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Hello, this is my first post.
I just bought an early 90's Crest 18' pontoon. It appears that the only attachments for pulling the boat onto the trailer are on the front of the pontoons. Is this normal? Is there a way to attach a pulling bolt to the front/middle of the boat?
Thanks in advance for your input.

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VP gear oil is not available in my area, online is super expensive. Looks to be asking for 75w90.

What other brands are acceptable and possibly more budget friendly.

If anyone has used any house Canadian brands for example like Canadian Tire please also share.

Thanks

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Hi all

i have a 1986 2850 contessa command bridge. Had it about 12 years andcso far managed to get it to plane about 5 times.

A llittle history. I got it cheap due to fact previou owner back it up on trailer caught leg damaging bottom of leg and snapping the yoke. There was no damage to shield. I got another yoke and brought a fully recon 280 leg ( apparently ...

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Hello, I bought a 1987 merc 70hp 3 cyl from Facebook for 200 bucks. has good compression and got it running. original owner however decided it would be a good idea to cut throttle, shift, and power trim cables. i have new throttle and shodt cables coming but havent reallt been able to find the proper diagrams or parts for what the poeer trim harness is supposed to look like. the...

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Using a scope I initially seen water coming in under the bottom transom bracket but after taking it home and getting better access I believe the issue is the related to the exhaust. I’ll post a couple videos of what I see. I took the outdrive off and the exhaust manifold so I could get better access. The video is with the boat at home and a water hose stuck inside the exhaust be...

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