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  1. DoctorOctopus

    Bilge Pump Replacement

    Does anyone know the handle length on a Seafarer 228? I'm about to try to replace mine. https://thmarinesupplies.com/products/seacock-remote-operation-arm my guess is 24" since that is what TH marine is out of. Murphy's law!
  2. DoctorOctopus

    what to replace raw water washdown/livewell pump with?

    Is there any way to mount this on the transom? I don't think I can get down to the seacock on a. 228
  3. DoctorOctopus

    what to replace raw water washdown/livewell pump with?

    Why don’t you run the livewell under way?
  4. DoctorOctopus

    what to replace raw water washdown/livewell pump with?

    Well, I’m finally getting around to this. I’m a bit confused by your description from what I can tell, the bottom side of the rule dual port pump is essentially a Y valve. I would remove the hose from the sureflo blaster and insert it into the input of the rule pump. The bottom output goes to...
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    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    Time to join the Grady white Olympic contortion team. !
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    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    It’s the rear tank so the hole would’ve to the rear bilge /live well area not the forward fuel tank those two compartments would remain separate. It’s not the bulkhead between compartments. See photo above. there is indeed a drainage in the rear fuel tank to the bilge. The idea would be...
  7. DoctorOctopus

    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    probably thee best solution regarding the Bosworth valve is to get rid of it entirely and have a separate live well and wash down
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    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    I love this bracket! It looks like you cut down a 60” aluminum ruler. Is it bolted to the foreword side or does it just rest there ? I assume in the second photo that foreward is on the left and aft on the right. I have an L-bracket on by 35’ twin screw inboard and hadn’t considered it...
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    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    Place not “lace” Autocorrect Just see the Bosworth valve picture. My valve handle is in the boat not the bilge. The hoses are on the bilge side of course
  10. DoctorOctopus

    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    Finding a valve I can get lace in the vertical wall by the kivewell of the boat with the handle on the acesseinle part of the deck and the hoses on the other side of the wall is a challenge. You mommy see Bos worth sea-lector and they are terrible. not sure how to mount anyvalve on the wall...
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    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    This image should help I will look at it from the battery compartment but it does not - to my memory- go the entire width of the boat.
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    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    I’ve had to access it every Other year. Bilge pumps three times ( switch once pump once came off the bottom once ). Sea-lector valve for the live well wash down twice. (Just a terrible valve design. Wish I had brass if it was made ) But yes. If it’s structural I’ll not mess with it. I’m...
  13. DoctorOctopus

    Has anyone done a glass front, like what the 330 Express has, on a 228?

    They make bulletproof glass out of polycarbonate. However it can be scratched by anything harder. It is hard to scratch and if you buy Makrolon AR (abrasion resistance) it is almost impossible to scratch (ie wiper blades) and what you would use . Polycarbonate cannot be buffed out...
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    Cutting the stern wall of unused fuel tank compartment? ?

    Hi Mike Grady white does not have the rear fuel tank. It is a 1986 226 seafarer. With the engine on a bracket and live well center stern. The bilge pump’s is an incredible hassle to access (remove live well completely. Get lowered by your ankles to the depths of the bulge. ) the empty fuel...
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    which prop for a seafarer 228 with a F225?

    i will check the ventilation plate with when I get back to the boat I’m sure the engine is mounted in the exact same spot as the 2-stroke on the Grady drive bracket The WOT is 5400 and 40 mph I can tilt up the engine very high (doesn’t feel right though ) and get nearly 6000 rpm but the top...
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    which prop for a seafarer 228 with a F225?

    I will run her all-out this week and let you know the WOT RPM. I got higher RPM when trimmed nearly out of the water but it did not seem right under way. also no increase in speed. my hole shot is amazing and the boat comes right out of the water. I may be sacrificing top speed for hole-shot...
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    which prop for a seafarer 228 with a F225?

    The 2-stroke was the same horsepower. Yamaha evidently, admits to propping the 4HP engines incorrectly as the same prop does NOT work the same on the larger 4-stroke engines. This error continued for several years. this is the same rated prop as the 2-stroke which is why I'm questioning...
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    which prop for a seafarer 228 with a F225?

    i have a 22' 1987 seafarer with a 2016 F225 on a bracket. When it was running the old 2-stroke i ran at 50-53 top speed. I can rarely get up to full RPM near 6000rpm. Really around 5000 rpm The newer F225 four stroke rarely gets above 40. I cruise at 24 mph 3.2 MPG 3300RPM. I am very...