Nick Hahn
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How were your seat frames? Mine seem a little weak if you push back against them. Need to re-do the upholstery in the next year or so, kind of afraid what I will get into though.here are a few photos
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How were your seat frames? Mine seem a little weak if you push back against them. Need to re-do the upholstery in the next year or so, kind of afraid what I will get into though.here are a few photos
Looks great! We are going to tackle one of the side panels this weekend. I'll post some pictures.here are a few photos
Seats. Helm are formed up of roto molded plastic....a bit tricky to repair.How were your seat frames? Mine seem a little weak if you push back against them. Need to re-do the upholstery in the next year or so, kind of afraid what I will get into though.
Plastic frames, 1996 400EC. Stripped prior to now foam and vinyl.How were your seat frames? Mine seem a little weak if you push back against them. Need to re-do the upholstery in the next year or so, kind of afraid what I will get into though.
Looks the same as my 1995 set up.
I’ve just used the same Mercruiser spin on filters for fuel manifold, generator and engines. I replace all 5 every year. I’m sure that’s excessive but, easy and inexpensive.
I suppose up could stagger different micron filtration in your fuel delivery system.
Oh boy. Garmins for engine displays arrived today. Time to get to work.Fox gateways arrived today, happy dance!
Adding two more loung pads on the deck. All three will fasten side by side. Had SeaRay logo embroidered on one. Denise is gonna like.Seating and interior done. Pick up next week and begin install.
GuysSeats. Helm are formed up of roto molded plastic....a bit tricky to repair.
NEW PLAN:
Remove the whatever-it-is fuel filter currently installed and its mounting bracket and replace with Sierra mounting bracket for either the official Mercruiser filters that are used everywhere else or their Sierra equivalents. This filter is for the Quicksilver genset, so I don't think it should have more stringent specs than the ones for the mains.
Also, I ordered the Lockey C-150 door lock yesterday in Marine Grade finish. It should be here by end-of-week and I'll install it soon as well.
Thanks to all for the support.
Fairly straightforward design. As others have said, Tom at Good Windlass knows what he’s talking about and he is easy to deal with. FYI, you did see that there is oil inside the housing? Put down towels or something when opening it. Ask me how I know
I don’t know the grade, or amount it takes, but if you do open it, may as well change it. Definitely get whatever parts Tom recommends. Cheap peace of mind for when you REALLY need it to operate properly.
Off season project, Boss was not pleased with the finish on the table. Lots of moisture damage.
I'm pretty good with the wood.
Wait...what?
Guys
I'm in the middle of my helm seat repair due to the cracked frame. It's not too bad once you get the material and foam off seat. I would caution anyone with a seat feeling too flexy to fix it ASAP. Based on how the seat fails there is no doubt during a hard acceleration it could fail completely from the additional force of your body and you could end up doing a header into the back of the cockpit. I also think it could damage the vinyl considerably. There are several guys on this thread that have fixed the seat plus I found this one guy who made a thread with good pictures, the process and materials used on a web page listed below.
https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/sea-ray-400-seat-repairs/
Im in the process of gluing and have to say am impressed with the quality of the materials. Here are just a few prictures which represent seat in various steps along the process. West System G/Flex 655 and some glass reinforcement. Bought the small kit from Jamestown Dist. for $38. Might have enough to do 4 major crack locations in my seat. Bond of epoxy to plastic is VERY strong.
Problematic but pretty common. Looked at 14 400ECs and would bet one third or more had fractured seat backs.[/
Todd,Spent our first weekend out this past weekend, and we noticed the helm bench seat seemed to lean back more that what seemed normal. Not uncomfortable to sit in, but it leaned back far enough that sitting on the rear-facing bench behind it was not real feasible. Your head bumped the seat back before you could lean all the way back.
This looks like a common issue? And the only way to fix it is to dismantle the seat for repairs?
Thanks - Todd