Speedo Hole Location
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Speedo Hole Location
Hey guys I need to re-drill the speedo hole on the leading edge of my XR drives. I covered them with the nose cones I installed with intensions of using a GPS unit.Now times are tough and I need my speedo to work. Can someone give me a drill bit size for the hole? I also need a measurement down from top of lower or wing plate to hole location as well as depth of hole...Also can this include pictures of measuring so I know we are on the same page and I dont ruin a couple of drives...Thanks in advance for any help with this.
Thanks Anthony
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Thanks Anthony
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Hey guys I need to re-drill the speedo hole on the leading edge of my XR drives. I covered them with the nose cones I installed with intensions of using a GPS unit.Now times are tough and I need my speedo to work. Can someone give me a drill bit size for the hole? I also need a measurement down from top of lower or wing plate to hole location as well as depth of hole...Also can this include pictures of measuring so I know we are on the same page and I dont ruin a couple of drives...Thanks in advance for any help with this.
Thanks Anthony
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Thanks Anthony
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Would the nose cone have apocket of air behind it.presure push on it from the inside??thats going to be hard to do.maybe some one has a blue print of one?
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Sorry at first this link was what I thought you where looking for But I guess not, Good luck.
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When I installed the cones I made sure there was no air between the cone and the drive. I took the cone and ground the inside to match the drive as close a possible.Then I mixed the epoxy and used a bar clamp to compress epoxy while tapping on housing and tightening clamp. Should be no air pocket, at least I hope. Is this speedo passage just a passage or does it open up into a pocket or cavity?
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Buy a transom mounted pick-up and hook it to the standard speedo hose that runs thru the transom assembly. When things change and you do go to the GPS unit you will only have a couple small screw holes to fill in.
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thats the way I would go, cheap, less chance of costing your self more money, and a whole lot easier.
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Yea but thats to easy...I did look into the transome pick up but with a notched transom they mount them on the lower notch and then run hose thru bottom of boat,or top of notch so to say. I didnt want to add hole thru boat if I didnt have to.
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