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Thanks, I will be changing my hooks to screw closure links as well.

And they did . :biggrinjester: I even got a few beers for the delivery to their new home. :D

Thank You, Going to my buddy who has had many Checkmates over the years. They are even the right color.

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I never have. New Years Eve is just around the corner. Might have to send one up.:D

I agree with you. Use current dated flares. I still would want old flares as a back up . If I was floating in the water, chances are they still will work fine and give me plenty of flares to fire. More flares = better chance to survive.

Imco Upper?

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This is the second time in 14 months that I broke my drive, and I need to go with something stronger. It is a standard Bravo drive with 1.5 ratio and DWP. It is the newer style drive with serial number starting with OW. The engine is a 502/565 hp. Boat is a 2005 Velocity 260. I am easy on the...

Well after LOTS of work it is all back together and looks like new. That black s*it from the hose burning made a terrible mess. You touch it and you can't get it off your hands. I looked like a chimney sweep through out this whole job. Had to wipe every hose every piece of anything in the engine...

I will do that. Thanks I plan on hours of prep work. I want it to look good.

I went with the Interlux-Brightside Polyurethane. Mainly because the off-white color is a very close match to what I have and am hopefull you won't be able to tell any difference from the transom to the boat sides. The Easyepoxy off-white looked like it wouldn't match.

Ateco tested the header today and it tested good with no leaks. Also got the muffler spring in the mail today. I am happy to say I will be back on the water soon. Make sure your hoses are on tight! A lesson well learned.

I am going to take the header over to Ateco, who is a CMI distributor, tomorrow morning and they are going to pressure test it.. I am not really set up to test this properly and feel confident about it. This is what the transom looks like after cleaning it with everything I could think of...