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Help get me in the water by memorial day! I went to start up for the first time this season and all I'm getting is the dreaded single click from the starter solenoid. Batteries are good 13+ on both. Neutral start is good. With the key in run I took the throttle just out of neutral and I can...

The only thing stopping me from re-doing the cockpit upholstery over the winter is the port bolster and lounger backrest. Anyone know how to get access back there? I got as far as removing the headliner and some trim pieces at the aft cabin entrance but then ran out of visible screws. I know Sea...

The pole for the cockpit table and aft lounger, as well as the cabin table is a pain to get out after it its been in awhile. I'm thinking corrosion or imbedded dirt is affecting the mating surfaces. Or is it normal to have to muscle it out? WD-40 didn't help at all. Oh I don't mind a few...

Anyone see the teak carpet Four Winns uses on some of their cruisers? What do you think? And don't give it a thumbs down just because it looks fourwinnsy

We have a situation at work where we had to remove a commercial disposal and cut piping away from a sink drain. Now we're left with the u-shaped trap 2 feet from the bottom of the sink. The problem is the sink now has a 7'' hole so we can't just put a new drain in. And we can't seem to find a...

I'm troubleshooting a hard steering problem. I removed the front and rear clevis pins on the power steering assembly and greased them up. Steering was noticeably better at the dock but still not as easy as how I remember in her younger days. What I'm not sure of is the two large pivot screws...

I finally got around to greasing the steering assembly. While I was back there I noticed the drive yolk doesn't seem to be in all the way. In the pic you can see the splines and the first O-ring. Should I be concerned? The boat ran fine on four outings, alignment was good. Although I did...

You would think there would be a market niche for the rotary in boating. Wouldn't a boat builder love to put these little lightweight monsters in their bilges? One argument I've heard is awful fuel consumption at low rpm's. Pushing a boat through water is just too much work. But once on plane...

I'm all for animal rights but where did they find the clown to run this org? First this http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-vick-in-talks-to-become-peta-spokesman-2009-5 Now this http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20090617/US.Obama.Dead.Fly/ :smt043

Question about the new ribbed Aqualoc backing. How hard would it be to work with it? Does it seem like it would be easy to cut a template out of a roll. The reason I ask is I found a source that sells the ribbed backed berber on clearance and other marine carpet for as little as $3/square yard...

Anyone have pics of a darker color cockpit carpet? Long story short I had the dried out pebbly carpet backing syndrome. I tried saving them with the Durabak solution. I botched it by putting the first coat too thick and it ran through. So now it's in the hands of the snapincarpet crew. My carpet...

Anyone know of a source for their speaker/drink holder enclosures? It looks like they only sell to manufacturers. I shot them an email. Still waiting to hear back. Thought I'd check here in the meantime.

I had a situation last season where I had to cut the speaker hole at the helm larger so I could access the throttle controller. Instead of glassing it in I'd like to install a speaker enclosure/cup holder combo. The problem is the fire extinguisher at the helm seat won't fit where Sea Ray...

Has anyone used Roadtrip on a Mac to transfer routes and waypoints to their device SD card? Roadtrip recognizes the card as my 545s but I keep getting "cannot communicate with Garmin device" error. I am able to manually transfer my routes and waypoints from Mapsource on my pc to the Mac on a...

I recently had a situation where I left the DC switch for the frig on at the helm. My batteries drained to 8 volts and my charger went bad. So I replaced the charger. It works perfectly. I got both batteries up to 12.5 volts. Now every system works fine EXCEPT the stereo is dead and I seem to...

I accidentally left the refrigerator DC switch on at the helm for a couple days. The AC switch was also on in the cabin. This morning I went down to the boat to find my brand new Optima blue tops were run down to 8 volts. Are they fried or do you think they'll come back to life with an overnight...

......those are the odds Earth might be swallowed by a man-made black hole when scientists turn on this machine in August. http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/promos/wirepicks/story/400382.html Are humans getting too smart for our own good or what?

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/24/boy_idd_as_one_who_fell_hit_head_on_boat/ This happened Sunday. I was out on the boat just a couple miles away at the time. The wind picked up causing 2-3 footers in the area. I know the family somewhat and I'm just sick over this. The...

Last season I would occasionally hear a squeal at low rpms coming from the serpentine belt. It also seemed the tension was a little loose even with the tensioner all the up. It got worse this season. So I got a new belt and routed it the same way. I verified the routing from the Seloc manual...

I installed my Garmin 545s over the winter. I found a suitable location for mounting the the shoot-thru transducer, but I'm a little confused as to the best way to mount it to the bilge floor. I've read some use epoxy, GE Silicone, 3M 4200 or 5200. The manual recommends GE Silicone, but doesn't...