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I have a Lowrance LCX 111c chart plotter. Bought it from a marina. It came with the GPS puck LGC-2000. Can anyone tell me what cable I need to connect the two? I called a Lowrance tech support person, who barely spoke english, and he said it was not made anymore. The part # he gave me was for a...

I have a Lowrance LCX 111c chart plotter. Bought it from a marina. It came with the GPS puck LGC-2000. Can anyone tell me what cable I need to connect the two? I called a Lowrance tech support person, who barely spoke english, and he said it was not made anymore. The part # he gave me was for a...

I keep having this issue...I have a 1988 270 Sundancer. The main switch on my breaker panel in the cabin keeps tripping & when that happens, my batteries don't charge. I haven't added any new circuits. My bilge heater is directly wired to my dock power. It never does it when I am there for the...

I need to replace the batteries on my 270 weekender.. The boat is 2 hours away from me... It has the twin 4.3 and the generator. I know there are three batteries. Can someone tell me the group size of the batteries, so I can buy them before I head up to the boat? Thanks!

I have a Nautica RIB. Bought it used. The valves need replacing. The old HR valves are probably the originals & are pretty dry rotted. Tried using a metal valve tool to remove them, it just broke all the little tabs. Any suggestions on how to remove these old things without cutting & patching...

I have a pressure washing business as a side job. I was wanting some tips from the gurus here. What do you use to clean the bottom with? Bleach mix? Simple Green? I stay on an inland river, so no barnacles. My pressure washer is a 5000 psi, 5.5 gpm hot water unit. My marina does not offer bottom...

I have a 1988 270 with twin 4.3 engines. The PO had changed out the point ignition to electronic. I replaced plugs, wires, cap, rotor, & coil. When I hook up the timing light, I am getting no spark to #1, & sporadic spark to #3. I bought a new Mallory mech adv electronic distributor. In the...

I live 2 hours from my boat & I am trying to order a swivel mount burgee pole for my new CSR burgee. Can anybody tell me the stock diameter of the bow rail on an 89 270 sundancer?

I have a 1988 270 with twin 4.3 & cobra drives. When my engines are in neutral & I rev them up, the will hit redline, when I'm under way, my starboard engine won't get above 3200 RPM, port engine runs up to 3900 under way.. What gives? Throttle cable moves like its supposed to, engine doesn't...

I am looking to re-paint my deck stripes for my spring project. The old ones are faded and a little cracked. Do I have to completely remove the old ones down to gel coat, or can I just scuff them up, clean with denatured alcohol, mask them off and paint over them? Second question, what type of...

I am putting in a transom shower and city water inlet on my 1988 270. I am putting the city inlet on the port / aft corner on the transom. My water heater is in the engine compt on the port side too. I was going to tee into the inlet and outlet of the water heater for the transom shower, can I...

I was looking to put in some snap in carpet on my deck. I am looking at some marine grade carpet. Does anybody have a source for the carpet you can cut, and don't have to bind the edges? I already have the snaps on my deck, and nobody makes a snap in pattern for my classic, not to mention my...

I have an 88' 270 with OMC 4.3/Cobra. I was going out for a ride this weekend, started to plane out, and the starboard engine would only rev to 3500 rpm (my normal cruising rpm) that was with the throttle control wide open. The port engine was able to rev much higher. Both engines seemed to run...

Hey everybody, it is about time to change my water pumps out on my OMC Cobra outdrives. Some people say the complete outdrive must be taken off to do this..Is that true? or can you just drop the lower unit? I have done some searches, and there is not a lot of info on this...I was going to change...

When I bought my 270, the previous owner had replaced my fridge with a 110 only unit.. can I buy a 12v inverter and wire it in to the fridge so I can have a fridge while running on the river without firing up the genny? Has anybody done this, it is not a fridge with a compressor so it shouldn't...

I was trying to pick up a fuel filter on my way to the boat, the shop manual says my 4.3 has small filters on the carbs themselves, but the car parts store shows one about 1.5" dia X 2" long that goes between the spin on fuel filter and the carb. Anybody know which is correct off the top of...

Sorry for another newbie question...According to the shop manual that came with my boat, it says I have Cobra outdrives. But the previous owner and the paperwork I signed when I bought the boat says they are Apha 1's. How can I tell the difference? The outdrives are painted, so no markings...The...

I just bought my 87 270 Sundancer. In the photos of the boat there was an elect flush head. When I bought the boat there was a porta-potty there. If I want to put another head in where is the holding tank on this boat? I can find the old hoses in the access hole on the back wall of the head, but...

Cruising along on the TN river (Kentucky Lake) in 35-40' of water (confirmed on 2 depth finders) and spun my prop. Not a single ding on the blades, no fishing line wrapped around it. Ruined a beautiful trip up to Paris Landing! Had to limp home on one motor :-( 10-15 mph wind and putting at 9 mph.

My name is Sonny, and I am an alcoholic....oops! wrong site...just kidding, I just bought my first cabin cruiser last week, a 1988 270 Sundancer. Twin 4.3, Alpha I's, 3kw genset. I have been very pleased with it, it does need a few things fixed (as with all boats this age) This forum is a great...