Lets not leave out this part:
Yes they did not manufacture the dog clutch units after '93. If you look at both drives and transom mounts what you will easily see is that:
Volvo Penta completely used the OMC Cobra transom mount, with the exception of the pivot housing (a bit longer to accommodate the SX drive) and a few other details. The first few years...the trim rams...were the exact same parts used by OMC on the Cobra...later on they were changed slightly....
This is why, in some years, the parts are identical as are the part numbers.
SO....if you had an SX...and needed a part you could not find from Volvo....but had access to a 1994 and later Cobra...if the parts numbers match up...its the same part.
Louc, anything labeled Cobra SX from 1994 on, IS VOLVO PENTA!
I'm not sure what point you're trying to argue here!
However, I would be surprised that SX parts are hard to find over in Europe....it was made from '94 till '05 or so....when the SX-A came out...there have to be a LOT of them floating round..
Look at the thermostat housing used on nearly all VP engines after 1994...it IS an OMC part, same part number....the exhaust manifolds used on the V6, and V8s and related parts...they were OMC parts....that are still available from Volvo...in fact...I used this information to my advantage when replacing the long NLA OMC one piece V6 manifolds....all I had to do...was source the V/P exhaust hoses and 90* exhaust pipes...used to mate the 4" elbow to the 3.5" OMC Y pipe...it fit perfect and allowed me to use Barr aftermarket exhaust....even though those exhaust pipes...are NLA from OMC....
Yes, I agree...... Volvo Penta used up all of the OMC parts that would work with their new Cone Clutch stern drive....... the T-stat housing is one example.
so what you need to do...is look up the Volvo part # for the part you need.....then start looking at OMC parts diagrams...for the #s...
anything that is OMC branded and '93 and earlier...probably is not the same....
Precisely.... and that's what I've been trying to explain.
on BRP's website they have parts catalogs...as does
www.crowleymarine.com