Speed Odmeter (spelling)

[MsgMills]

I need help on getting my spped odmeter to work again on my boat. I've cleaned out the hole on the front of the lower skag are and run a small wire as far back as I can get it in the hole and still can't get the thing to work...Any help please advise, too small of a thing to take to the shop to have fixed, would probably cost an arm and a leg to have it repaired due to labor charge, so help an ole retired soldier out...

[mhall]

Take the hose loose on lower unit that attaches to your speedo hole. Usually there is a break in that line that's visible and held together by a clamp or wire tie. Take a air nosle and blow it out from the line towards the lower unit, if something is in there it will usually come out. If this doesn't work you probably have something lodged in the tube farther up towards the speedometer itself. If this is the case you have to take the whole darn thing out and find out where it is or replace. Could also be a bad speedometer, but not likely. I hope this helps you, Mark.

[artcarney_agr]

Like mhall said, you've probably got a break in the hose. It's a vacuum system, and if there is a break in the line it won't work right. Good luck!

[MsgMills]

Thanks guys, in laman's terms can you guide me on how to open up the lower unit and check the hose and so forth, I don't want to unhook anything not needed to since I haven't never done this before....

Thanks...

[mhall]

>Thanks guys, in laman's terms can
>you guide me on how
>to open up the lower
>unit and check the hose
>and so forth, I don't
>want to unhook anything not
>needed to since I haven't
>never done this before....
>
>Thanks...


The hose and it's splice together will be visible, in other words you can get to it without tampering with the lower unit at all. You'll see it, and when you blow air through it, if the hole isn't still clogged the air will whistle through there like who done it. If it doesn't your still clogged up.

[MsgMills]

Thanks Mhall, will try and get er fixed, will let you know the next time I go out if I did or not...Thanks for the help...

[MsgMills]

Ok, I got the hose disconnected from the speed odmeter and blew air back thru it...and rehooked it up...Now for the big question how do I unhook it from inside the lower unit with out draining the lower unit and getting to it inside the lower unit...or do I now need to wait until this fall when I have my maintence done to have that part of the repair done... Just askin.... Thanks for the help guys...

[Cobra190]

You should be able to drop the unit down and remove the hose without draining the lower unit. this should be an enclosed cavity and no oil should be present. If you have ever reemoved your lower unit before it should drop down fairly easy. i usually keep a floor jack under the skeg to lower and raise the unit into place. Just be easy and don,t force anything. Remember that the shift rod is in there too and will have to be lined up before the unit will slide back up. A second person is a great help in doing this also. Once the unit is lowered the speedometer line should either pull right off or may have the pinch type hose clamps on it. Good Luck.

[MsgMills]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jun-30-06 AT 07:43AM (EST)[/font][p]Thanks again to all for the help... Is removing the two locknuts on each side of the lower unit all there is to lower the lower unit.... Sorry so needful of answers and info...

[Devils Horse]

Boat speedos are inaccurate, and not really worth fooling with. I used to try and keep mine working, but after it got clogged for the 3rd or 4th time, I just left it. No way I'd drop my lower unit to fix this if I were you. I will say that on my old boat the pickup was in the lower unit, and wood got packed into it tight so it was tough to unstop. I used a small drill bit by hand to work the wood out of it.

[artcarney_agr]

Shoot man, if you have it seviced by a technician in the fall, I'd just let him fix it! He might have some nifty little tool that could save you all the trouble of having to drop the lower unit. But if you're going to the all the trouble of dropping it, why not take advantage of it and do some other maintenance on it like putting in a new impeller. I like killing two birds with one stone!

When it comes to boat repair, nothing is EVER easy!!!!

[mhall]

>Boat speedos are inaccurate, and not
>really worth fooling with. I
>used to try and keep
>mine working, but after it
>got clogged for the 3rd
>or 4th time, I just
>left it. No way I'd
>drop my lower unit to
>fix this if I were
>you. I will say that
>on my old boat the
>pickup was in the lower
>unit, and wood got packed
>into it tight so it
>was tough to unstop. I
>used a small drill bit
>by hand to work the
>wood out of it.

I agree with DH, no way would I drop a lower unit to clear a speedo hole, not worth it.