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I believe what you did, was to sand down through the tiny microscopic pin holes in the gelcoat that form with age and is part of the aging process. When I painted my girl, there was a about a 1ft sq area that was not sanded well enough and all these tiny pin holes showed up when the primer was...

Can you post some pics so we can see what the bolsters look like in relation to the bulk heads? They tend to hide the screws and bolts. Sun pads are extremely heavy and seem to get bigger when you get them off. Kind of like when you cut a tree down and it is on the ground. They are held on with...

In today's world, the cheapest boating you can do, is find someone, offer them a few hundred dollars to take you for a ride for the day. If I had to buy a new or well kept used boat today, I would play more golf.:smile4:

SST and I can't do that our engines are down in a hole.

Before I installed the remote filter, I would get the engine up to operating temp and add my winter antifreeze, then grab an empty gal antifreeze jug and fill it, pretty much to the top. Now with the remote it overflows it, because of the extra oil in the lines to the remote. I don't believe...

The only ones that don't are drag cars with the real wide tires, they run screws thru the rims to hold them in place because of the extreme torque.

There should not have been any glue that rim. That tire was healed to the rim from age and pressure. When you trailer boat there more maintenance than just the boat. you were probable do, that can just moved everything along a little sooner. Look at it as some kind of wake up call.:unsure:

That is what happens when some with an impact wrench and 150 lbs hammers on the lugs. 30 yrs and 90 lbs with a torque wrench. Never had to change one on the road, but if I have to, I want to be able to. I am familiar with a 4 ft length of pipe however.:)

That's normal, even when they are new.

Sorry to hear about your day. Your boat ins should cover your cost. I torque my trailer lugs to 90 lbs, because I lack the strength too. At 90lbs, I can break them loose.

At the back of the cavitation plate on the bottom is a tab that you should be able to change the direction that it is pointing. ( On my mercruiser you can) It helps to divert the prop wash. If you can try to point it in the other direction and see if that helps. Also do you have any play in your...

Probably what SST seen was a Black Snake they are not poisonous and are on the endangered list. They are supposed to be part of the Lake Erie Ecosystem.

If you let go of the wheel, what does she do? And what outdrive do you have?

It would be interesting to see her top end and GPH

I don't think he or she is angry, it was just letting them know who is in charge out there. That's what I like about The Great Lakes, the main thing I look out for when I go out is bad weather. And if you are watchful, you can see it coming before it does something like that to you.

Maybe a loose wire.

For me it was mostly a safety issue, crawling around on my hands and knees on my deck in 2ft waves on Lake Erie is no fun. As you well know.

I was the clam cleat, when the bow went down, I pulled in the road, when it came up I held it in place on the bow rail, that was the easy part. After the anchor was freed, then came the fun part, hopping over the windshield while hanging on to the anchor line, reaching around the arch and then...

:)Enjoy the ride. Enjoy the want. And welcome to the forum.