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  1. DoctorOctopus

    seafarer port side junction box

    I found this odd corroded ... what appears to be a junction box in the port side in the cab of my 1987 seafarer 228 what would you replace it with. I am planning on a full rewire soon. I'm not sure why there is a fuse on both the positive and negative on this. according to the original...
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    Red Button in Bilge

    would everyone here recommend staying with 40A? I see mine just cracked off it's mounting position and would like to replace today! (P.S. the 185 circuit breaker has been replaced by the 285) is this it or should I go to 50...
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    what to replace raw water washdown/livewell pump with?

    I will set up a backwash and hopefully won't have to worry about it. I have a strainer on the wash down already I probably clean it a couple times a decade. I think the instructions "Install a thru-hull pickup tube with a filter grate to prevent debris from entering the seacock and the pump."...
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    what to replace raw water washdown/livewell pump with?

    Good advice on the check valve. I will move the fill to the top , with a backwash attachment . and replace the lower fill with a light. Do you add any kind of pre-filter or screen. It’s vaguely referred To in the manual and I have one on my present washdowm setup. I will keep it for...
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    Seacock extension handle / remote operation arm length

    Amazing aluminum pipe with a hole in it technology … made this for about $5 out of an old boat hook just now . Doubt it will ding anything. Cut down to 20”. Replicating what I had is about break even at McMaster care. 5/16” stainless ball swivel and a stainless threaded rod and a bolt...
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    Seacock extension handle / remote operation arm length

    never mind.... a pipe with a notch works better. just found this on downeast forums. Those Thrifty Yankees!
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    Bilge Pump Replacement

    never mind..... a pipe with a notch in it works better
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    Seacock extension handle / remote operation arm length

    Does anyone know the seacock extension handle length on a Seafarer 228 (1986)? I'm about to try to replace mine. Seacock Remote Operation Arm - T-H Marine Supplies Makes operating hard to reach seacock valves much easier. Operate seacock from the deck Stainless Steel construction Mounting...
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    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!
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    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
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    what to replace raw water washdown/livewell pump with?

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