Pontoon Boat Guide - Your Guide to On-Water Fun!

I'm Mr. FixIt and I'm here to teach you how to troubleshoot, make your own routine repairs and do preventative maintenance to your pontoon boat, outboard or stern drive engine and trailer. Follow along with me on this journey and you will quickly gain confidence in your abilities while saving a ton of cash in the process.

I will start with very simple procedures in the beginning and work up to more complex tasks as you become more knowledgeable. There will likely always be some complex services that you will want your dealer to perform that will require special tools, time or training to perform. But most pontoon maintenance is fun, easy and can be performed at home.

Mr. FixIt's Rating System - Each of the repairs and maintenance issues covered will be graded for difficulty to help you decide whether you want to attempt it or not.

Easy

Very easy. Requires no tools or special knowledge. May require some small part(s), lubricant or cleaning material.
Somewhat Easy

Somewhat easy. Requires normal hand tools. Limited to replacing minor service parts or accessories.
Moderately Difficult

Moderately difficult. Requires normal hand tools, hand power tools, some special tools and experience using them. May require the use of basic electrical test instruments.
Difficult

Difficult. Requires extensive knowledge of mechanical, electrical and aluminum boat repair procedures along with technical knowledge of the use of specialized test equipment. This is best left to the dealer so we won't be covering these types of repairs here.