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US1 Fountain 03-18-2012 04:20 PM

Sounds like 2 hoses got swapped. Most get wrong idea thinking rear hose get tee'd together, and fronts get tee'd together.

My full hyd. can't be budged by hand more than an inch.

Yoda_Man 03-18-2012 10:07 PM

http://www.lathammarine.com/faq.htm

When I did mine I got it in pieces so lots of air. I ended up tuning the wheel hard over then open one fitting on one ram that would be getting fluid to move the drive then had someone slowly turn the wheel the other way then repeat until u have fluid

ezstriper 03-20-2012 08:39 AM

sounds like hoses crossed to me as well, or a total blockage in a hose or fitting...even with lots of air in the system will still turn...

sleek1 04-02-2012 10:21 PM

Ding ding! much to my embarassment I had the port hoses switched. Got them plumbed correctley now and this year's maiden voyage went off without a hitch. Didn't even forget to install the plugs lol. Thanks to everyone for the help.

[QUOTE=Rookie;3641528]Simple stuff first.....Did you remove one hose at a time and put them back in the same spot?

Rookie 04-05-2012 07:25 AM


Originally Posted by sleek1 (Post 3654862)

Originally Posted by Rookie (Post 3641528)
Simple stuff first.....Did you remove one hose at a time and put them back in the same spot?

Ding ding! much to my embarassment I had the port hoses switched. Got them plumbed correctley now and this year's maiden voyage went off without a hitch. Didn't even forget to install the plugs lol. Thanks to everyone for the help.

That's great, I like to here about those simple inexpensive fixes.


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