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The rudders can be "entertaining" to make drop. It has taken me 30 minutes of banging on punch with a sledge to make one drop! And sometimes they fall right out.

The thread is half inch which has a 9/16 head on the drain plug. As far as clearance- take the whole "turtle shell" off so you have more room and go through the starboard side. Hope this helps!

I appreciate everyones advice. So I got the drain plug out without pulling the motor. After talking to three shops who said I needed to pull it, I felt like I had enough opposition to motivate...

I did check the oil filter for leaks. 811 hrs on the motor. Not sure of the compression but I've put 15 some odd hrs on the boat since it has been leaking and it has run very well. My next step...

I'm losing maybe 1/4 of quart per 4hr set of wakeboarding. It's going into the bilge and making a mess. Valve cover, oil pan, and everything else looks very clean. The only thing I can come up...