Recent content by dogdoc

Looked back at Skunks old post. Since then I was told that if I cut any wires at the key/kill switch module it would void the warranty. So it still sits on the bench.

The majority of stainless tools marketed for fishing are 304 stainless and will corrode in a saltwater environment. Some are 316 and will last longer. I have used some of my 316 surgery tools on the boat and and they hold up ok, but are way to expensive to buy for fishing. My solution has...

https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/what-have-you-done-to-your-grady-lately.36261/post-263116 this is what I did a while back and so far it is ok. potential problem is all wiring is buried behind the screwed on starboard panel. plan to allow a way to get at things. I unscrew the switch panel...

my bad 5x only on reels, still agood price

West Marine has a 5x points special going. They also have a Raymarine axiom+ 9rv on sale for 799, they also have a axiom+ 9rv for sale for 1539.99. I cannot find a difference. Can someone see the reason for price difference. With points the cheaper one is essentially 640 thanks

hope your flying!

never use salt water to flush, we use the fresh water sink sprayer in the head. I do believe it is lack of volume for flushing and waste sitting in the hose. I will be more diligent in flushing with large volume when we get back to dock. I have flushed copiously at the dock recently and added...

When I bought the boat the head (with the exception of the manual pump on toilet) was not functioning. Macerator and indicators did not work. My fix was to convert to a number one only head, we call it the ladies room. To empty the tank I installed a small bilge pump in the tank connected to...

Probably all of the above. Have spare fuel filters but just realized no wrench to remove. Will get one.

i set up my batteries with the house bank and starting isolated from each other. house has simple on/off. starting have 1-2-both. the cables are to feed the house if needed. which i actually did once when my old ox66 engines aux cables did not function and were not charging the house bank...

better yet jumper cables for the truly paranoid. when we reduced the auto fleet upon retiring i had a spare set. on the boat they went.

You should easily be able to construct a solar battery maintainer. A charging system is a horse of another color and requires considerable amount of panels. The main problem with maintaining boat batteries is that we have multiple banks of batteries. You can get solar charge controllers that...

looking for mounting recs for my new I pad at the helm. it is an a16 model/size thanks

not sure about your engines but my old ox66 was a nightmare. unit was bolted to the block and cooled by salt water flow. needless to say bolts were hard to get out and one sheared. had to drill it out and tap hole which miraculously worked. good luck. ps symptoms were similar to yours which...

Scrubbing with brush on right angle drill and acetone wash seems to have worked so far. Now thinking of restoring the helm chairs. I have new cushions but want to paint or gelcoat the arms and base. Looking for advice.