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    240DA touch pad not working

    What does the EMI breaker look like. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
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    240DA touch pad not working

    Can someone point me towards a probable cause for the touch pad on the console od my 240da not working. Its been setting a while and the last time i used it everything worked fine, but now none of the buttons function. Is the a master fuse somewhere that could have blown. Any insight would be...
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    Relocating to Palm Harbor

    you could just move to tampa shores/imperial key and park the boat behind the house!!! good deals to be had and just a couple of miles east of palm harbor on hillshorough ave. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
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    how are you keeping your boat safe during the cold?!

    I didn't loose the prime on the pump water was flowing up past the pump. I felt the line gt cold with the water passing through it, but no water out the side. local stores don't keep cermatic heaters in stock. this is FL We don't get freezing temps here......
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    how are you keeping your boat safe during the cold?!

    thats what i though; tried restarting the AC/Heat during the day and could not get water to run through the system. even toke the AC water pump apart to check it and all seems fine but still no water. When I went on board fan was blowing full tilt, but no water out the side and no heat coming...
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    how are you keeping your boat safe during the cold?!

    temps dropped to 28 last night. the northern wind drove the water out of the canal starving the heater of water. looks like I have a repair pending after this freeze is over. Tonight where headed for 25 and now I have no heat.
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    how are you keeping your boat safe during the cold?!

    The tempurature according to weather bug right now is 30 in Tampa. I had to take the boat off the lift and put it in the water so I could run the heater. I got the lights on and the heat set to 68 in hopes of keeping this hard freeze from cracking the block or any of the water lines in the boat...
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    time to impeller change

    I do mine once a year at the same time that I change the oil. I don't know about your engine but on the bravo III I/O's the water pump impeller is on the bottom starboard side of the engine. it's driven by a pully on the serpentine belt. it can be changed once you know "How to get at it"...
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    Tubing behind 240 w/5.0MPI and BIII

    from a guy that actually owns a 240DA w/ 5.0 MPI. it's a dog for tubing. you need to be very careful not to overload the boat or you will never get on plane. a Driver (me), two teenage boys and 2 adult males and I had to keep asking those on the boat to move forward just to get on plane when one...
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    New Owners/Members: 240 DA in Ohio

    Have the same boat owned her since she was new. I do some of the service myself and even posted some how to docs on changing the oil and servicing the impeller. added a tv that mounted in cabin or cokpit, installed a VHF and Gramin plotter. feel free to contact me if you need advise. Note ...
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    Christmas Wish List

    my list has only 1 thing on it. More time with the ones i love..... preferably on the water.......
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    Help Me With My GPS Selection!

    base'd on the picture it looks like you got the class D VHF installed to give the location of other vessels transmitting. I still need to do that, may be for Xmass present on the Daddy list.
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    Wi-Fi for the boat

    Insight into coming technology. Not sure if anyone here has heard of LTE yet. but just as N is replacing A/B/G for capacity and distance LTE is going to be the replacement technology for cellular. don't invest big money in EVDO as the technology is about to be one up'ed. the Traditional...
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    Help Me With My GPS Selection!

    I have a Garmin 545s with the G2 Vision card. LOVE IT!!! here is a link to the G2 vision. http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/g2vision/g2vision.jsp I have used all the feature indetified here except the fishing maps so far and it is worth the money. the 3D mariner view is an awesome way to...
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    Engine Flush after Salt Water use

    The flush kits are designed to be used on slipped boats with strendirves or inboards with RAW water cooling. Some protection/prevention is better then none at all. anyone who trailers or hauls out is going to put on the muffs and flush out since they are out of the water (or at least thats the...
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    Engine Flush after Salt Water use

    the problem with all these flush kits is they don't flush all the salt out of the Drive. just lie down and put on the muffs. the large muffs are like $20 and you flush the hole system. Also Fishnut; I'm not sure who told you; you could flush the system without starting the Motor; but to my...
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    Engine Flush after Salt Water use

    See no Evil; you will need to use One of my tricks to flush you engines. Just for info. I'm on a salt/Brackish water canal in tampa bay up on a lift with tidal flow water under my lift that can be anyware from 3' to 6'. trick 1. get a ladder. cut float nodel in half with a razor and duck...
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    It's Official.....Brunswick is Junk

    take it all in stride. my company has been in junk status since the telecom crash. many in that market went into private ownership until they could get back to being a public company. this too my happen with Brunswick or some of the business under brunswick. we live in if nothing else...
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    Replacing impellers? When based on age?

    Merc dealer will tell you every 3 years or 300 hours. being that this is the heart of your motor and that running cool is important to long engine life. it's all up to you. my philosophy is pay now or pay later either way your going to pay. I would rather pay a little know than a lot later...
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    Impellers

    $265 sounds about right, but when you consider that about $34 of that is hardware and the rest is labor, I have to ask whats an afternoon worth to you. is it worth $230, if yest or less then do it yourself and learn a bit about your boat. I posted a step by step process on swapping the...
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