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[dogbert]

My V drive has the T plug right below the v drive (in front of the engine). It's pretty much right next to the bilge pump. It appears to be the lowest part of the bilge.

[TeamAllen]

whitlock87

Maybe your boat has a tplug as well and you never knew it. That would save you from raising the trailer tongue up so high?

[Ruune]

not on a V-drive (well not on my 22v anyways). Luckily enough, I have a private launch w/ an incline, and I pull the plug immediately after the boat comes out of the water. Dry off the outside, and then put the plug back in.

[whitlock87]

I will check, but I have waxed the boat several times, and I cannot think of any holes on the bottom other then the water pickup.
But it would be nice not to raise the tong that high, as the jack is to short.
You have to raise the jack all the way, place blocks under the tong and lower the jack in order to get some blocks under the wheel of the jack.

If I do not have one, can I add one?

David

[Original Wing Nut]

Pull the plug on the ramp

I always pull the plug on my vdrive a couple of feet out of the water. I always pull just out of the water and walk all the way around, look things over, pull the plug, then pull all the way to the top of the ramp.

[Ruune]

assuming you're using a floor jack, use a block between the jack and the trailer. Then move the jack further back, towards the axles. This will increase the height of the tongUE.

[whitlock87]

Wing nut
I know you have a newer Tige 24V
Do you have a plug in the bottom of your boat, or just the main drain at the back?

My boat is a 2004 Switch, and I think I only have the main drain.

[TeamAllen]

Good advice OWN! Here is link if you don't already have one and want to add a T plug.

Discount Inboard Marine

[Original Wing Nut]

Just the main drain

The 2005 24V has just the main drain, just abor the taps.

[whitlock87]

I feel lame,
I have been using the trailer jack to get it off the hitch, and then I would raise it all the way and lower it a little on to a jack Stand (At the tong).
I then would lower the trailer jack (raise the wheel) and place 3 blocks under it.
I then would use the trail jack to raise it up again (off the jack stand).

I have about 4 different hydro jacks in my garage. I think I am going to dedicate one to the boat

Thanks David

[dogbert]

Mine's a '99 2100v Ltd

[Ruune]

My dad surprised me one day last summer with a 5-ton floor jack that he picked up at costco. Needless to say its overkill, but I dedicated it to the boat.

[rpaxton]

Originally posted by TeamAllen
This is what the T-plug looks like. It is a tapered fit, so it doesn't go all the way through.

TeamAllen,

I understand that the T-plug is tapered and is not INTENDED to go all the way through? About how far should it go into the drain. I have a 2000 22i and I am doing good to get about 2.5 turns into the drain. We have been getting some water in the boat and thought that the T-plug was leaking.

Rodg

[TeamAllen]

Rodg,

I would say 2.5 turns is probably about right. It's not much. I hardly ever take the plug out. The boat stays dry. I would think the water is coming from somewhere else. How much water are we talking about?

Obviously any water taken on over the bow, or by everybody getting inside the boat from the swimstep will add water. The cooler below the passenger seat used to leak, until I sealed the drain with caulking. That drains right into the bilge, so if it leaks you will have water in the bilge. Check all the hose fittings and connections. The exhaust manifolds are water jacketed and if cracked will leak. And the last thing I can think of is where the prop shaft goes through the hull. I don't know anything about that one. oh yeah ... maybe the perfect pass wheel if you have one. I don't.

I bet there is a thread on this somewhere? I guess you have to determine if it fills up sitting there with or without the engine running.

[rpaxton]

water in the bilge

TeamAllen,

I made a run this week and was very careful to keep water from coming over the bow. We only boated for about 2 hours, but the bilge was almost completely dry, maybe an inch or two of water. I figure the leak, if any, is probably coming from the prop shaft. I know that they tend to leak over time and eventually need the packing replaced.

Thanks for the help!

Rodg