Speedo pickup 2005 VMAX 200 HPDI?

[SkeeterJeff]

I have a new 05 200hp VMAX HPDI on a 2007 SL210 Skeeter F&S. Took it to Lake Kissimmee FL last week. Speedo quit working on the second day out. Got the skeg in the mud. Found a stick in the hole in the front of the LU, just above the skeg, where it rounds out for the prop shaft. I "assumed" this was the inlet for the speedo. Pulled the stick out and the speedo still doesn't work. No speedo pickup on the boat... any ideas?

[lv8rman]

It is a tiny hole and if your so brave you can get down there and suck the mud out.(no big deal if you like crawfish!) its nasty but i've done it. maybe someone else has a more "conventional" way to get mud out. mine is a 2000 model and yours may be different but I think there is a way to blow it out by taking the tube off your speedometer.

[SkeeterJeff]

Thanks for the assistance. I was able to find the hose that goes from the speedo to the pickup. There was a junction under the engine cowl. By working a drill bit in and out of the pickup hole, and applying air pressure from my air compressor, I was able to open up the line. Also put some light pressure on the speedo side of the line and could move the needle on the speedo, so I think I'm good to go. Now I have an excuse to get out on the water... if the weather will cooperate this weekend.

Thanks again,

[Tr21Pd]

It's just gunna clog again ........

[SkeeterJeff]

Maybe not if I don't bury the skeg in the mud at Kissimmee? Hopefully it won't be a problem back here on the lakes in IN.