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Old 09-19-2016 | 09:05 AM
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On my cafe it is located under the rear seat. How do I fill it - looks like there might be a small filling fitting on the top......

I had a frustrating weekend and have decided I'm going to sell this thing and take a year or two off. Thought I'd keep it forever, but I've had a change of heart after this year.
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Old 09-19-2016 | 12:03 PM
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If you remove that fitting there is a dipstick to tell you what your level is.
I used a 2' piece of 1/4" plastic line attached to the end of a small funnel....does the trick.
Don't give up....I know how frustrating this stuff gets, you just have to keep plugging away at it.....Hopefully worth it in the end!
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Quit complaining, at least you are getting to use it!
Sorry you having issues. Definitely makes you question if the fun is worth the aggravation.
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Old 09-19-2016 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by eightsecmopar
If you remove that fitting there is a dipstick to tell you what your level is.
I used a 2' piece of 1/4" plastic line attached to the end of a small funnel....does the trick.
Don't give up....I know how frustrating this stuff gets, you just have to keep plugging away at it.....Hopefully worth it in the end!
Thanks eightsec - I'll look at it tonight or tomorrow hopefully. It's been losing a little fuel every year for the last 3 or 4 summers so it isn't a large leak, but when if finally decided to be low enough not to work a horrible downpour came rolling across the water and I barely got it shut in time. I'm just over it - the kids would rather be on the JetSki, I don't have the time to really start improving the boat with work travel and children so I think I'm going to clean it up, snap some pictures and let it go - I hate to do it, both my kids went on their first boat ride at less than 2 weeks old on that boat and have grown up on it but life moves on.
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Old 09-19-2016 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by BDiggity
Quit complaining, at least you are getting to use it!
Sorry you having issues. Definitely makes you question if the fun is worth the aggravation.
HAHA - used it 5 times this year, 4 of which I had problems:

Brand new Shift Cable Bellows failed on each side 2 weeks apart (I think they were Chinese sold as OEM).
Power Steering belt jumped off a warped PS pulley, landed UNDER the water pump belt and screwed them BOTH up.
Super charger started making noise, look back and it's lost a seal so I shipped that off and I just got it back last weekend and now one of the motors seems to have a misfire which I have to run down.

My passion for it right now isn't high!!
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Old 09-19-2016 | 01:39 PM
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I do the same as eightsec but I also used a turkey gravey basting thing bought at the food store. With it I had better control of how much to put in. Nothing worse then red oil over everything.
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