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Originally Posted by abl1111
THX ! Some great advice.
There is more maintenance on the drive than any other outboard I've owned. That's if you like things to be 'right' which I do.
During each boating season, while in the water, I must do a barnacle scrape from all the exposed metal parts and a few of the drive areas. This is done 2-3 times a season.
The transom mount, the gimbal and the drive need to be sanded pretty well each season to remove the loose antifouling paint and random barnacles, then I will prime any exposed metal areas with primolux and then trilux ( not the spray - I brush it on from the can - a flux brush gets in to the crevices in the mount ). This has enabled me to keep my drive, gimbal and mount - MINT! each season. It's a decent amount of work but I feel worth it. Probably 6-8 hours a season
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it's best not to sand the original paint,on any of those parts - use a scotch brite pads - just simply "dull" the surface...as far as scraping is concerned - another bad move - you will damage the paint...
pressure washing,usually takes off any loose antifouling paint...
if your power set up is "fair" on fuel consumption - i suggest you take a look at the prop on the boat - make sure that engine is just about "bumping" the rev limiter,with the boat loaded,in the way it's normally ran,and full throttle - if the engine's running overloaded - not reaching it's reccomended rpm,it's gonna consume way more fuel than it needs to...
trilux is the best product - it's formulated for use on aluminum