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    Autopilot Addtion

    You should be able to get a good system for a boat that size at around $1,500 - $2,000. Installation should be around $1,000 give or take? It's all relatively straight-forward as far as I can tell... Definitely get one of the new generation that doesn't require a rudder position sensor (if they...
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    Poor Grady-White support for older boats.

    I too have had all great experiences with GW getting support for my '03, though to be fair I haven't tried recently. I've found this forum to be an excellent source of info for finding OEM parts and equivalent. I've had 2 different upholstery shops redo various cushions and bolsters and both did...
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    Spot light recommendations

    I went with a single row LED lightbar mounted on my hard top far enough back so that no light spills on the bow or even the bow rail. Works great, and I only use it when I'm not interfering with other boaters' night vision.
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    Grady White 330 Express Bow Thruster - Replacement

    Great advice. Also I found that Sleipner / Imtra was extremely responsive when I needed to service my thruster. In fact I ended up sending the unit to them for the service. They should be able to help the analysis.
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    Grady White 330 Express Bow Thruster - Replacement

    Very strange. I have the original Side Power that came with my 2003 330, and except for the time I stupidly ingested a line, it's been great. Is it possible you are reversing direction quickly? (I believe some models have a safeguard to prevent this, but I think sudden direction reversals can...
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    Repower 330

    I should have mentioned that I repowered a 2003 330, but chose to stay with the Yamaha 4.2L F250 instead of the F300. At the time, the price differential was a lot greater, and I also noted that the performance increase for the 330's was pretty minimal. Additionally I have no plan to ever sell...
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    Repower 330

    My understanding is that there was no change in the hull between 2003 and 2004 when they upped the rating to 600HP. Maybe you can get that confirmed by Grady and make the dealers more comfortable?
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    Fuel Smell

    For what it's worth a few years back I notices some fuel smell when I pulled my Aux tank deck plate. The cause was a deteriorated sender gasket - replacing the gasket fixed it. I make a habit of checking those periodically now.
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    2005 330 Express upgrades

    Sweet! I did my rocker switches this season too on my '03. My recent upgrades included replacing my 20 year old generator with Mastervolt 2000W inverter system (love it), a front-facing lightbar and some some very wide angle spreader lights from BlackoakLED, Love the rocket launcher - I might...
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    336 canyon panel rocker switches

    x2 - I got a new set for my '03 330 and they look amazing. I'd recommend the Etched rocker covers. The tool make them super easy to change.
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    Unknown Reservoir

    Yes, Imtra recommends changing every other year: https://www.imtra.com/learning-center/articleid/40/bow-thruster-maintenance . Of course for many years, I had no idea I was supposed to do this, and when I did ask my marina to change it we discovered that the gear leg was in pretty bad shape so...
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    Outriggers on a 228?

    For what it's worth, I find I use my riggers less and less because I've switched to running wide tracker bars (I love the Sterling 18 inch bars) and they run really nicely outside the wake without riggers. I can easily run a 7 rod spread (2 wide and 1 flatline on each side + 1 down the middle).
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    BOE Marine Electronics New GreatGrady sponsor

    That's great. I've made several purchases from BOE and they are always top rate!
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    Fuel intake issue Canyon 326

    Wow - that's amazing! Great job finding that. Did you access the glove by removing the fuel gauge sender?
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    330 Express Wiper

    It is adjustable, but it's also possible your motor has gone bad. Here's the motor I used to replace mine on my 2003 -- it's a pretty easy replacement! https://www.westmarine.com/marinco-heavy-duty-mrv-wiper-motor-80-sweep-281964.html
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    Hull value 2004 330 Express

    Yeah - $100k may be too high, but when I bought mine 7 years ago I had the option of engines on or off and I think I only knocked $10-15k off the price for no engines. I think the prices of the older hulls with the original 1500+ hour Yamaha 225's reflect the fact that the buyer will have to...
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    Hull value 2004 330 Express

    Back in 2015 I bought a 2003, hull only for about $85k. My guess is about $100k?
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    2004 33 Express Cruiser Twin 2015 300 HP Yamaha VERY HARD STEERING

    I bought mine in 2019 on Amazon for $1470 during our annual Massachusetts tax holiday! I had my marina install it and they put it in the transom area behind the generator. I was a little worried about corrosion there, but it seems to have held up great so far. It's also right next to my Garmin...
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    2004 33 Express Cruiser Twin 2015 300 HP Yamaha VERY HARD STEERING

    My '03 330 had no assist pump, so I added one a few years ago -- very easy upgrade! It wasn't easy before, but I would not have described it as "very hard" so I suspect there is something wrong with your system or configuration as suggested above. I'd highly recommend the assist pump - works...
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    330 Express Freshwater Washdown Hose

    Just saw this... I was able to replace mine (2003 model) by only removing one small panel directly underneath. I replaced with a 10' plastic hose instead of the original metal jacketed one..