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2000 Tundra with 241,000 miles.

Be very careful about commercial helicopter pilot schools. Not to long ago a larger one went belly up and left students on the hook for large loans. Also it will most likely be quite some time until you can support your family in the style they have become accustomed to flying helicopters...

If you have not already, pull a hub off and make sure your spindles are 1 3/8" for the inner brg and 1 1/16" for the outer brg. This kit also needs the brake flange to be 4 bolt.

IS your old prop new enough to have a removable hub? If your old prop has a removable hub that is in good condition and the new prop is the same brand you can probably get away without it. If your old prop is old enough it will have a pressed in rubber hub, that is not compatible with the new...

Agreed.

http://www.amazon.com/AES-Industries-Smart-Eraser-Adaptor/dp/B00488DDB8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1430077240&sr=8-3&keywords=sticker+eraser These work good for removing stripes. Mercury high performance extreme grease is replacing a number of their other greases and would be fine for any of...

Will the person observing/timing the vehicle from the aircraft also be required to show up for this?

The exhaust bellows below the u-joint bellows will not allow water in the boat. The u-joint bellows and the shift cable bellows will let water in the boat if they stop holding water. The u-joint bellows will also allow water into your u-joints and gimbal brg and possibly the drive itself.

Can't beat that. For a minute there I thought you might be someone else. Good luck with your new ride.

So Ben finally bought an airplane?

Best wishes for your mother, I'm sorry to hear this.

Drain the drive oil now and look for evidence of water. If the oil that comes out is good then you should not have a problem. Refill the drive and deal with the rest later if you want to wait. Don't leave the drive full of watery oil unused for any period of time. It's probably best to address...

If the prop shaft is not bent you are probably ok. Also look at the splines of the lower unit drive shaft when you do the water pump impeller to see if they have twisted. Assuming aluminum prop I'd guess you are ok, if it was a stainless prop you better look at it closely. If you have the drive...

If you decide to pull the drive without extra help and no lift here's how to do it. Tilt drive down until prop shaft is level with the floor, you may have to lower the front of the trailer to the ground to have enough clearance in the back. Make a stack of boards the same height as the distance...

The drive is one person doable, but 2 is nice without a lift. You need about 2 feet of clearance behind the drive with it down to get it off. If you don't pull it off make sure all the water is out of the cooling and exhaust passages. It should drain ok just by being lowered all the way down...

An instructor at a Mercury factory school told me they (Merc) can make gen II alphas for approx. $400 each.

Check out sterndrive engineering http://www.sterndrive.cc/Mercruiser-Alpha-One-Gen-I-Complete.html They have a 3 year "no fault" warranty, run it into a pile of rocks and they will fix/replace for you. A lot of dealers are badmouthing these units as it cuts into their drive rebuild income. I...

Seeing as you live in OH I'd consider pulling the drive off and bringing it inside for the winter. This gives you a chance to see what issues might need to be addressed and all winter to take care of it inside in comfort. It is very easy to do, put shifter in fwd, pull hinge pin that goes...

I was not replying to you and the link was just one of many that say about the same thing. I'm having a hard time finding anything that says that higher octane fuels usually have higher BTU content, source please? (and lets keep it "pump gas" as we are not discussing race or specialty fuels)...

I'm with you on the 30% change being more than can be accounted for by the change in energy potential. What I don't buy is that putting 91 octane in an 87 octane rated motor caused a 30% increase. If I had to guess it has something to do with the way the computer is figuring the average at the...