Quote Originally Posted by Edadams1 View Post
Need to make sure I get all of the water out prior to it getting cold here in Colorado. I Have a 2008 Moomba Mobius direct drive. I removed the drain plugs on both sides of the engine. There is no strainer for the raw water coming in (not sure why there’s not one). I disconnected the crossover T where it goes to the drive shaft. So how do I get the water out of the transmission? The transmission transfer is up high on the front of my engine. 1369F111-337D-494E-A120-53A5AA6C412A.jpg1369F111-337D-494E-A120-53A5AA6C412A.jpg
I think the confusion is coming from you have 2008 with a GM block. The original post was about a Raptor motor with blue drain plugs for the trans cooler that has raw water - which your 2008 boat would have it different part. On the GM trans cooler there was a lower hose to disconnect to get the water out - I think there was a brass plug on the bottom too, but removing the hose got the water out and was easier to reconnect in the spring. Plus, if you do not have a strainer, you may have lake debris in that too.

The V-Drives had an extra step to take two square headed drain plugs off - front and back

The disconnect hose should get all water out of the manifolds. Before they had a crossover hose disconnect, I recall the early BUs having a drain on the back of the manifolds.

On my 2007 v-drive, I also disconnected the hoses from the impeller housing to get the water out of those hoses. Then reattached in the spring. I never filled my with antifreeze.

I also did not have a heater to deal with