First of all just wanted say there is loads of great infromation I have already found and will be using many of your recomendations. Finally got my own boat after years of going back and forth. Now she isnt the most beautifule one on the face of the earth but she is mine and thats what counts. She is a 82 all family craft tri hull deckboat with a 140 merc i/o works great for me since all we have in my neck of east tx is lakes. So far I have figured out the coupler needs to be replaced as well as the bellows. Figured I might as well change out the bearing as well while I am there. Thanks to all the informative threads on here I feel confidant that me and bud lite can figure out where to start.