Recent content by DVW

I doubt that the little rubber key hole cover can be purchased as a separate piece part. You can buy the complete assembly and throw away all but the cover. The trick is to find the identical key switch. Give your dealer your VIN number and they can order you your exact complete key switch...

Attached photo is of my battery remount under the face to face bench seats.

I think the battery gets mounted with the motor at your dealer. You might want to get ahead of this. Attached photo is of my battery remount under the face to face bench seats.

There is a specific skill set that will move the stern of the boat sidewise as if the boat has stern side thrusters. Most of us have either used this skill or have seen others demonstrate this skill. This technique is helpful during strong cross winds when landing a boat on a hoist or trailer...

I disagree with the above quote. I do think tall outside mounted guides will help land the boat. It will take some skill and you may have to do a go around. The outside guides in the photograph are far forward-a real plus. The long lead-in provided by the geometry of the forward rub should help...

Jack Does the EzFender bracket make it difficult to stretch the cover over the bump on the rail created by the bracket?

I agree with much of what you have to say. My experience with Yamaha outboards is that going up from 115 hp to 150 hp feels more powerful than one would expect. That 35 hp increase represents a 30% increase in power. However the 150 motor has more than 50% increase in torque. Torque is what you...

I had side fuel fill problems when I bought my new boat. I removed the side fill and related parts for reasons unrelated to fill issues. I still have the old parts (see photo) and so I decided to investigate how they are supposed to work. With parts in hand I created a simplified sketch showing...

Congratulations! The biggest unresolved problem reported on these pages has been fuel fill on side fill boats. You may have blundered into the source of these problems. Now could you give us more detail. When you disconnected the vent line from tank did you leave it disconnected? Also is it...

On my boat this section is attached to the console with screws. I had to crawl into the console to remove them.

Easy, I guess not. I stand corrected. Steel rivets are hard to drill out and a hand rivet gun will ruin your hand. Bennington’s are not the most serviceable for do it yourself.

One more thing. Wave shields come off and on easy. No new flooring required because the old seat mounting holes are tiny.

According my wife our second seat modification is the best modification made to our boat. When you drill thru the floor make sure you do not hit a cross member. If the pedestal base is close to a cross member than locate it exactly by drilling from below a tiny reference hole right next to the...

I can tell you what might be helpful based on what little information you have have supplied. Fuel fill problems are probably the most common unresolved problem that shows up on side fill boats. The EPA in order to reduce emissions has required systems to prevent overfilling and in addition...

I can give you observations and my best guesstimate based on simple calculation. From observation most pontoons will have the waterline at the stern about half way up the tubes. Half way up is 12.5” from the bottom for both round and elliptical tubes. From that midpoint waterlines vary up or...