I drilled a hole in the wall between the couch and the cabinet where the radio is located. Basically with the bench seat off I went as high as I could while making sure it would not be visible or hit anything.
I am trying to replace the drain fixture. I got the part off of amazon but I’m having a tough time getting the drain to turn. I assumed a normal drain wrench was the was to go. Since it sounds like you have been here. Any words of wisdom before I get a bigger wrench and a cheater bar?
It looks like you have the hard parts all done. Getting down to the engine bay was the tough part for me, but it looks like you nailed that with no trouble. A guy said he would do the whole thing for me for 800. I can tell you that I spent over 30 hours doing it myself. (New fusion head unit...
It was the fiberglass. Basically the bulkhead. You can see in the owners manuall where the fiberglass is built out to support the cabinet. Where I drilled was almost even with the level of the DC panel. Hope this helps.
I drilled a hole in the wall that runs perpendicular to the outside wall as high as I could reach from under the couch. There is a path higher up but I didn’t find it easily so I drillled. Once I did, I removed the 12 dc panel and was able to reach in to pull the cable through. Whatever you do...
Oh and yes you will need to remove the DC panel. I remove the screw and set it off to the right being careful not to touch the wires :) From there disconnected the wires running to the the back of the CD changer.
I had trouble getting the changer to come out. I used clarion stereo removal...
For now I have the new Fusion unit mounted in the location where I removed the CD changer, but it would have fit in either. I purchase this to cover the larger holes and make everything look tight.
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_1208900903/Universal-Plastic-Panel.html?tp=2114
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Thanks for the suggestion! We were told he did a major maintenance lift right before we bought the boat and the few things I have inspected suggest they have We do need to contact MarineMax and get the service history just to be sure. There is a small list of non urgent things from our survey...
My wife and I just purchased this 2004 one owner boat. We were those pesky small boat owners who wanted to hang around the boat dock with the big boats and enjoy the social aspects of being with other boat owners. Now with our upgrade we can spend the night and really enjoy all the experience...