I own a 1995 Sea Ray 230DA, and have two issues that need to be addressed.
One is that one of the port windows got broken by the previous owner, leaked copiously in the rain, and needs replacing. After 12 months of BS going backwards and forwards with Sea Ray, who claimed the part was available, I finally found out that it in fact it wasn't available because the sub contractor who used to make them went out of business and that Sea Ray hadn't bothered finding a back up. Having gone further into it, it seems that boats are viewed strictly as recreational items that don't require the same kind of parts availability that cars do, thus even companies like Sea Ray don't keep a full inventory of parts once a boat is out of production, nor is the industry large enough to warrant thrid party manufacturing. It came as quite a shock to discover this - how would you like to invest hundreds of thousands of dsollars in a boat, only to discover 3 years after it had been superseded that some key item can't be replaced?
Cut a long story short, I need to find a way to replace the port. I can't obviously get exactly the same item, as it comes molded with a raised bevel round the edges, but I thought if I could source a flat piece of the same colored plastic I could get it cut to the same shape and glue it in place where the old port used to be. The plastic is dark green, almost black in appearance. I've attached a picture.
The other problem is the little ice-cooled refrigerator that comes with the boat. The two hinges on it have rusted away to a point where the door simply fell off, and I need to replace them. Anyone have any idea where I could source them?
Thanks........Tim
One is that one of the port windows got broken by the previous owner, leaked copiously in the rain, and needs replacing. After 12 months of BS going backwards and forwards with Sea Ray, who claimed the part was available, I finally found out that it in fact it wasn't available because the sub contractor who used to make them went out of business and that Sea Ray hadn't bothered finding a back up. Having gone further into it, it seems that boats are viewed strictly as recreational items that don't require the same kind of parts availability that cars do, thus even companies like Sea Ray don't keep a full inventory of parts once a boat is out of production, nor is the industry large enough to warrant thrid party manufacturing. It came as quite a shock to discover this - how would you like to invest hundreds of thousands of dsollars in a boat, only to discover 3 years after it had been superseded that some key item can't be replaced?
Cut a long story short, I need to find a way to replace the port. I can't obviously get exactly the same item, as it comes molded with a raised bevel round the edges, but I thought if I could source a flat piece of the same colored plastic I could get it cut to the same shape and glue it in place where the old port used to be. The plastic is dark green, almost black in appearance. I've attached a picture.
The other problem is the little ice-cooled refrigerator that comes with the boat. The two hinges on it have rusted away to a point where the door simply fell off, and I need to replace them. Anyone have any idea where I could source them?
Thanks........Tim
