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    recoating with paint

    painted my 252gt seafoam green 2 years ago, imron last bout 5 to 7 years with out any care and will last lots longer if its rinsed off reqular and waxed once a year, most of the expense is in the prep work and that all depend on how bad the boat is beat up when you start to sand and fill , i...
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    Groco 155 macerator on a Marlin

    Replced our macerator 4 years ago, i never add chemicals, use as normal but only use as holding tank not storage tank we pump out every afternoon we use boat. its also saltwater flush, still works great never worked on it yet
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    west system epoxy as a wood finish

    you have to put varnish with uv protection over top of epoxy or it will flake off in a short time.
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    Fuel Priming Bulbs

    I have the same boat and engines mine has primer bulbs inside right after racor filters, but never use them cause it also has elect. primer pumps
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    Heres One: My Cabin has/had a visitor: RACOON

    on my sailfish 252 there is a small space on the left and rt side where the hull curves up and the walkaround deck meet he can shimmy from cock pit to anchor locker without getting in the cabin. I found this out on afternoon trying to figure out how he got up there and seen his foot hanging down...
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    Dash material - clean / repair / replace

    they make vinyi spray paint in spray can at automotive stores all colors, works good just have to be free of chemicals ,clean good
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    Heres One: My Cabin has/had a visitor: RACOON

    opened anchor locker last year and a big racoon rolled out on the bunks , someone told me moths ball run them off but found out he would walk over them to get in the cabin he lived there during day time , the only way to stop him was to cut and put wire ( chicken? wire the kind with like 3/8...
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    WATER IN GAS

    My sailfish has two seperate pick ups on the main and aux tanks, one is longer than the other inside the tank, that lower one is the only one that has ever picked up water and messed up my motor stbd side if i remember
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    Yikes! Cracks in the interior shell

    wow , dont know bout a 28 but if it was my 25 id say coring got wet then froze and cracked glass
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    Trim / Tilt Repair

    replaced 3 out of four on mine at different times never had post repair leak, resudial fluid cleaned off before relaunch should be standard pratice, wait a couple weeks with salt water in hyd system you could recive HUGE repair bills
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    Right turn motor replaced with left turn-

    Trim tabs will take out port and stbd list when running
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    Kill Switch alarm malfunction

    you didnt say eng type,if its older 2 stroke did you top off 3gal tank under floor or 1qt tank under cowl? both have warning float switches if 1 qt tank under cowl is low its not transfering up from tank under deck. or one of two float switches could be stuck but unlikley that,my 91 200 also has...
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    1999 ox66 225 flashing 12 volts

    swap batteries and see if the problem stays the same or goes to the other side
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    Windows & molding

    it goes to marine glass specialties 813-926-3717
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    Battery Over-Charging Question

    problay fine, water is most likley batt acid (which you can netralize w/ baking soda) light gassing from charging. You can run it to auto zone and they will do a load test on it and tell you its condition.
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    barrier coating and blisters

    I have a 91 252gt with 20 yrs bottom paint no barrier coat and is in water year round , never had a blister, BUT next year when I blast the bottom I will for sure put barrier coat on it before bottom paint
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    Would you barrier coat a 20+ y.o. 19' hull?

    all the marine pros i know would say soda blast, interprotect barrier coat, bottom paint, why find out later you wish you would have put it on? Will do my 252gt that way next year
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    OX-66 Trim/Tilt is dead!!

    Probaly inop motor, sometimes while holding switch you can smack motor with hammer to make it run to conferm
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    Fuel Additive Over-kill? Question...

    been using pri-g only for four years with every fill up its a stabilzer and soft carbon remover also helps prevent separation with e10, cylds look good and clean so far. yam. 200s
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    Best Scuppers?

    Going to replace the four in my transom with Perko 377-B08-PLB