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    General De-winterizing and fluid - filter changes VP 8.1 Gi-J

    Hi All, I hope you all are doing well and are either already on the water for this season or getting very close. I recently de-winterized by VP 8.1 Gi-J and changed the fluids and filters. I thought sharing my experience along with a couple of questions might help someone else. I followed the...
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    !/2 ton Truck towing limitations

    Hello Everyone, I just got a new 2024 F150 5.0 super crew with the FX4 package. Love the truck. I traded in my 2012 F150 5.0 2 wheel drive truck. I wanted another 5.0 because my 2012 had 185,000 miles on it and it was still running great. My comment / question concerns a little...
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    Another Winterization Thread!

    At the risk of starting a fight I wanted to post this question. I'm new to an I/O boat. After purchasing my Ebbtide with an 8.1 Gi-J DPS-A last fall I had the local Volvo Penta dealer winterize it and change fluids and filter. I dewinterized it in the spring with no issues. I could not find...
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    How do you store / transport your rolled up floating mat on your boat?

    Hi Everyone, I'm new to family bow rider / deck boats. We just purchased a 6' x 15' closed cell floating foam mat (Members Mark from Sam's club) so the grandkids could have a place to play and hang out. I've seen people running down the lake with their mat rolled up and sitting on their swim...
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    Hour meter not reading Faria Tach - Hour meter gage

    Hi Everyone, I purchased a 2011 Ebbtide 2660 Ztrak Fun Cruiser in Oct. 2023. It showed just under 100 hours on the hour meter which is a factory Faria Tach-Hour meter gage. Just before I picked the boat up the seller had his crew (purchased from a car dealership) clean the boat up which I...
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    Question about water in bilge

    Ok, I'm not new to boats but it was always bass boats until my wife and I purchased an Ebbtide 2660 (26 1/2') bowrider last fall to make memories with our Grandkids. My wife and I finally got it on the water on May 5th for a test run before we have guests onboard. Never having a docked a boat...
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    De-winterize VP 8.1 Gi-J help please

    This week I plan to de-winterize my new to me 8.1 Gi-J. I had a shop winterize it right after I purchased it last fall and do all the fluid and filter changes. As far as I can tell I have two plastic drain plugs on each side of the engine. I think the top plug on each side is for the riser...
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    Engine shutdown procedure VP 8.1 Gi-J

    Hi Everyone, I'm looking forward to getting boating season kicked off here soon and getting the Ebbtide 2660 Ztrak with an 8.1 Volvo Gi-J in the water for the first time. I've read a lot of posts in various places about water injestion for these engines. I see some statements that are...
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    Just how many boats did Ebbtide produce? Anybody have any idea?

    With my recent purchase of an Ebbtide 2660 Ztrak and having previously owned a 176SS fish and ski I wonder just how many boats the company produced. I know they were not a mass production manufacturer. It would be great to know for example how many of the major models they produced total...
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    Need help with converting MSD toilet to just portable, carry off and dump.

    Hi all new to this forum. A little background. I've owned fish and ski and bass boats for 40 years but this year my wife and I took the plunge and purchased a 26 1/2' bowrider (Ebbtide 2660 Ztrak) so we can enjoy the lake with our daughter's families. Total of 6 adults and 5 kids under the...
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