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A cooling water pickup system is provided for a marine stern drive. The stern drive includes an outdrive housing having a cooling water passage defined therein with first and second cooling water inlet openings defined on opposite sides of the housing and communicated with the passage. An exterior s

A cooling water pickup system is provided for a marine stern drive. The stern drive includes an outdrive housing having a cooling water passage defined therein with first and second cooling water inlet openings defined on opposite sides of the housing and communicated with the passage. An exterior surface of the housing has first and second recesses defined therein by first and second recessed shoulders adjacent the first and second cooling water inlets. First and second inserts are received within the first and second recesses and abut the respective recessed shoulders. Each insert includes a locking member extending inward into the cooling water passage. The locking members of the first and second inserts each include a camming surface and an outwardly facing locking surface located outward of the camming surface. When the first and second inserts are placed in the recesses of the housing and moved toward each other, the first and second camming surfaces engage each other creating transversely directed camming forces. At least one of the locking members is sufficiently resilient to be deflected to allow the locking members to overlap until the first locking surface moves past the second locking surface to lock the inserts in place within the housing.

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A cooling water pickup insert assembly for a marine outdrive, comprising: a first cooling water pickup insert; a second cooling water pickup insert; and locking means, defined on said first and second inserts, for locking said first and second inserts together to hold said inserts in place on said o

A cooling water pickup insert assembly for a marine outdrive, comprising: a first cooling water pickup insert; a second cooling water pickup insert; and locking means, defined on said first and second inserts, for locking said first and second inserts together to hold said inserts in place on said outdrive, when said inserts are pushed toward and engaged with each other through said locking means, with said outdrive sandwiched between said first and second inserts.