Hardtop cracks spreader light wires

mmiela

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Need to have cracks fixed in my Hardtop like others have in here. Need to know where the speaker light wires run. Have the manual for the seafarer 226 but doesn’t really show how they are run. Here is a pic of where the cracks are on each side. They are right at the second rod holder.

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Took the switch panel off and confirmed a wiring harness is in the pipe. So this just got more expensive.
 

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Is that something like JBWeld on those joints? It doesn't look like factory welds.
 

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Is that something like JBWeld on those joints? It doesn't look like factory welds.
Probably, the guy I bought it from welded it for me before I bought the boat. That was five years ago. So it held up pretty well.
 

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I am going to assume that I should dry dock this boat until fixed.
 

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Been running mine for 2 years with a crack, it's never gotten worse.