bring 342 back to life

rasbury

Hey, I don't watch sports, all I do is work, work around the house or work on the boat...I just finished about two hours of buffing...if I had a shop to pull it it, man would life be different!

BoyzToy

Morning.

  What did you use on the floor? My carpet is pretty messed up have to pull it all up.

And i do mean all front bunk to aft cabin. Any advice?

  I'm in Conn guess i will have to come to NY.

javhav

@BoyzToy for the floor I used vynil tile from home depo  as for the carpet it depends on how stuck down it is  I was able to RIP some off the rest I stemmed off what part of ct are you in

BoyzToy

Thanks for getting back.

  I am on the shore i West Haven can see PJ from my front door.

javhav

Here's a few new upgrades I'm working on just mocked up

javhav

LaRea

You continue to amaze.  And the triple Simrad display will be awesome!

aero3113

Hey @javhav ! good to see you back. Was wondering if you sold the 342. Dash looks great! New steering wheel looks nice also. I just bought the same one to replace my old pitted one that came on the 330. I was hoping to use the Rinker center cap from the original wheel but they changed the design and will have to use the blank leather one that came with the new wheel.

YYZRC

aero3113 said:

Hey @javhav ! good to see you back. Was wondering if you sold the 342. Dash looks great! New steering wheel looks nice also. I just bought the same one to replace my old pitted one that came on the 330. I was hoping to use the Rinker center cap from the original wheel but they changed the design and will have to use the blank leather one that came with the new wheel.

Which wheel did you go with?  I was going to order Rinker OEM, $450.

aero3113

Isotta Carlotta 13-3/4" Steering Wheel - Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071LGLMQ6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_BIU6DbN1V052Q

reneechris14

Thats a sweet dash, the digital age.

javhav

@shawnmjr unfortunately the person that was buying it let's just say he's going to be sitting down for a while so ya I kind of sucks but that's life I guess but at least I got keep the deposit I lost 2 buyer's waiting on him so another season it is

javhav

@aero3113 no the steering wheel I did last year  your right it is a nice wheel I love the feel of it too I got lucky found it on Ebay for 130 new free shipping yep another season with her but with some more improvements to come 

javhav

@LaRea what would you put in the space where the old GPS was I'm not sure what to do there I need some  opinions 

aero3113

WoW, $130 is a great price!

rasbury

I'm not sold on the digital age...push the throttle and it goes or it doesn't.  What's all that stuff do for you a5t the end of the day! 

LaRea

Autopilot controller?

@rasbury what it gets you is better situational awareness ... more complete knowledge of your boat and your surroundings.  

rasbury

Ah, just pay attention to what your doing....lol

Spyderweb

It would give me a lot more confidence in the numbers I’m seeing.  I’ve seen how inaccurate mechanical gauges are.

javhav

@rasbury I hear you  but I  don't agree with you  first I removed all the gauges because only 3 worked and to replace all them would have been at least 1000$ so for 500 more i have real time enfo plus mechanical gauges are not as precise as digital and I can pull codes straight from the screens not waiting around for a mechanic to plug in to tell me what the problem even though I have the computer these are mpi not carb where you have two sensors mpi have multiple sensors digital is now and the future  I highly recommend digital gauges to anyone with efi or mpi unless you're still driving around on carbs

javhav

Just picked up another project for the winter I'm going to redo her for one of my friends paint new interior new seats new fiberglass dash just tons of custom work I did the motors already twin 383 mpi 

randy56

That's a pretty big boat. Searay? 

rasbury

I have mpi...if I update I will look at it..

javhav

@randy56 no a baja 29 this animal is scary quick I've gotten her up to 56 in dead flat water @half throttle 

javhav

@rasbury don't knock it  until you try it you'll never go back

javhav

Add theses today after almost busting my a$$ and always hanging over the side trying to plug in my shore power now i can do it nice and easy

Ian

Did you disconnect the others on the side? If not how have you isolated the feed from these to the pins in the other connectors?

aero3113

I don’t know why Rinker doesn’t have them located there? My 08 330 has “shore choice”, a set of plugs on port and starboard sides. They should’ve done port side and starboard transom or vice versa.

javhav

@icoultha I disconnected the old side  one's then I spliced in the new ones 

Ian

Ahh, I thought maybe you kept both in the event you needed to bow in and couldn't get to the stern without extending the shore cable. I have thought about putting in a second set too but couldn’t find an easy way of isolation of the pair unused