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    1984 24ft tournament

    Yes GW 255 it was a Sea Drive that I was referring to. Mikimon, I would go with the 250 4 stroke. You can get the prints for the fuel tanks from the Grady White site. I had the small forward 55 gal tank replaced and the costs was $470 to have it made. With 150 gals of fuel and a four stroke you...
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    1984 24ft tournament

    I have a 1983 Tournament 245 that used to have a Grady Drive. This design had a bracket that the outboard sat on and the motor tilted up inside of the full transom. That bracket was removed and a Grady Bracket was installed. They hung a 225 Mercury on it and that is how is was when I bought it...
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    Gas Tank Hatch Recore

    84Offshore, I have a 83 Tournament 24. Both of my hatches have been redone. Yours look great. The only thing I did different was to not put the screws back in to hold it down. Fill these holes with 5200 and put the hatch back in place and caulk with a marine caulk that will not mildue. Put...
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    Bait and Cooler Hatches -Slamming Close [208]

    Steveditt, I had this same problem with the wife slamming the kitchen cabinet doors. No way I could sleep late. What I did was get some Velcro. Cut small strips of the soft fuzzy side of the Velcro and put them in the corners. Works great. This will work on the boat as well. Good luck.
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    Repower / Rigging Question

    Anybody?
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    Repower / Rigging Question

    Looking to repower in the next year. Will probably go with a used Yahama 250 4 stroke. I see these motors quite a bit but very few are sold with the rigging and gauges ect. What is a ball park figure for the controls, rigging and gauges for this set up? Used or new. Where is the best place to...
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    '89 Tournament 19 livewell

    TL7474 , This is a pic of my 24 Tournament not my 19, but both were exactly the same with respect to where the 19 has the live well. Both boats have the full transom with seats on either side of this live well. You can see the cutting board on top of the live well lid between the two ladies. I...
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    '89 Tournament 19 livewell

    TL7474, That area is for a live well. It will drop in that same space in place of the 6" storage bin that you have now. It will just hang a lot lower inside the bildge area. I have owned an 87 Tournament DC and mine came with the live well in place but not plumbed in. We had to add the bildge...
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    PLEASE READ THIS AND RESPOND!!!!!

    jbeyo jack 1983 Tournament 245 1999 Mercury 225
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    192 Tournament Replacement Horn - Can't Find

    Fishman, From the horn push button switch connect the 12 volt wire to both of the horn switch legs. Do the same with the two grounds. Just twist them togther. Sounds like you did the same thing I did, get one of the switch legs mixed up with one of the grounds. Good luck. jack
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    192 Tournament Replacement Horn - Can't Find

    Fishman, I had the same problem with mine. I will speak with my partner who redid the wiring after I screwed it up. It was a simple fix. jack
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    192 Tournament Replacement Horn - Can't Find

    Centurion, Mine did not have a squard hole to cover, it just screwed in. Parthery suggested this site for starbord. http://www.finaddictmarine.com/ I have used them before replacing the three Brady Bunch Doors on my older model DC. Finaddicts do very good work.
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    192 Tournament Replacement Horn - Can't Find

    This is what I used to replace mine. http://www.wholesalemarine.com/p/AFI-10 ... +Horn.html Good luck.
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    192 Tournament - is 150 HP enough?

    I have owened this set up with a 150 Johnson on a grady bracket. It would max out at 46 MPH with one person and 1/2 tank of gas. The 150 is all you will need.
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    MAX HP ON MY 1983 GRADY

    That is what I was looking for. Thank you.
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    MAX HP ON MY 1983 GRADY

    Thanks Curmudgeon for the info. I did not want to over max the rating. Will probably go with a 250 HP. Where did you go to find the max rating for this model? Thanks.
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    MAX HP ON MY 1983 GRADY

    Guys, I have a repower guestion for you. I have a 1983 245 Tournament Edition DC. This boat has had the tramson modified from the original design that had a bracket that allowed the motor to tilt inside of the tramson. All that has been changed to a regular grady bracket. I am now running a 1999...
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    Rust Stains

    I use a porduct callled Wink. You will find it in the bath cleaning section of most grocery stores. Just drip a little on the stain and let it sit for a few seconds and it is gone. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR RUBBER PROTECTIVE GLOVES TO APPLY! Last spring I used it for about an hour with out gloves just...
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    Trolling speed with a 225 Yamaha

    You can drill a bunch of 1" holes in a 5 gallon bucket and drag it. If one is not enough drag two. Some live bait King fisherman do this to help keep the pogies from drowning. You will need good handles on the buckets or you will lose them.
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    Bow Pulpit Railings Are Loose - Hex Key Size?

    Allen Wrench Have you tried a metric set?