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Hi all, The faucet in my little kitchen area broke and needs to be replaced. Anyone have a recommendation on where and what to buy? Any tricks to this on the boat vs. in the house? I don’t care about trying to buy an exact match to the original, I just want something decent that will plug and...

Just launched for the season and was checking on everything. Turned on the head system and the vacuum pump never stops running. No vacuum when I step on the pedal. Water does stay in the bowl though. I’m assuming duck bills? Below is a pic of my system, I’m assuming they are in the white PVC...

The trim around a couple of my side hatches in the cockpit (one storage, one battery switch) is painted metal and the paint is bubbling a peeling. Easy winter project to sand and repaint, but any idea if there's a way to match the paint color? Or should I just pick th closest off-white I can...

All, I installed the auto trim tab system a couple years ago. Most of the time over the past couple years it seemed to work fairly well, but maybe not as perfect as I would have liked. This year its giving me a little trouble. I'm not sure if this is me, or if there's something else wrong...

hey guys, any thoughts on where to look first? As soon as I flip the switch, the fuse blows. I removed the pump and cleaned it up. Hooked it to a battery to test it and it still works. It did feel a little tough to spin by hand when I first removed it, but spins freely now. Thanks, mike

Hey guys....I've recently noticed a new noise while underway. It has something to do with steering as the noise is almost gone while the wheel is turned straight, but as soon as I turn left or right, I hear a whining/straining noise. It is at its worst when the wheel is turned all the way, in...

So now that the boat is waxed and ready for,the season, what soap do you guys use for regular cleaning....that doesn't remove the wax?

I just had my boat hauled for the winter season, but a couple weeks ago when I was out my tabs stopped moving. I was at the boat today and had the engine hatch open so could hear the motor better. The motor sounds normal when I press the buttons to raise the tabs. But the tabs are already up...

All...I bought my boat a couple years ago and the previous owner had the anchor set up with zero chain. The rode is 100% rope. I've lived with it for these past couple seasons, but this off season I want to add chain to the setup. I'm trying to figure out how I do this without having the...

Guys, trying to get my winterizing done. I'm hooked up to the strainer with a hose into a bucket of antifreeze, but when I start the motor the pump is not pulling the antifreeze. I'm FWC, so I'm only trying to protect the raw water side. Should that pump be sucking antifreeze immediately? Or...

All, Occasionally I used to get a "lost comm" error from my smartcraft system. Most of the time I could shut the motor off and restart and everything would come back fine. Every once in a while I'd have to disconnect the cable at the back of the motor and then reconnect it, and that would fix...

Just bought the ATC and I'm getting ready to do the install as soon as I can find the time. Any tips before I start pulling things apart? Any mistakes I can learn from? :-) thanks in advance, Mike

I apologize for the double post. But I'm reposting this into the Gasoline Engine forum to get it in the right place! Had to call for a tow this evening. I was docking at a restaurant and all of a sudden, no matter what I did with the shifter, it stayed in reverse. 6.2 liter mercruiser with...

Had to call for a tow this evening. I was docking at a restaurant and all of a sudden, no matter what I did with the shifter, it stayed in reverse. 6.2 liter mercruiser with bravo 3. It has the DTS system as well. I tried shutting it off and disconnecting the DTS cabling on the engine, hoping...

Hey guys...I'm especially looking for tips and tricks related to running the cable to the helm. Seems like this is going to be the hardest part of the whole job. Any tips appreciated! Thanks, Mike

All, I know everyone has products they like to use for buffing, polishing, waxing, etc. That's great, but I'm newer at this and I'm still experimenting. I tried Buff Magic last night, followed by Pro Polish. Unfortunately, I was not happy with the result after applying Pro Polish. The boat...

Hey all, I'm getting ready to do my winterizing and I've seen/read a lot of posts related to adding antifreeze using a couple different methods...pouring it in, or by running the motor with muffs. When pouring it in on a RWC engine, it makes perfect sense to me to work from both sides of the...

I can't seem to find the specs on this bypass kit. Has anyone used it? Are the fittings the right size? Sure seems like an easy way to go if it works. http://tinyurl.com/cy49ovs

I've got the Navman FF 4600 on my Amberjack. Unfortunately, the depth reading disappears and the scrolling of the screen stops for sometimes significant periods of time. I'm talking 30 seconds or even a minute or more, then all of sudden, it reappears and everything seems normal with the...

Hey Gang, This is my first season with this boat...sad to see it ending here. But over the last few weeks I've been getting a system error in my Smartcraft system. The error doesn't say much other than its related to the DTS Throttle not working properly and that I should return to port...