Recent content by Drafter

I drew mine a couple of years ago in Autocad which was nothing more than a trace of a photo that I had for some t-shirts that we had made up to hand out to friends. You're welcome to the original CAD file if you like, and it wouldn't be a big deal to lose the TV dome, which I'm ditching off of...

Thanks Paul, I love following that guy on Youtube. My wife thinks I'm nuts that I want to watch other people fixing their boats! Very informative guy.

I think I could actually leave that engine on and just keep it in neutral at idle to flow water through the dripless if I had to. Everything is neutral at this point, and the shaft spins in forward and reverse as well. My mechanic is 8 or 9 miles away, but he's offered to come over and replace...

Looks like my port side transmission went to meet its maker on Saturday. New reman ordered from Hales Marine in Virginia for my 7.4's. Said that it's the port side 80% of the time because of the extra work that it has to do for the counter rotation vs. the other side, and the extra heat...

I replaced my white plastic vents above the fridge with stainless versions. They're the exact same vent as the horn vent on the bow which I also replaced.

Thanks Bill. I'm not sure why it shows a 2000. All of the pumps on the boat were 2000gph's in the parts manual. Maybe that was just to make it easy to not have to stock multiple sizes for that production line. All of the new sump box setups that I've seen use a 750 or 800. I'll just leave...

I know that this has been talked about here and there. Once again, I'm replacing my float switch and pump in my shower sump. I've considered electronic switches which don't appear to be great, air switches which don't like dirty water, mercury, etc. Think I'm going back to the simple heavy...

Today was screen replacement day on my 98. The factory screens are glued to the gasket. The retrofit kit (P-100-04-RETRO) comes with a screen in a frame and new gasket that it fits into. I've been putting this off for years thinking that I would have to take the whole portlight apart and...

I just pulled the trigger on 2 of the P100-04-RETRO kits. Go 2 Marine has them on sale for $42. I spoke with Bomar. They were not a huge help as far as this S616 portlight was on our boats vs the very similar S718. I think it's the 616 though, and will report back. These kits are $75 each...

I know that they came up with the retrofit. Not sure the year. May just affect the earlier boats. We do the same thing now with house construction. Instead of nailing a screen in as the old days, we just order framed screens as a window would have, and block them in for screened in patios...

I I bought these. Got mine from Hodges Marine, but this part number. I didn’t see a reason to unbed the factory switch and tossed the new ones in my parts stash. Just used the cap and rubber step pad. Nice heavy casy stainless. Screw holes align. They were $226 for the pair at Hodges...

As near as I can tell, the old style screen was kind of mounted into the hatch itself. The new or retro refit comes with a new screen in a plastic frame with new gasket. I've watched a couple of Youtube videos on it. Seems pretty straightforward. I had initially just ordered the screen...

Opened up the boat for the season yesterday and was thinking about replacing my side nav lights. The white plastic body is pretty chalky, and would like to go with new stainless. Swore I saw these years ago in stainless, but can't find them again. Was thinking about going with these...

I've really been enjoying this guy's Youtube channel. Very informative. I've even learned a few things here and there from Boogaboo when he had his 400 a few years ago and about the same time I bought mine. The 2nd inline muffler for the gen is one of the best things that I've done.

Interesting over on the Ebay. 98 400DB only needing about $5K and 200 hours to be ready to go.....HA! Yes, I'm seeing parts that I could use too! Interesting to see some of the gutted pics...