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xlint89 05-20-2026 09:04 PM


Originally Posted by SB (Post 4947697)
Very little chance of a store nearby with that.

I had gotten it locally before. I want to say at West Marine. Not any more.....

xlint89 05-20-2026 09:05 PM


Originally Posted by Helmwurst (Post 4947724)
Menards carries the Quicksilver brand gear lube.

No menards stores near me. Walmart does carry the 90 wt gear lube for about $17.

SB 05-21-2026 01:48 AM


Originally Posted by xlint89 (Post 4947771)
I had gotten it locally before. I want to say at West Marine. Not any more.....

i was referring to the post on Schaeffer’s gear oil which was just above my post.

Diamond Dave 05-21-2026 09:10 AM


Originally Posted by xlint89 (Post 4947770)
I've seen some people mentioning the delayed shifting problems due to the amsoil specifically.

Ran this in my Fountain for years zero problems (Bravo 1's) and shifted the same. It also stopped the goop that would accumulate in the bottom of the drive oil reservoir, and the oil came out with a lot less metal on the magnets than the green merc crap.

https://www.amsoil.com/p/amsoil-75w-...%20Protectants

(marine specific 75w90)

87MirageIntruder 05-21-2026 09:15 AM

I have not experienced delayed shifting in my bravo using the Amsoil 75W 110.

bigfarmer 05-21-2026 07:12 PM


Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL (Post 4947634)
So many better oils out there. I wouldn`t run that stuff if it was free.

HP Mafia swears by this and I`ve started running it too .

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...2a0b898634.jpg

Will be running this myself this season...

xlint89 05-22-2026 05:31 PM

Sorry to side track, but it just happened again....

Package says delivered, but nothing there. Just filed a missing mail report. So frustrating.

Another reason I hate ordering items online. Credit cards. I never use them because I always seem to get compromised/fraud.

Go to the store, pay cash. Walk out with the right part that day. The best part is you don't have to cancel your cc and make arrangements for all your automatic payments that will now not go through.

Oh, and the best part. It's Memorial day weekend. P.O says 1-3 business days to investigate. So they won't even start looking into for a week. "F" me!!!

Rant over....

SB 05-22-2026 05:55 PM

That sucks. Area or neighborhood thing ?
Never a missing mail/ups package here. Business stuff included.
So several 1000’s of things of packages.
Have had several things broken in shipping though.

xlint89 05-22-2026 06:51 PM


Originally Posted by SB (Post 4947922)
That sucks. Area or neighborhood thing ?
Never a missing mail/ups package here. Business stuff included.
So several 1000’s of things of packages.
Have had several things broken in shipping though.

Honestly, just think it's a Postal carrier not paying attention. I get mail for others that isn't even close to my address.

You are very lucky. It doesn't happen a lot to me, but when it does, it seems to take much longer than it should.

Markus 05-23-2026 12:36 AM

Is this just USPS, or UPS and FedEx, too?

I.e., is it just a lazy USPS employee, or is someone stealing your stuff?

Get a credit or debit card, pay with ApplePay and never look back.


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