Just to double impress upon you the importance of your #1, There's a nasty, but funny, rumour or story or something floating around this site about me and what happens when you forget to tighten even ONE hose clamp......................

on #2, if you need alt mounts, hafta dig, but picked up a few sets of polished SS SCJ lo-mounts a guy makes quite a while back. Great stuff. Was like a buck or so each. I'll see if I still have his info for ya.
on #3 STD wiring and color coding is all over this site, and much simpler than you'd think bro!

#4, well, worse comes to worse, a ski rope over each shoulder tied to either side of the nozzle CAN steer the thing..........
#5 Whats "Reverse"


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#6 Float? It should FLY! Wood floats, a styrofoam cup floats, oil floats, dead bodies and ex-wives float, I've even taken dumps that float! It takes no work at all to do any of these things and just "float", so why just that after so much work on the boat?

Problems solved! Get it running Jon!

Ray