drain plug - important question

External Since: Jan 01, 2005 Posts: 13

I'm not sure why this stumps me - but it does Smile

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Do you folks put the drain plug in from the outside of the boat? Or the
inside?

I was always shown to do it from the inside, but when we bought our
first boat the dealer showed me from the outside. I feel like there
might be a reason for the dealer doing it that way, but darned if I know
why!

External Since: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 72

Well, with the old aluminum boat with outboard, the plug was one of
those flip the lever and it expands, so it went in from the inside for
a very obvious reason. But with the I/O, the compression type drain
plug screws in from the outside because you can't get at it from the
inside ... the engine's in the way.