37 minutes ago, bwski said:

While I'm not sure how it exactly works in the boating world, typically the dealer has to purchase the parts, even if warranty.  After the repair is made the dealer applies for warranty reimbursement, which would incude the parts and the labor.  If the bank owns their boat inventory, chances are they, or another bank owns the parts inventory.  The banks may not be interested in taking on any new inventory even if under warranty.  The only other option is operating capital, which there may not be much!

I'd say the situation probably merits them taking a track different from the norm in order to get retail customers taken care of.

According to my source.

I removed the knock sensor on my 2000 Indmar Monsoon when winterizing it last fall and noticed that the inserted end seemed to have been corroded and it was only held in place by a couple of threads. After adding antifreeze into the block, I left the old sensor in for the winter.  Fast forward to this spring and I have attempted to install a new one. Unfortunately I can only get it to thread in by a couple of threads which leads me to believe there is a lot of corrosion on the deeper block threads. I'm fairly certain that I have NOT cross threaded it.

Would you recommend chasing the threads to clean it, or is there any other methods or considerations that I should be aware of?  (It was running fine last season with the old corroded sensor)

2 hours ago, Bozboat said:

😳However, there are eight dealers listed in Texas under the View Dealer list tab.

Yes, same result here.  There are 2 other Malibu dealers in Michigan.  Yet this is the same result when I enter the state, or my zip code.

54 minutes ago, TomH said:

(clip)I've taken to tubing from the V to the loop (anywhere the ski can touch during a start) 

(clip)Aluminum knitting needles with the end cut off at a 45 make good fids for rope/handle building.

I've found that a dead large ballpoint pen end, or even a dead sharpie with the point and wick removed, works just fine, and there's usually one I won't mind sacrificing if I don't already have one set aside for the purpose ☺

Like Tom (also) said, however, particularly for students, sliding some vinyl tubing onto each leg (and the bar of the EZUp) of the handle line, including the stem, goes a long way toward keeping it alive longer...

Boat's being picked up soon, after the already-addressed dead-after-successful-sea-trial starboard blinker, and overheating-after-50-miles bearings on the trailer IS addressed; I can't wait to start building my EZUp and hope that my son discovers where he put my custom HO 72" ski with the (also custom) XXXL Sasquatch bindings which actually will accommodate my great understanding.

11 minutes ago, 23LSVOwner said:

I imagine Malibu would still send them parts for warranty situations.

While I'm not sure how it exactly works in the boating world, typically the dealer has to purchase the parts, even if warranty.  After the repair is made the dealer applies for warranty reimbursement, which would incude the parts and the labor.  If the bank owns their boat inventory, chances are they, or another bank owns the parts inventory.  The banks may not be interested in taking on any new inventory even if under warranty.  The only other option is operating capital, which there may not be much!