engine compartment

So I made the bone-headed mistake of not putting the drain plug in my 96 GTS sea doo. I have two and the one still had the connectors that kept it in the hole, so when I put in the water, it sucked the plug in and gave me enough time when I got to the dock after parking truck/trailer to seal it...

The engine cover latch on my '05 Sportster 150 seems to be sticking. When you pull the cable is actuates the spring to release the latch stud, but the cover does not pop up automatically like it's supposed to. I got my girlfriend to pull the lever while I checked the release mechanism out and it...