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This one has 3 pins on the backside.
My radio would be a drop in --into the cradle of the charger.
This radio was left on my boat by the previous owner. Any ideas where to score a charger?
I've been watching Ebay...
I'm getting ready to install my rebuilt tank. I removed the sending unit from the old leaky tank.
I am stumped on what wire goes where
One the top of the sender is an "S" and an "-" Ok, sender and neg
But look at the underside, the wires were sort of brittle from being in fuel for 20 years...
I got a deal on two nice Marine radios.
My Gulfstream already has an antenna without the long whip--mounted on the bow. I need to add a whip. I am looking at what truckers use as a whip antenna.
My Renken will need an antenna and mount. I have a neighbor who owns a trucking company. He tells...
Now that I have solved the water in the fuel issue (oh baby was this fun), it is time to pull the seat covers.
I went looking at a name brand fabric shop today, I saw all sorts of different types of rolls which I could use as new seat covering. I might buy me a sewing machine at Goodwill, just...
31 gallon fuel tank in the belly of my Gulfstream. I pulled the tank. I found 4 pencil eraser sized rot holes. Maybe 20 or so pin sized holes.
I used JB weld to fill the holes. Any other ideas short of replacing this tank?
Fiberglass the bottom?
I picked up on the cheap a really nice Gulfstream inboard with that IL 6 Mercruiser 165.
The engine is in good shape. The outdrive was just serviced. I am having a hard time keeping it running.
I pulled the top of the carb off and found dirty fuel. I pulled the carb and want to kit is.
What...
I bought this boat, and was totally ripped off having the stern rebuilt by a local crook boat shop. Needless to say, I will enjoy this boat for a long time now!:facepalm: $5000 now into it including the 2nd repair on the transom.
NOW that it is up and running. With a really tight nicely...
Newbie here! Bought an 81 Renken on the cheap last summer. Got totally hosed by the local crooks at the shop. Sterndrive needed rebuilding, shop 1 did the work then when we put the boat in the water, transom was leaking.
Shop 2 did everything over. Needless to say, $4500 now into a $600 boat...
