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Plumbers grease available in small tubes works well and does not dry out like soaps do.

I give mine a fairly hard tightening with a crescent wrench, I do apply a few turns of teflon tape. That keeps the plug from binding and make removing easier.

As far as I know, Florida Marine Tanks is still in business. Give them a call. They are not in Florida :) https://www.floridamarinetanks.com/contact-us/

I didn't realize this was a new boat. Forget what I said and contact the dealer

I would try to drive in one screw without sealant or the flange just to see if the core is hard or soft. Soft may be an indicator of an issue that needs additional investigation. If the core is firm and the screw can be screwed in as far it it needs to go then remove it apply your 4200 to the...

Can you get a screw out? You need to confirm that the frame attached with screws as opposed to bolts and nuts. If screws and they are spinning, there are several reasons: The screw is snapped off, The screw corroded and is too thin, the hole is too wide.( most probably if you have screws. In...

Is the shower sump separate from the bilge?. Does the mid sump pump cycle on and off to drain the bilge? I am not familiar with the 265 so my questions may seem obvious. In most of the hull models, water can accumulate in the mid bilge and normally at some level will drain towards the aft bilge...

If you mean the cylindrical bushing that slips into the round tubular seat base you cab find them in lots of places' Amazon will have them. Your needed diameter is 2 7/8 inches. The lip can be different so you need to match yours up to the options. Most marine stores will have them also.Here...

As I read your post, I was saying to myself " That could be on my "worst jobs I have tackled on a boat" list. Then you said the same thing! Congrats on your persistence.

Running the motor with a 50:1 mix and with the oil injection system, is different than disabling the oil system and just running premix

I can't say for Zukes but I can say that using a separate tank with premix on 2 stroke Yamis or Mercs can be asking for trouble. In some cases big time trouble. First of all, both Yamis and Merc Optis use variable ratio oiling based on engine speed ( Actually throttle position, The OX66 Yamis...

Thanks for that explanation

I just don't see how a vane style pump can self prime. Granted physics class was a long time ago but I thought that vane pumps, throw water out due to centrifugal force but do not suck air in

In the back of my mind I remember something about lower units that were breaking and the fix (if you can call it that) was to reengineer a new version of the LU with a wider diameter carrier bearing housing. Does anyone remember that and if so was it specific to large HP Yamis? Maybe I just...

nice work.