Recent content by fitz73222

Completely agree

It depends on the diameter of the steering wheel but typically for a 15" steering wheel and hydraulic steering, 5 turns lock to lock would be normal.

That makes sense..

Magnetic? Need steel for that....

I too live duckweed life down here in northeast Florida, and run a Merc and Yamaha on two different boats. Yes, "the big hole" Merc will swallow the duckweed at the expense of sticking the thermostat open and plugging the pee hole. Duckweed really isn't much trouble for the Yamaha but I've...

We have a 2021 S21, Bi-toon, no strakes, with a 115 VMAX SHO, full fuel, 2 adults, top stowed, 15 pitch, 4 blade Hustler aluminum propeller, 29 mph @5850 rpm, top up, 28 mph, same load. I don't know how the RL compares to SL from a weight perspective. I'd say you have yours dialed in pretty well.

I can't speak to that, just speaking to what the damage looks like.

Looks like cat to me too. We have Maine Coons that without scratching posts around the house; they would destroy everything they can get their mitts on, think small Bobcat! Not to make light of this, I would be freaking out about it. If you have a feral cat causing this damage it may be well...

I just purchased a 2026 F-250 4X4 Crew Cab with the 7.3 (430 hp) gas V8 and it is an absolute bull. I did not need to spend the extra $13K for the 6.7 diesel which I would never need for my applications despite this thing can tow up to 19400#. It is a very nice heavy duty truck. Give this truck...

This covers it... https://media.dometic.com/externalassets/seastar-outboard-cylinders_9130001022_113649.pdf?ref=320552185 I bought the power purge machine years ago since I had a number of systems to maintain, this method in the manual is the gravity feed and purge method. It's a PITA and be...

You'll need to get the system bled and topped off with the correct hydraulic steering fluid. Did you look under the helm and see if there is any fluid on the floor? The cold should not have affected the system. Your helm reservoir is actually under the console and is filled via a tube and...

Replacing the waterpump impeller is a byproduct of doing other maintenance. Driveshaft spline lubrication is critical to the life of the crankshaft/driveshaft joint, that should be done every 100 hours, on Yamahas with a 25" or longer shaft, need to have the driveshaft support bushing...

Interesting read about the F350 flywheels, lots of info out there. It seems every 80-100 hours of running at that specific RPM it needs to be replaced. Definitely a DIY project if you can get the free flywheel from Yamaha.

Believe it or not, A rag with some teak oil on it works very well, rub it into the plastic grain. Brought mine back to new and seems to waterproof it.

You can buy that type of cable tie at Harbor Freight for like $5 for 50 of them. Mount them with stainless steel screws. Nothing special about it.