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Hey Dave! It's Tom aka the Bandit! I can attest to seeing this floor in person, it's a great upgrade!

i did check voltage. 12v with key "on" when running only 2 v so ballast is working. Now I'm having another electrical issue. Anything that runs off the dash is drawing huge amounts of load. My voltmeter goes from 2/3 to 1/3 whenever I put anything on from the dash. Other electronics such as my...

Hey all. Hope boating is going well for you this summer! My boat goes through coils quickly, went through 3 last summer and just killed another one this season. Its a 350 mercruiser with a thunderbolt ignition. A few questions. ~do I or do I not have a ballast resistor in the boat ( is...

To try and claify this more, the end of the steering cable will not slide back through the tube that it is housed in. The end of the cable that the pin/ cotter pin goes through is too big.

Update, so I got the old one just about all the way out. It's caught on the teleflex cable at the end, the fitting on the tube is a little too big to fit. Do you just tap it with a hammer to get it through or is there a trick to getting it out? Lastly when I put it back on will it track...

So I got the part in. Has anyone replaced this steering rack before? Any tricks to separating it from the teleflex cable etc? Thanks I'm going to try and tackle it tonight.

cricket cricket...

So I ended up getting it all buttoned up after buying a complete alpha 1 off a friend. This got me thinking so I could have a spare. On my lower, I messed up something with the shifter when I tried to force the upper & lower together, it no longer smoothly operates and shifts by hand and is...

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Have to say though I really like the new interiors as a whole. Very nice finishes. The best of both worlds really would be a mid/ late 80s sea ray with a modern updated interior and modern power.

Don't get me wrong, beautiful boat. Just not one that I would buy. For something in that size range I'd probably get a Tiara express if I wanted to go newer. However arguing one's taste in boats is akin to arguing one's taste in women, you just like what you like and probably can't be convinced...

I agree. I place more importance on useable space than interior space, which is more important in newer boats. I really only sleep down there, it's not where I hang out, so I don't need a huge cabin.

I have an 85' SRV and I'm told that the glass was still thicker in those years due to being pre Brunswick and the lineage of the origonal SRV from the 60's but I really have no way of knowing any of this for sure..

Is that true that the older models had thicker hulls or a myth?

I agree! Even though all of my wood trim is a lot of maitenance, I think it makes the boat look much better. If new boats even have wood its usually Veneer these days. That's not going to hold up to 30 years of new england ocean boating like mine did...

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Hi all, Long story short I f'ud up my lower unit. I bought another complete alpha 1, but do not know what gear ratio it is. It was also behind a 350, but I know there were some very minor gear ratio changes. My question is, can I just slap my new lower unit on regardless of gear ratio, of...