I know Nick stopped shipping internationally due to all the issues right now. He's on vacation this week though so you'd have to wait to check with him.
Completely agree and I learned the hard way as well on my first ski 10+ years ago. They've only gotten worst since then. There are some things I will buy from them such as traction mats and some gaskets but that's about it.
I always compare them to harbor freight for skis. They shop for the...
Yeah those are the smaller ones that go on top of the engine mounts, between the mount and engine. And holy crap those things keep going up in price. I remember buying 4-5 years ago and was pissed paying like $27.
You need an alignment tool. I just keep shims from skis I part out to use in the future as there are several thicknesses of shims. No reason you coudln't make them as long as you has varying thicknesses of aluminum.
I get them as close as I can with the shims under the motor mounts, then use...
Very easy, I do it by myself all the time. Single trailer is definitely easier than double. I just carefully pull the ski back, then tilt the trailer and put the ski on the ground. Tilt other trailer up with ski connected and start cranking. As soon as you have the ski far enough on the tralier...
I'd pull the pump and investigate how bad it is. If not terrible, id use a dremel to clean it out then fill with marine epoxy or something similar.
My guess is someone dropped that on a ramp and the pump hit the ground first, or maybe ski was rear ended on tbe trailer.