First this boat does not look like it is the factory installation from the image and we would be pressed to be accurate on a 1999 with unknown revisions. 1) How are the livewell supposed to fill? Most have a valve and the information on the valve operation is located in the FAQ section. The valves are labeled auto and empty, plus this would be a push in valve like a choke cable if equipped. There is a possibility that this is a base Economy Sabre which does not have a valve or the same equipment and depends on a drain plug. In that situation you plug the livewell and use the pump on aerator to fill and there also may be a recirculation pump on that same switch. This set up varies. If there is a valve then it will gravity feed to a point, then the pumps will take over the remaining volume. If there is no valve then the livewells are pump in only. 2) Do each of the two pumps draw water from the lake? Above should best answer the question though if you dont understand that you would have to be walked through the system. The livewells work on recirculation on one pump, the other is either a combination of recirc and fresh water, or if no valve exits these are pump in fresh water only on one pump for certain, the Aeration. 3) If all of the pumps are off, and I put the valve into the auto position, should the wells fill completely with water? or do the wells only fill with water from one of the pumps?The FAQ section has that information on how the valve operates. 4) Does the three position rocker switch that says aerator control both pumps?Above again should answer this as best we can. Again we are looking at pictures and have no idea exactly what you have. These usually were one pump on one side of the switch with the opposite pump on the other side of the switch. That can be as in on for up and off for down, or recirculation on up and freshwater on the other switch throw. Hope this helps and check out the FAQ section.BCBLast edited by Bass Cat Boats on July 12th, 2013, 12:15 am, edited 1 time in total.