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with the steering disconnected from the boat, does the motor turn easy if you grab the motor, yes or no? if it is the main pivot, you most likely have corrosion. that would involve pulling the motor off the boat and pulling the mid-section apart. this is not a spray some WD-40 and it will...

the dealer didnt ask the manufacturer transom straps are recommended

Cortez Florida has their annual seafood festival. just look up either the Swordfish Grill or the Cortez Kitchen to get you to the area

and cleaned and conditioned after every use.

15 years is the life expectancy of vinyl and soft surfaces

Did you do a vacuum test as well?

Pull the carb and clean it

rules 11 and 12 you posted in a long dead thread, and you have multiple posts on the same topic that were combined. 11. Please do not post multiple threads in multiple forums about a single problem. This is confusing to those trying to help you. Multiple threads in the same forum about the...

still waiting on parts...... emailed customer service a few times. no real answer. asked to cancel the order, went to ebay, now I have lots of parts coming. literally.... a lot of 8 shims (need 1), a lot of 4 o-rings, need 2, a lot of 4 gaskets, need 2.....

Hey New Guys... we dont know if your 30 year old boat is any good, we are not there to inspect it. brand still means nothing other than the name on the side of the boat. all brands have good and bad issues. we also have a hard time identifying the unknown make and model of a grainy photo...

most covered in the rules you agreed to when you signed up. also covered here: https://forums.iboats.com/forum/forum-rules-and-guidelines.5/

dont know where "here" is this is my local trailer place. https://www.sturdybuiltonline.com/ there is also the iboats website. https://www.iboats.com/shop/trailering/boat-trailer-hardware/boat-trailer-springs-and-shackles.html and other trailer specific web sites out there.

if a mechanical gauge is saying you have oil pressure. trust the gauge. if your $3 electric gauge and $3 sending unit are not reading close to the mechanical gauge, replace them. if you are worrying that an engine has good oil pressure but its higher than you want....... stop. you may as...

check your local trailer shop

the easiest way...... drop boat off at mechanic, get call job is done, pay mechanic, go boating the easy frugal way..... open the manual to the drive service section

your tech needs to plug in and either have the manual handy while looking at live data, or the experience needed while looking at live data. 95% of the time there are no fault codes additionally, alarms are for low oil pressure, high water temperature, low gear oil level, low battery voltage...

with todays supply chain shortage, be lucky. many parts that normally came from china and abroad originally had a 25 day lead time and 35 day on the water. are now 180 day lead time and 84 days travel time. yes, 264 day lead time. however I do agree that iBoats customer service should do a...

same pistons, however thrust side is swapped. same crank casting, however the knurled oil control grooves go the opposite way gear drive for cam so the cam spins the same way which drives the oil pump depending on year, cam may have different grind for cylinder balance if the BBC is going into...

Its almost never a head gasket issue

anything over 150 is suspect. the 190 either has water in the cylinder (leaking manifolds) or oil in the cylinders. is this a salt water boat? have you inspected your manifolds