Recent content by Mrichardson

Here's my solution to my own problem. Hopefully this will help someone in the future.. I watched the gauge the other day on the way out and I could see that it moved very slightly. So, combined with the electrical readings I could see on the gauge terminals, my thoughts turned to the...

Hello everyone I need some advice. On my340 89EC, I am having a problem with the port temperature gauge. It seems to be reading very weakly. I.e. There is a very slight movement up when underway and the other engine is hot. I've swapped the gauges and they are both ok. I've read the...

Ok. Thanks guys. I appreciate the messages. I figured that there was some sort of problem with what he was doing. Personally I don't forsee any speed with our outings. But I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing something.

Hello Everyone I am looking at a 10' Zodiac for use this year. I've talked to a guy who has a 2002 model with inflatable floor. Sounds ok but I will have to look at it before. The owner did mention that he's almost had the thing flip back up on him when he's in it b/c the engine and his...

Hello Everyone I am considering a project for early spring. I am thinking that it would be nice to build a new seat section for the passenger side of my 34' EC. Currently I have the elevated A frame type of expandable seat that was standard. Frankly, this seat is not really functional and I...

All I've gone through a couple more air conditioning problems over the past few weeks and I thought that I would add them to the forum in case anyone needs problem solving in the future. My boat: 1989 Sea Ray Express Cruiser 340 Air Conditioning System: Marine Air Problem 1: Loss of...

All, I figured that I would post a summary of my recent experience with a Marine Air air conditioning unit on my 1989 340 Express Cruiser. Hopefully this will be a benefit for someone in the future. I know that I scoured these forums when I was going through the problem so maybe this will...

Hi All, I started wakeboarding last year and that's the reason that I bought my first boat, a 77 Century Arabian. It took me a while to figure out how to do it but it can be done by a 40 year old. The one thing that I tell all my students now is that if you are trying too hard, you are...

Bill As they've said.. go slow and take it easy. I often use my son on the bow of the boat to communicate with me so that I can 'see' what's going on. If I try I can just *barely* see my rope from the cockpit so it's always tricky to know what's going on up there without a helper. I have...

From what I understand (Not quite sure anyone really understands this... a call to the state BMV found someone who had no clue, there is no documentation on the web I can find and the local office is telling me different things from the DNR officers who are giving me friendly 'warnings').. the...

All I have to pay tax on my boat in Indiana. They want to know the original value of my boat in 1989. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should report? I'd like to go on the low end because they have no idea the value either and I don't want to pay more tax than what is fair...

Thanks Guys. I've not cleaned the air filter as I just received the boat about 2 weeks ago. I will look at the condenser unit tonight as soon as I get to the Marina. If the freon is low, is it possible to refill these things? When I was growing up my Dad and folks would refill the freon...

Hello All We've had a couple of unusually hot days here in Chicago and I have been trying out the AC on my new (old) 1989 EC 340. I've searched the forums but can't find anything that's helping too much so I am making a new post. The AC unit runs and I can hear the compressor kicking...

Thanks. I have seen a few posts and I have to say that I am not terrified of redoing the stuffing boxes on this boat and my other wake boat. Also the stuffing for the rudder doesn't look too awful. The only problem is that I am in the water for the year so I have to wait until late this year...

Hello Everyone I finally got my hands on my new (to me) 1989 Express Cruiser. Today I was looking for the source of water in the bilge. Seems that the starboard stuffing box is dripping quite a bit while not underway. To tighten it and to hopefully stop the leak, do I simply take out the...