2020 195S Build Thread WARNING PIC HEAVY

[Hoyt]

is this the harness you purchased? Fusion Wire Harness f/MS-RA670 MS-RA770 Stereo - Zone 1 2 (. [010-12812-01] Amazon.com

Yep that's the one my man. My boat didn't come equipped with it, but some do

 

[kgower]

@Hoyt - I see an eq in your electronics arrival pic? Did you install? Where? Has it been worth it? Have any pics?

BTW - replaced one of my kicker amps with WS. More push from the WS but it runs warmer.

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I have the HTX-2 powering my WS Icon 8 tower speakers, it does the job!

 

[gmeyer976]

Yep that's the one my man. My boat didn't come equipped with it, but some do

Excellent! Thanks for the info!!

 

[Hoyt]

Well boys she's made her way home. As per usual not without needing attention. My trailer jack gave up over the winter. Went to bring her home, and wouldn't jack at all. Had to go home and get a floor jack to hook her up to truck. No problem. She's home. Tractor supply here I come. Picked up a double wheel 2000lb lift jack. So as normal for me..... what I fix I show yall.

So here it starts. Start by unhooking winch hook and chain from boat tie down on bow. Then remove these 2 bolts.....19mm wrench on one side, and 19mm impact on the other (power tools save lives)....




Once these are out you can pull the which assembly off. Leaving you with just the base....


Now break out your floor jack, and jack the boat up. Super simple there. I went back behind trailer jack at the Y in the frame. Now you can remove the winch base with jack included. Remove these 2 bolts also 19mm with same wrench and impact. Notice the pink lines on frame next to base. That tells me where to put base back on reinstall. Pink sharpie....


Boom that's it. Whole arm comes right off. Take it into the garage bench and remove jack. No pictures of that, but super self explanatory there. New tractor supply jack bolts right up to stock holes. However, you will need to drill out locking pin holes to 1/2" (stock jack is 3/8"). Also super simple. Then it's just bolt new Jack on. Done. Now reinstall same way you took it off....




This jack is super easy to crank now (compared to my failing last year stock jack ?), and gives way more lift as you can see from floor jack still up at stock height. Best part it has a grease fitting to lube unlike stock jack. All in all $75 and about an hour of work (bourbon may have extended that time a bit) not a bad job at all.

At least I did foam cannon wash cover and boat twice before I replaced jack. Ya know....prioritize


Looking forward to finally starting our season hopefully this weekend.....

 

[gabewhite]

Random question as I just purchased trailer guides for my 195S. I keep my boat at a marina in rack storage so I don’t have it readily available on the trailer to measure. I was curious how wide you have your guides installed. I also purchased the Same wakemaker pads. Thanks in advance!

 

[Hoyt]

Random question as I just purchased trailer guides for my 195S. I keep my boat at a marina in rack storage so I don’t have it readily available on the trailer to measure. I was curious how wide you have your guides installed. I also purchased the Same wakemaker pads. Thanks in advance!

Couldn't tell ya width off top of my head. I installed with boat on trailer. I stayed 3" off widest part of boat when I installed. If I remember this weekend I'll measure and report back for ya

 

[Jeff L24]

Random question as I just purchased trailer guides for my 195S. I keep my boat at a marina in rack storage so I don’t have it readily available on the trailer to measure. I was curious how wide you have your guides installed. I also purchased the Same wakemaker pads. Thanks in advance!

I recently cut 12" off the top of my guides and took this picture. It's not a measurement for the bar placement but could help you eyeball it. They are easy to reposition if needed, just loosen and wiggle.

 

[2kwik4u]

just loosen and wiggle.

Sounds like a good Friday night at the bar!