Official 330 Sundancer Thread

Frank,
I am looking for this new rubber windshield screw cover. Could you please send me your contact info for the dealer you word with?
Thanks
 
Plane 2 Sea said:
Getting some h2o in the center floor locker areas, where the shower sump box is located, and the floor locker forward of that.. Over 2" deep... Pretty puzzled.. Any ideas ? Looks like left over from last fall, missed looking when she was put away.. Have wet Vac'd out, cleaned up with Clorox wet wipes, staying dry...
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The condensate drain hose from the air conditioner runs through that bilge area to the shower sump. If it is leaking, it would dump water into that area.
 
Geowh said:
Frank,
I am looking for this new rubber windshield screw cover. Could you please send me your contact info for the dealer you word with?
Thanks
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You may want to PM Frank W. I'm not sure that he monitors this thread regularly.

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Just purchased a '99 330 with twin 7.4 454 mag MPI's. Is a closed cooling system common on these models? Any advantage/disadvantage to this system? Also, now that I have the boat in my marina in jack stands and have done its first wash and wax where I can really see the boat up close, it appears that the top deck, above the rub rail is an arctic white and the hull, below the rub rail is an off-white like sand colored. The boat is in very good shape and was just waxed. Is this even possible? I'm hoping this is just an optical illusion but when I was on the ladder at the height of the rub rail the top deck appeared much whiter than below the rub rail.
Am I seeing things?
 
Geowh said:
Just purchased a '99 330 with twin 7.4 454 mag MPI's. Is a closed cooling system common on these models? Any advantage/disadvantage to this system? Also, now that I have the boat in my marina in jack stands and have done its first wash and wax where I can really see the boat up close, it appears that the top deck, above the rub rail is an arctic white and the hull, below the rub rail is an off-white like sand colored. The boat is in very good shape and was just waxed. Is this even possible? I'm hoping this is just an optical illusion but when I was on the ladder at the height of the rub rail the top deck appeared much whiter than below the rub rail.
Am I seeing things?
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most likely the gelcoat above the rub rail has been bleached a lighter color by the sun's UV rays over time.....the gelcoat below the rub rail is at a steep angle and the UV rays do not have the same degree of the bleaching effect.....

not really much you can do about this....besides it is probably only going to be noticed by you.....

cliff
 
Anyone have a spare glass piece for the windshield vent or know where to order one? Mine is broken, having trouble finding anything online or in the old parts manual. 1995 vintage, wondering if I find a flat piece of taylor made glass I could get it cut/drilled to fit, but finding an original would be better!
 
Looking for a late 90's 330. I see some came with 5.7's, most with 7.4's. Any feedback on the difference in performance? Also, during my search, anything in particular to look out for?? prices all over the place from low $30k's to upper $50k. Thanks. Gary
 
Biglurp said:
Looking for a late 90's 330. I see some came with 5.7's, most with 7.4's. Any feedback on the difference in performance? Also, during my search, anything in particular to look out for?? prices all over the place from low $30k's to upper $50k. Thanks. Gary
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Just read this thread. Lots of great insight. That includes discussion about smallblock vs. Bigblocks. Great boats.
 
Capn Ron said:
Ours was shipped on fri. We purchased the same one. Can't wait to get this installed!
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That's awesome! Its not quite as advertised, the 48" is measured from the cockpit door, but it is still better than what was there. Not going to miss the two level platform. I have the old one off now, just need to fill the old mounting holes and Thursday we begin installation.
 
Biglurp said:
I'm seeing lots of reports of water ingestion in 330's and 310's. Is this a common problem with these? How have all of you owners dealt with this issue?
http://my.boatus.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61875
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This subject comes up now and again. I am not certain but, I believe some of the fuel injectected motors did experience this problem due to insufficient rise on the exhaust. I think spacers were added to prevent the backflow of salt water into the engine as you come off plane. More tech savvy members can clarify this.

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Certainly not more tech savy by any stretch of the imagination, but I'll add what I've found over the years. Having had the 330 with 7.4L carb engines at 310 hp. I have heard stories of water ingestion on these engines but I am skeptical on exhaust being the cause, unless it was from the mixer elbows as that is where the exhaust mixes with raw water and they were never replaced, or owner came down off plane too quickly all the time..? My point I don't believe there is an exhaust issue on the lower hp engines model year up to around 98 ish. The issues that I've read about happened on the 380 hp horizon engines in the 98-00 time frames where they bumped up the hp and the value timing and back flow from the exhaust caused the water ingestion in the engine...

The fix was to install the water lift muffler and remove the log style. I suspect there are not a whole lot of boats in that vintage that still have the log mufflers with no spacers, Todd is right the work around was to put in the spacers where there was clearance and that got around the issue. The "fix" was to put in the water lift mufflers.

On my old 330 I always dropped off plane slowly and kept above 1200 rpm until the wave ended just to keep more water flow in the exhaust to keep the back pressure to a minimum....
 
Alegria said:
Certainly not more tech savy by any stretch of the imagination, but I'll add what I've found over the years. Having had the 330 with 7.4L carb engines at 310 hp. I have heard stories of water ingestion on these engines but I am skeptical on exhaust being the cause, unless it was from the mixer elbows as that is where the exhaust mixes with raw water and they were never replaced, or owner came down off plane too quickly all the time..? My point I don't believe there is an exhaust issue on the lower hp engines model year up to around 98 ish. The issues that I've read about happened on the 380 hp horizon engines in the 98

I've read a lot about it, but never have known anyone to experience the problem. Like I said, I've owned many Sea Rays in the past including 2 with inboards or v-drives. Just make me unsure of going with another Sea Ray.

Thanks, and let me know if you have experienced anything like this.
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Biglurp said:
I've read a lot about it, but never have known anyone to experience the problem. Like I said, I've owned many Sea Rays in the past including 2 with inboards or v-drives. Just make me unsure of going with another Sea Ray.

Thanks, and let me know if you have experienced anything like this.
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I have a 97 with the original log mufflers. I have owned it since 2010 and have never had an issue. I don't baby it. My understanding is that it was the 380hp Horizon 7.4l that had a more aggressive cam profile that were prone to water ingestion due to a combination of valve timing, low risers, and the log muffler setup. If you are looking at an almost 20 year old boat with original engines, then that ingestion problem is simply not applicable.
 
Creekwood said:
I have a 97 with the original log mufflers. I have owned it since 2010 and have never had an issue. I don't baby it. My understanding is that it was the 380hp Horizon 7.4l that had a more aggressive cam profile that were prone to water ingestion due to a combination of valve timing, low risers, and the log muffler setup. If you are looking at an almost 20 year old boat with original engines, then that ingestion problem is simply not applicable.
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Thanks!
 
Can anyone advise me on how to replace the cabin speakers? Does the ceiling panel come down some how?
 
I believe you can take the light panels out and reach the speakers. Just try to lift up the plastic light panel. See if that gets you where you need.
 
Thanks,I figured that part out,but there is zero room between the deck and the speaker. Any idea how they are held in? Are they screwed from the bottom or top? There's got to be a way to take that panel down,as the port wiper motor is jammed in there too.
 
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