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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No it does not. The back of the speedo is all wires
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    mine does not work....think I got a bunch of mud in it last time I fried my water pump.....was not very accurate anyway, I go by my GPS and don'e worry about it...much bigger fish to fry!
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Michael T said:
    .....sorry guys can't harass Steve about being slow???? REALLY? My gasser does 50 MPH - 48 on a slow day. I can drag a friggin' couch behind my old banana bike faster than 32 MPH - because 32 MPH, particularly for a Rinker 342 -  IS slow!!!! Way too funny 32 MPH HaHa.....the "Bad News" is, even with new throttle cables, Steve's boat is still a DOG - I say that with love....sort of

    $100 dollar bills disapear fast at that speed
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...... and we had better spend those $100 bills fast as there is a move by the treasury to discontinue them! 
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  • BayrunnerBayrunner Member Posts: 177 ✭✭✭
    Both my transom plates were replaced before I bought the FV312. The owner also replaced the generator and stern drives. I'll never know if I would of had that issue.  I am glad the owner did all the work before selling it to me.  I'll say this the owner is docked the next slip over from me.  Which makes me feel he wasn't trying to hide anything.  
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @handy. did you ever find out what caused the cracked transom assembly? after you had it repaired. Just wondered if they gave you any insite, why?
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes. If you read the thread it was a bad fiberglass prep around the transom area that left a high spot. Caused the bracket to crack. Happened on other 342s as well
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, that is news to me. After all my years with Rinkers I have never heard of any transom issues. Every time I have spoken with techs for over 25 years they all say the transoms of Rinkers (unlike a LOT of other boat builders) could withstand an atomic blast. When I thought of putting a 390 HP engine in the 190 Rinker I used to own I had a top glass guy go over it for about an hour. He said go ahead - he had never seen an entry level boat with such a robust transom build. Its been almost 20 years since that install and that little boat with that torque monster is still going strong..........Must be the dreaded diesel curse Steve?

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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    back in the water, leak fixed?
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now we know why Steve bought that boat lift....those dam* diesels have hurt his Rinker and it's leaking. Shame on you Steve!
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MT, does the T stand for Trump? LOL 
    Randy, yes its been fixed. My boat is 100%. Now I have a new job and I dont have time to use it but we are planning a trip to Key West with "The Salt Shaker" on Memorial day. 
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    right on, How many miles to Key west ? I heard shallow waters down there, in places.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh about 130 or so. 
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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    But do they sell diesel in the Conch Republic? They are big on their electric cars and such.

    2002 FV 342 on Lake St. Clair - Past Commodore SHC - Vessel Examiner USCGAUX

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  • TonyWalkerTonyWalker Member Posts: 744 ✭✭✭
    Shallow waters, yes.  But the channels are well marked.  Diesel?  another question entirely.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Who cares. I can go back and forth on a quarter tank. Hahahahahah
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I thought the water passing thru the outdrive keeps it cool. 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Usually all marinas that sell fuel have diesel
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Steve, my boat would have gold trim in the head!....I'm not the guy with a waterfront mansion with a diesel boat on a walk around lift! LOL
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,614 admin
    Handymans342 said:
    Usually all marinas that sell fuel have diesel
    Not around my club........
    2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is actually a guy at the entrance to our club with an M60 looking for diesels. I told him he could easily use a smaller calibre as the diesels are so slow but he said he didn't want to waste the ammo so he wanted a one shot and done. LOL
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ray, a club isnt a marina. LOL
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  • JBam67JBam67 Member Posts: 109 ✭✭

    Handmans342

    It's a community, at least in Algonac. lol

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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,614 admin
    Handymans342 said:
    Ray, a club isnt a marina. LOL
    No kidding Handy really???? LOL Some of the marinas around here do not have diesel just gas. 
    2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hear diesel are being phased out of boats.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Better get a hearing aid Ras
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The A & B marina in Key west only sells Diesel
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Steve, that's because it's classified as a "retirement marina" - nothing has to be able to move fast there!
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MT. I can't believe the way you speak these days
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    you guys been freinds a long time ? years? spating like husband and wife. lol
    I love sarcasm.
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