drives. I replaced my 95 Rinker (100% fresh water) with the fix during new bellows time and mine was fine.
https://forums.iboats.com/forum/engi...bravo-itis-fix

Search brovoits and many items come up

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Originally Posted by AllDodge (Post 4625227)

I thought using the aluminum housing and gasket in that link I posted up, you arent using ANY of that any more??

Well the pic wiped out what I said

The housing and fitting from CP looks nice but does not fix the issue anymore then using the plastic original one with a new gasket. The plastic tube is what fixes the issue by keeping deposits from collecting

You use the same top fitting just different hose

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Originally Posted by GrannySShifting (Post 4625034)

Stripped the bilge out bit, ditching the silent choice and blocked off the exhaust ports on the Bravos, replacing the bilge pump, float switch, power washing the thing out from 28 years of sludge and repainting it while Im this deep in the thing

Pulled the trim pumps out because one solenoid wasnt working, replaced all the solenoids and decided to strip brackets up repaint and clean everything up on them

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...e6ea5f7d84.jpg
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...fc6080d5ec.jpg

I found those same brackets in stainless on ebay for not a lot of money, going on 4 years they look great, still a big FU to Mercury for continuing to make them out of steel in the first place.

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Originally Posted by AllDodge (Post 4625420)

Well the pic wiped out what I said
The housing and fitting from CP looks nice but does not fix the issue anymore then using the plastic original one with a new gasket. The plastic tube is what fixes the issue by keeping deposits from collecting
You use the same top fitting just different hose

I guess Im not really clear on how the plumbing is on that. I thought the original had a hose coming out of the transom assembly, and to seal it used that black ferrule with 4 grooves in it you use the special tool to turn it in to install - and you pull all of that out with the CP piece

From the sea pump to the drive pickup itself how does it go then? Pump, then hose that goes on the factory plastic housing with a barb? (one i was going to replace with CP housing) then that wierd 4 groove ferrule you need tool to screw in out? Is that length of hose pictured for the run after that, through the transom and into the drive?

Also found this repair kit - CP Performance - Bravo Water Inlet Repair Kit