Engine vent inserts

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• Willhound Member Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  They are available from some marine suppliers. Great Lakes Skipper or maybe West Marine. I just went to my local hardware store for some of these.
  http://www.homehardware.ca/products/300/26712641.jpg
  

  "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
  2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Us 342s have done it. Search past threads or google 4 inch vent covers

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• Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  I used these last summer:
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FZHC4XO/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  

  07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)
  
  

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• DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Yeah, what Handy said.......did mine but can't remember  WHERE I got them but they were pretty easy to find.
  

  No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342

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• Robs_232 Member Posts: 212 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Go to replacementboatparts.com. I replaced mine on my 232 with domed SS. They have them in 3" and 4" and look a lot better.

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Get rid of those Dirty because they let in too much water and wasps

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  I also hot glued some stainless screen inside the vent to keep bugs out

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• Cableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,066 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Replacementboatparts.com has them. You can get the OEM ones or chrome.

  2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
  2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
  Go Steelers!!!
  

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• Dirtythirty Member Posts: 393 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  @handymans342 : you aren't kidding..and mine are literally disintegrating !!

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• Dirtythirty Member Posts: 393 ✭✭✭

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Cableguy Greg, Handymans342, Robs_232, DanD2.  Liberty44140, Willhound : 
  
  Thanks for all your help.  Found them and will be ordering this weekend !!!!

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  I got the plastic chrome ones

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• Dirtythirty Member Posts: 393 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  @Handymans342 :  what is your best guess....I wont be down at the Marina till Sunday,  do you think my vents are 3" or 4" ?

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• randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  On 270 they are 4, same as vent hose. 

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  4 inch no doubt

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Also, if you have the original hose they may be dry rotted.

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• Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Good point handy. When I did my vents I had to replace the ducts too, they were rotted and ripped when I pulled out the old vents. 

  07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)
  
  

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• Cableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,066 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  When I replaced mine, I put screen on the inside of them to keep the wasps out of the engine room. 

  2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
  2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
  Go Steelers!!!
  

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Cableguy Greg said:

  When I replaced mine, I put screen on the inside of them to keep the wasps out of the engine room. 

  Me too. I sacrificed a stainless strainer basket. LOL

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• zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  When I got my 280 only exhaust hose was there attached to the bilge blower but just on the intake side lmao
  so I had to replace all of them because safety if first.
  this summer I installed new bugle blower 

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• Dirtythirty Member Posts: 393 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  I liked the look of the stainless domed ones, but these have a built in screen for the wasps...I just ordered 12.
  
  Thanks for all your help
  
  
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AFESILE/ref=s9u_simh_gw_i4?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pd_rd_i=B00AFESILE&pd_rd_r=CG4H8RH67QS14RZAV1J1&pd_rd_w=5Gpdk&pd_rd_wg=eLJ22&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=ARFT7ZN2KZZQQVZ3PCER&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1cf9d009-399c-49e1-901a-7b8786e59436&pf_rd_i=desktop

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  I dont know about these for Marine use. I hope they don't yellow or disintegrate

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• Willhound Member Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Is that price for 1 or 12? If only 1, cancel the order if you still can. Those are what I used and available at any hardware or building supply store for about $3 each.
  They're just pop in soffit vents. 

  "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
  2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)

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• randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  x2 soffit vents, @Trashman changed his not to long ago, maybe he will respond

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• Trashman Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Not sure if this is the place i ordered from. Id call because the listing states they are black and the pic is chrome.  I installed these
  http://www.boatstore.com/hose-vent-10-hole-size-4.html?utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adwords&id=18283950120&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_b6KrYbX1QIVm4SzCh3Deg8dEAkYCiABEgLhXfD_BwE
  

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• J3ff Member Posts: 4,195 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Trashman, can you post a picture of what yours look like installed? 

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• Trashman Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  J3ff said:

  Trashman, can you post a picture of what yours look like installed? 

  Yes i noticed that.  I just edited my post.  Id give them a call before i ordered.  Theres no part number to search to find other retailers. 

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• J3ff Member Posts: 4,195 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  What color are the ones you installed? lol.. I'm thinking black might look nice on a black painted boat like mine.. 

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• Trashman Member Posts: 432 ✭✭✭

  August 2017

  Mine are chrome.  They are holding up nicely. They were pretty cheap compared to other vents and they are pretty thick. I remember installing them with no problem

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,835 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 2017

  sigh...on my list and all my duct is crap....

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