Manuals for boat generally do not exist. Other than about 12 manufacturers out of 150,000 over the past 100 years, they don't exist.
Look at the wire colors on the back of the switches if you can't figure it out
It's fine to do one or the other. Remove the bypass in the block and always run a filter with appropriate bypass check, or switch the bypass to a 30 psi unit and run any filter you want
Most filters have a bypass. It keeps the media from being crushed.
The Wix website has a great cross reference of dimensions, and with and without a bypass
Gotta drain the manifolds in the Salt Shaker as we are getting freezing temps in this area along the coast and temps in the teens in northern Florida
So much for not needing to winterize in Florida