In cleaning out my 28-2 on purchase, I found a white folder marked "official handbook" - not the same as the manual that I downloaded from this site (thank you!). It contains a collection of bulletins of varying dates on a variety of useful topics, some are model specific, others may be generic. I can't tell if it's complete or not, and wonder if there's a way to check.
I honed in on the ones for "engine alignment instructions" (2/83) and "prop shaft packing gland adjustment instructions" (7/82) because I'm about to install my prop shaft, and came across this: "The coupling should always be disconnected whenever the boat is hauled out again because the flexibility of the boat often puts a very severe strain on the shaft or the coupling or both when it is moved."
Do any of you follow that practice? There's no question this was not done in recent memory on my boat.
I honed in on the ones for "engine alignment instructions" (2/83) and "prop shaft packing gland adjustment instructions" (7/82) because I'm about to install my prop shaft, and came across this: "The coupling should always be disconnected whenever the boat is hauled out again because the flexibility of the boat often puts a very severe strain on the shaft or the coupling or both when it is moved."
Do any of you follow that practice? There's no question this was not done in recent memory on my boat.