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Boat plug
Newport17mikey	#1  Posted on 06/02/20 - 1:58 PM
Member Posts: 32 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/07/13	1988 Newport, 1988 Eveinrude fitch , 90 hp, 2000 Honda 9:9 kicker, Do you put plug on the inside, or in the Sturn on the outside??????? Boat has a 10” or so drain tube, looks like to me if you install the plug on the in side, and you have any kind of a leak at all in the tube , it’s going to soak the transom 10” or so. Just my dime
Phil T	#2  Posted on 06/02/20 - 2:00 PM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 7043 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	All drain plugs are put in from the inside. Hard to remove underway if they are put in from the outside. 1992 Outrage 17 I 2019 E-TEC 90, Viper 17 2+ 2018 Load Rite Elite 18280096VT
biggiefl	#3  Posted on 06/03/20 - 8:05 AM
Member Posts: 890 Comments: 4 Joined: 05/08/06	Make sure to inspect your drain tubes. PS...they did not make a FICT in 1988....1998? Don't think they ever made a FITCH. 24 Whalers so far....
Newport17mikey	#4  Posted on 06/03/20 - 11:32 AM
Member Posts: 32 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/07/13	Title reads 1988 whaler and 1988 Evinrude 90 hp, Ficht Edited by Newport17mikey on 06/03/20 - 11:36 AM
biggiefl	#5  Posted on 06/04/20 - 7:53 AM
Member Posts: 890 Comments: 4 Joined: 05/08/06	FICHT technology was not even invented in 1988. The first year FICHT was a Johnson in 1997. The 90hp came later under Evinrude. 24 Whalers so far....