I bought a very nice Gimbal Housing off ebay complete with the trim lines, trim manifold, a new Gimbal bearing, new bellows and a very nice shift cable. When I removed the old one, I noticed my Y Pipe had a broken bolt hole so I purchased a new Y Pipe. I was excited to do the install today when I found that the Y Pipe does not mount properly to the Gimbal Housing. The person I bought the Gimbal housing from told me that all of the OMC Gimbal housings are the same, as did another marine place that is selling housings on ebay. I now know that it's not true. :-)Here's a pic of my old housing:
[img]/media/kunena/attachments/vb/671099=26067-Old Gimbal Housing.JPG[/img]Here's a pic of my new housing:
[img]/media/kunena/attachments/vb/671099=26068-New Gimbal Housing.JPG[/img]Here's a pic of my y pipe:
[img]/media/kunena/attachments/vb/671099=26069-photo.JPG[/img]If you look closely you can see that the exhaust flange is different.There are two other differences as far as I can tell. The water neck on the newer housing is shorter. The steering arm has a larger hole in it to connect to the steerring (1/2" on the new vs 3/8" on the old).Can anyone tell me if the newer housing could possibly be the FORD version? I've seen a couple of FORD y pipes that look similar to the flange on my newer gimbal assembly.I was considering trying to find the matching Y-Pipe to my gimbal housing but I have a feeling getting the Y - Pipe to the risers connected might be more of an issue than finding a replacement for my gimbal housing.It's a shame because the new gimbal housing is in such great condition.Greg
[img]/media/kunena/attachments/vb/671099=26067-Old Gimbal Housing.JPG[/img]Here's a pic of my new housing:
[img]/media/kunena/attachments/vb/671099=26068-New Gimbal Housing.JPG[/img]Here's a pic of my y pipe:
[img]/media/kunena/attachments/vb/671099=26069-photo.JPG[/img]If you look closely you can see that the exhaust flange is different.There are two other differences as far as I can tell. The water neck on the newer housing is shorter. The steering arm has a larger hole in it to connect to the steerring (1/2" on the new vs 3/8" on the old).Can anyone tell me if the newer housing could possibly be the FORD version? I've seen a couple of FORD y pipes that look similar to the flange on my newer gimbal assembly.I was considering trying to find the matching Y-Pipe to my gimbal housing but I have a feeling getting the Y - Pipe to the risers connected might be more of an issue than finding a replacement for my gimbal housing.It's a shame because the new gimbal housing is in such great condition.Greg
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