last week I drained the tranny really good with the topsider pump. I disconnected the cooler lines and blew out the cooler. Then refilled with new fluild. Took it out on Sat and Sun and we're in good shape.
Had a blast playing on the water both days.
Been with maintenance and upgrades. The vinyl got a little messy from all our wrenching we were doing. Normal vinyl cleaner didn't get it clean enough so we took some dollar store "totally awesome" cleaner to it and it got off some stains I couldn't before.
I decided to pull my head unit and got a new Wetsounds WS420SQ equalizer/zone control. I installed it and filled the gap with a little pocket. it isn't perfect asthetically, but I can live with it. (yeah, that's tape filling up the width on the pocket)
so I'll just use my phone or ipod as the music source. I have some tower speakers on the way and am excited to be able to have those arrive.
I had bought one of these ropes from Airhead. Um, it's now the backup after my 235 pound buddy snapped it getting pulled up on a wakeboard.
So, I got some good spectra line and a new handle (courtesy of the wife's pocketbook).
I also bought a new amp for my system that will go to the sub, and that will free up the amp that's been powering the sub to handle the new tower speakers when they arrive. I'm stoked that all 3 amps fit perfectly in the storage compartment below the observer seat and I still have room for the dual batteries, a gallon of tranny fluid, and misc odds and ends.
The issue with the engine dying seems to have gone away. Maybe it was just resetting the carbs? Maybe it was switching to ethanol free gas? not sure.
The new flywheel and reconditioned starter make the boat start up like a champ with no issues. New battery is holding up GREAT and no more dead battery woes.
I bought a $7 vinyl repair kit and patched up any tears/rips. Seems pretty legit and for the price and ease, you can't beat it.
We ran the wire for the depth gauge some time ago, and I finally got the base for the in-hull transducer epoxied into the bilge. As soon as I get the o-ring that was supposed to be in my kit, then I'll have that installed and operational. It'll be nice to not be flying blind anymore. (it'll probably be scarier too knowing the depth instead of being blissfully ignorant).
