You should never tow a tube from the tower.....tower's are for wakeboarding.   

14 hours ago, Seattle12 said:

what makes it look good? 

Basically you want consistency across the cylinders, and that everything is above a minimum spec.    Think of it as the health of each cylinder's sealing capability.    If you can't compress the air and fuel, you get less boom.   You don't want to see one or a few cylinders with really low results compared to the others, as obviously those lower numbers mean sealing has been compromised to some degree.   The engine will still run with low numbers, but you have less efficient combustion, lots of blow by, higher oil consumption, oil dilution, etc.   Minumum 125 and this engine's lowest cylinder is 190, you're good to go!   

6 hours ago, athingisathing said:

Hum confusing for sure. The gray ones i got  from amazon where correct for many of the gray dongles on my harness the black ones as noted needed to be different and the b is for thermal interlock and water rating the key is black for those differences from what I read in the industry docs... but I could be wrong.
 

the only reason I am point out the confusion is I ordered dt04-pb and got black non b keyed "" connectors... From what I can tell the style **** dictates the inener lock out groves or other mods and a b keyed item is a style of black keyed connector.... type of key can very in the style, as I said I actually bought b  that came with the wrong lock out groves location and had to re order pb with a new sub style.

This link will get you to the b "" keyed in the Same key as the one on the stereo harness you will need two 8 and two 12

https://www.customconnectorkits.com/products/dt04-12pb?variant=45536276382014

 

Thanks again for the clarity and help. Not sure why some b have groves in one location and others have what people call b keyed and have as noted the location needed for our black connectors. 

I recommend to order thru TTI, as you can type the part number straight in, and you get what you need. I have ordered hundreds of DT0X-XX-PB parts and they have always been correct. 

I ended up picking up the platform for a 06 the guy had locally. He dropped in price quite a bit.

I need to do a few gelcoat chip fixes, make the spacer for the mounting bracket like you mentioned, and also make a spacer to correct the difference in gap due to hull radius difference.

But the new platform is a bit longer so that'll be nice.
 

I have a traction pad on order and waiting to hear back from the local MB dealer as to how much their bolt on fold out step is from the factory. 

My plan right now for the gap between the boat and hull is layers of 3/8" uhmw screwed into the platform that I'll put EVA traction on top of to hide the lines. 

I'll either us UHMW, EPVC, or HDPE for the bracket spacer. Depends what my local supplier and my leftover material shelf has  fits the dimensions. 

I have 3m 4000 adhesive on the way which I know will not be a 100% adhesion glue but will help the screws to keep it all together. Then will have to contour the UHMW to match the radius of the hull. 

On 4/23/2024 at 7:34 AM, EchelonMike said:

Congrats on the new boat!  I pick up my new-to-me 2022 this Saturday.  It only has 20 hours on it, and I found no scratches or blems, but it needs a good "detail".  The marina where I bought it said they will detail before I pick it up, and I will see if it lives up to my standards.  :-)

I bought some Adam's graphine coating and my plan is to ceramic coat the exterior and glass myself after I pick her up.  If it needs a good polish first, I'll do that too.  I have had very good luck with Griot's Garage Complete Polish to start, and then follow up with wax.  This time I will follow up with ceramic.  Will see how that goes.

Good luck with the new boat!

Last spring I bought some adams ceramic ..like yours but before graphene. Buffedout my boat and applied it. Worked good. Also buffed and applied it to my son's f150 we kept for him while he was in Okinawa..20y marine master seargent also my jeep tj. For a consumer grade product it works great. Spray on a microfiber towel and wipe on..wait 2min or so..buff off with mf towel. The small bottle ..say 10oz..is only half empty.