Bravo Bulkhead Oil Fitting
 

Guys,

I made one of these for my boat, on the advice that the hose barb gets brittle and breaks:

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It would appear there is some interest, so I will be turning up a batch of them, and have them available. They are made from 316 stainless, and the hose barb is welded. This should pretty well be a forever replacement for the fragile plastic OEM unit. I will not be providing the O-rings at this time.

$150 each, shipped CONUS.

PM me with any interest.

Thanks. Brad.

Guys,

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Finally getting a run of these things going.

Thanks. Brad.

Those are real nice Brad! Wish you had those 5 or so years ago when I rebuilt my drives. You need to have a retaining clip on a short stick sold with it, as attaching that retaining clip was a real PITA on my boat.

Chris

MyIsland,

Unfortunately, I'm afraid I can't help you with installing the clip. It's just gonna be a PITA to install while the engine is in, no matter what. Which is why I replaced a perfectly good OEM one with one of these while mine was out. I should never have to replace it again. That's the whole selling point.

I will say this, though, just to put it out there.... There was no clip on mine when I removed it. It had obviously been replaced at some point before we bought the boat, and they gave up on installing the clip. The oil line connecter obviously does a sufficient job holding it in place.

You do NOT have to remove the drive to replace this fitting. Just turn the wheel all the way to the left, make sure the bellows hose clamp screw body is out of the way, and it comes right out.

Thanks. Brad.

lol…. Thanks Brad.

if I keep my bravo drives when I swap in new power in a couple years, I may replace them for good measure to know I have the best parts to not leak or break in the future!

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Guys,

Any interest in these? I know there are engines out right now, and that is the time to replace/upgrade them if you're going to.

Thanks. Brad.

Trent,

Yessir! Send me a PM.

Thanks. Brad.

That is a really nice piece. I follow Jarrod and A SHIP SHOW and sow these.

I just replaced mine with the OEM one. Not fun with engine installed.

I would like to buy one of these but I am unable to send you a private message because I just registered. Maybe you can send me one a private message if you have any left.

Thank you.

You can't send OR receive PM's until you have 10 posts.

FastForwardDad,

I do still have them. Just find a dead thread and spam it until you have your ten posts. Then send me a PM. We’ll exchange info.

Thanks. Brad.

Sounds good.

Save one for me if you don't mind in the meantime!!!

FastForwardDad,

I have 16-17 of them. You’re good. :ernaehrung004::cool:

Thanks. Brad.

I am interested in one of these. I will need to also spam an old thread to message you. Standby...

:party-smiley-004:

Guys,

I just shipped two of these and thought I’d hit this thread up and see if there was any more interest. This is prime upgrade season. If anybody’s got their drive off, now is the time.

Thanks. Brad.

I need 2. PM me brad
Motors are out, dry pipes are 6 weeks out.

MerCruiser Oil Reservoir Fitting Assembly
 

Do you have any made up and how soon would you be able to send one out? I'm up in northern Alberta Canada.

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Great part! Perfect fit.
 

Giving this thread a bump because I am very impressed by the quality and the fit of this part. Brad obviously knows his craft. I just replaced both of the bulkhead fittings in my 2007 Chaparral 310 with Bravo III outdrives. It wasn't as bad as I had imagined getting in there with the engines in. And these new SS fittings slid right in! I'm glad I bit the bullet and replaced both. I'll never worry about them again.

Mercury engineers take notice! This is part you should be putting in.

Thanks Brad!

- Craig

Hi Brad!
As I am a new member I can’t send direct messages. I would like to get a hold of Bravo Bulkhead Oil Fitting in stainless if possible. Is there any chance?

Cheers
Mike

I have a Bravo 3 x

SweCaptain,

Easy Peasy. Just spam a dead thread with "9", "8", etc, until you get to ten posts, then you can send PMs. Send me a PM with your cell#, and I'll reach out.

Thanks. Brad.

Ok, ;)

Guys,

For the record, I now have the O-rings for these. I’m not really even sure why I initially stated wouldn’t. They will be shipped ready to install, less the C-clip. You’ll just reuse the one you took off the old plastic unit.

Thanks. Brad.

How do I purchase
 

Hi Brad I how do I purchase one of these? Also do they work for any bravo one? Oh does the boat type matter

MWade,

You’ll have to get your post country 10, then send me a PM. We’ll exchange numbers and continue via text. It’s easy. Just spam a dead thread with “9”, “8”, “7”, etc until you clear the hurdle.

I prefer Venmo.

Thanks. Brad.

Hi Brad,

searching for this now for a while - have two Bravo 3 X - does your parts work with them?

Thanks

Lars

Lars,

They sure do. Get your post count up to ten (spam dead threads), then send me a PM.

Thanks. Brad.

Will do.
I am sitting in Switzerland - but have a forwarder address if that works for you.

Lars,

That’s a good thing. I just looked into shipping to Sweden. That was big, fat farqing nope.

Thanks. Brad.

Yep - shipping abroad gets complicated with all the taxes someone over there raises :cool-smiley-011:

BTW - does that thing have to be connected to the ground wire for corossion protection?

Lars,

They are made from 316ss; both parts and the welding rod. It’s pretty well impervious to just about everything. Unless you’re boating in hydrofluoric acid, you’re good.

Thanks. Brad.

Yes Sir - I read that in your description and I highly appreciate the precision this parts are made.

What you describe is exactly what I want to emphasize here - even the clamp on the bellows gets a connection to the anode system via the bell housing since the stainless material is the last thing which reacts - don't get me wrong - just want to be sure that the transom is not corroding away around your stainless pars.

Thanks

Lars

Lars,

To be honest, I can't say for sure that there is no potential for galvanic corrosion between the transom assembly and the fitting. But, realistically, aside from some minimal contact between the fitting, the C-clip and the transom plate, there is no contact between the fitting and the transom plate, as it's suspended on the O-rings. I would venture to say there is more potential for hard water and live animal buildup in the gaps between the parts than there is for any corrosion.

Thanks. Brad.