Well this weekend is not going as planned. I installed a remote oil filter thermostat set up and my fittings are leaking The oil temp sender or gauge is not reading The new matched water temp sender still is not working and last night I blew out my drive Had to be towed in , that really sucked.

Not sure what let go. seems like the lower section. It reminded me of missing a gear in a four speed.

So, I guess I have run out of excuses for not working on the basement. I will jack myself up on coffee and start hanging light fixtures and feeling sorry for my poor baby in the garage.

D@mn, I know what it feels like! But I'm getting my brand new Bravo XR delivered today or tomorrow!

Will post some pictures as soon as I have mounted the new drive.

I guess I missed that Tomas. You broke yours also?

Sorry to hear that. There is an XZ upper listed in the swap section.

If you rebuild yours, cryo will help. I know you know where to have it done.

Good luck.

(Boat) Break Out Another Thousand , they alway's seem to get you on a holiday weekend , boating sucks !!!!
Tear it apart Tom , you will start feeling better once you see what broke and order up some parts .
Good luck , I bet you will be on the water next weekend !!!

I wish it would only cost a grand.
I'm think'n of pulling the drive after I eat a greasy hamburgerler

Talon 25 :

Boat " Break Out Another Tenthousand"

Yep! On completely flat water late in the evening, 4500rpm. The upper vertical shaft just snapped...

I got about $1000 for the lower and I'm getting the new XR for $6k. So it ended up with about 5k for a brand new XR out of the box directly from Mercury, including a new support bearing and some other minor stuff.

Guess that IMCO drive was kind a sissy.....
I'll let our sterndrive mechanic take a look at my XR drive before my Pantera hit water....

My Pantera (Bruce ex..) is in Gothenburg now and I'll have it deliverd to Stockholm in wednesday if everything works out well.....

But Tomas, your boat handle big water well, it was a lot fun before the IMCO-drive checked out....

same thing happened to me, on plain running about 40 ish and started to hammer down and just as I was pushing the stick it went. Felt just like missing a gear in a car.
Flat water at the end of the day leaving out of a cove