Recent content by badrano

It's not bad, just starting to see the need to address the beginnings of rust around the cleats, drain holes, railing.

I've been getting a lot of Skwol and Revival ads on facebook. Skwol mainly for gel coat maintenance/oxidation removal and Revival for gel coat and other cleaning products like rust remover, etc. Are these products reputable?

Most likely. It's on my todo list to flush the system out.

Not sure if my reverse solenoid is going bad. When I go to back the boat up the driveway, it sometimes feels like I'm pushing against a brick wall. Electrically it sounds like it's working....I hear it click when going into reverse. Can the solenoid valve itself be failing where it's allowing...

Awesome! Thank you.

Here's a pic of the spindle set up

I have a load rite trailer with I believe are Tie Down torsion axles and removable spindles secured with a castle nut. What kind of "puller" tool is best to remove the spindle?

I have dacromet Kodiak brakes. I'm at 5 years and I need to replace the rotors. I had to replace one caliper last year because some kind of bubble of rust formed in the glider pin channel that caused the pin to seize up.

I recently installed a battery charger/maintainer in my 2005 Chap 256SSi. I want to install a shore power plug on the stern so that I can easily plug in an extension cord. The stern has a lot of curves and sloped parts (where the water fill cap and stern shower hose are located). Any...

I believe alldodge is referring to the 2 large solenoids on the trim pump bracket. If all merc trim pumps are wired the same, the one red wire coming off the inline fuse at the pump goes into a connector that plugs into the harness that feeds to the trim switches at the helm and stern (if you...

Well that was a bit of a pain in the rear. All the gas was pumped out, filter replaced, fuel line and rail flushed out. It now runs the way it's supposed to. 😁 Thanks again to all of you for helping out and once again, learned some new things, and of course added another new tool to the...

Couple of questions... 1. There is a cork like gasket between the tank top and fuel sender base plate. Can this be reused? If not, whats this gasket called so I can search to get a replacement? 2. Do I need to use any sealant on the screws to secure the fuel sender to the tank? 3. I've seen...

So are you saying its ok to have a mostly empty tank going through the winter and that any condensation that may build up is negligible?

Yeah, I use 87 octane from the local station....not ethanol free. I think that settles it, pump it off and discard it. I don't want to risk being left with low octane gas.

Another mechanic i just talked to said to raise the bow of the boat so all the water settles to the back of the tank by the pickup tube and to just pump/syphon the gas out until you see clean gas come out. In a way I could be lucky in the sense that the pad the trailer is parked on also tilts to...