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    Replacement emblem? Help!!!

    Bought the rubber wheel that goes on your drill to remove. Took 5 mins at most works great.
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    New to great grady

    Welcome to the group. You have the same boat 248 same year same engine. as mentioned above it will treat you well. I bought my last spring and put over 30 hours on. Great engine too. I have done a lot of re-search in the passed year ordered parts and have updated most all systems on the boat. If...
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    Buff and Wax?

    Thanks that sounds like a plan. I used the 3M Imperial Compound & Finishing Material? with the Shrhold wool pad. not sure of the compound? should I next go with the 3m cleaner an wax or the 3m restorer an wax? I used the MEGUIARS marine wax. I beleve you are correct. any recommendation on the...
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    Buff and Wax?

    Help, I have bought a Shurhold buffer and Used the 3M imperial compound. May be I'm doing something wrong I just cant seam to get that gloss shine? Any help or tips would be great. Gelcoat is really not that bad. just cant seam to get that Consitance shine
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    Enclosure zipper corrosion

    Chap stick has always worked good for me.......
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    Replacement emblem? Help!!!

    Ok replaced all decals now I need two of these 1999 model year where can it get?
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    Sticker removal?

    I have my new Gradywhite decal for the both sides of the cabin of my 248 The issues is the old ones are old cracked and weathered. How do I remove with out damaging the gelcoat? Razor blade is not an option
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    Spring Cleaning.

    Well I know it's been mentioned here before but in the process of cleaning the Grady today my wife gave me a Magic Eraser to try. Boy I don't know what these are made of or how the work but these are great. Work well on the the white. Now to get the buffer warmed up.
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    Portable jump starter?

    I bought the Allstart 556 Marine Battery Jump Starter with AC Inverter. From amazon? works great on the cars to. I dont have Shore power on the Voyager 248 so I use the inverter and other function to run I-pads and other items. Seam to be a good unit for the price. $157.00...
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    Ready for Summer. Go away Snow

    Well this is not should not happen in the Carolinas!!!!!!!!!! Guess Ill have to break down and buy a cover.
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    Garmin GSF 10?

    Good luck. I have yet to test mine? Guess I will find out this spring unless I pull the sensor out of the tank and move the float by hand? Not real Sure that it is going to work correctly? Garmin needs to pick this up and help?
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    Are we having fun Yet?

    Snow in Grady Country Greensboro NC, I'm sure you guys up north have a lot more. 70 deg week before last Sat.........
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    Grady 257 Transom Cap Plate Corrosion

    Same issue here two screws pulled thru. No damage. But if I buy new strip does the engine have to come off?
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    Surface Mounting Electronics?

    Quick question? I have now got the Garmin 741XS installed with the transducer (Cable is to short by a foot really have to order an extension) And NMEA 2000 network with the GFS 10 Fuel transducer. The question is while cleaning up I noticed the Furuno FCV 600L has a plug for NMEA? Since i have...
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    Trailer for safarrer 226 with hardtop and Yamaha 225

    Make sure you shop around. I just bought a Load Rite 8800lbs trailer and could not be happier. Saved $1000 by shopping I looked at used but by the time i did a little work on a older trailer i would have been close to the $4100 i paid... Trailer has every option. I would post photos but for some...
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    replacement/broken parts on 05 Gulfstream

    I just ordered the shower cap seal from the site below. $12 lot cheaper, I ordered black. the drain is also available on the web. might have to dig in a few catalogs. I ordered all my new plastic above water fittings threw Amazon http://www.boatersland.com/svk10252.htm ... AsZe8P8HAQ
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    Surface Mounting Electronics?

    Thanks for all the tips and photos. I have bought the starboard but did not think about hard plastic? You are correct I have put the Radio up high and the Garmin 741xs down low with the fusion radio? Think I'll move the fusion to the top and add another 741xs beside the other one unless some one...
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    Just bought a Seafarer 228 - Had some engine quesitions

    I bought a 1999 248 Voyager last may. It had the original Yamaha XO 66 250 2 stroke. That being said I ran on a few inshore family trips and put probably 10-15 hours on in the first few months. As any boat I had to build a little confidence in the motor but after the inshore trips with the...
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    Garmin GSF 10?

    Spoke to Garmin today. Basically the gray wire as mentioned in the prints goes to the ignition / power part on the gauges. Basically the GFS 10 is not powered like the Yamaha gauges until you turn on the key? The red wire powers the traducer for fuel flow and the gray powers the fuel quantity...