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  • zaverin1zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭
    Stodge I can sell you a vision auto guidance chip
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  • zaverin1zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭
    Replaced 2 cabin lights today
    with oem rinker lights 
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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    zaverin1 said:
    Stodge I can sell you a vision auto guidance chip
    PM sent

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

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  • gackgack Member Posts: 315 ✭✭✭
    Good day for upgrades.  Added new faucets on deck and head thanks to @diggin2day1 and @J3ff .  Head faucet must have been leaking because replacing it solved my problem of water pump coming on every few minutes!
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ha ha nice upgrades!!

    I drove my boat for 6 hours straight today.... from newport RI to West Long Island sound... almost to NY.. what a run! 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm next
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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    Stodge said:
    @Willhound I prefer Garmin too.  Had a 4208 on my FV280.  The 342 had the HDS5 with sonar so I was not in a hurry to replace it even though I didn't care for it.  I have other Garmin devices so now they can all share.

    I found the 721 on The GPS Store for $599 shipped.  They bundled in the Bluecharts G2 (not vision) for that price.  I "think" the only difference between the 721 and the 741 is that the 721 came without charts.


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

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  • WillhoundWillhound Member Posts: 4,240 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sweet! And if you get that Vision chip from @zaverin1 I think you'll like the auto-guidance feature. Lot more detail to the maps also, and depending on the model there's a 3D view of bottom contour. Handy for finding fishing spots.
    "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
    2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
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  • zaverin1zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭
    Nice
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  • zaverin1zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭
    Had the ski out after rebuild
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  • nick92675nick92675 Member Posts: 41 ✭✭
    edited July 2017
    changed joker valve. getting smarter at this, now on my 3rd one - first time didn't pump out prior and definitely covered myself in pi$$.  fresh pump out and multiple washdowns made the little bit of fluid pretty minimal and not gross.

    also cleaned out spider nests/junk from the horn, and tweaked the screws a bit to make it go from a comically wussy sounding blat to a more respectable blat.  new horn purchase avoided. 

    also swam in 73.5 deg dead calm water overlooking the skyline.  beautiful.
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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    How do you adjust the horn? Mines a dinky sound too, always wished it was louder. 

    I had to replace the very first part that has failed on my boat. All of a sudden my down trim was not working, only up. Luckily I caught it before going up too far and not getting on plane, as I was 90 miles from home. 

    Had a marine mechanic buddy come out and diagnose for me, it was a bad trim pump solenoid. Apparently there is a separate one for up & down. $25, some scraped fingers, and a couple beers later I'm back in business. 


    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • zaverin1zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭
    That looks like a reg merc slave solenoid used for starting and everything else lol
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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    Yeah I wouldn't doubt it. At least I have a wide open engine bay to work on. That wouldn't be a fun job otherwise.  
    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,919 mod

    Joe, if you ever get stuck and the solenoid doesn't work, you can just jumper across it to make the drive go back down.  Just be aware there may be some spark, so make sure there are no fumes.

    Here's a pic of some space in my ER....Definitely gotta enjoy having space to work on things!

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    Yeah m mechanic buddy showed me that trick. I figured it was something like that, and its good to know how to get it working if it fails.

    No one is feeling sorry for your lack of engine room space when you have 40 grand worth of motors in there. LOL
    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,614 admin
    I could save thousands if I had that kind of space........ Just say'n.
    2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com
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  • trip_ntrip_n Member Posts: 747 ✭✭✭
    but....it cost thousands more to get that kinda space 
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love the white paint, keep my 342 enough space for me and my wallet.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    Washed and waxed mine the other day. The spiders and rain had made a mess, but she cleaned up pretty good!





    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Joe that would be a great boat to stroke the 350 Mag into a 383 with through hulls!
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,056 mod
    Dream_Inn said:

    Here's a pic of some space in my ER....Definitely gotta enjoy having space to work on things!

    In case anyone wonders whether the engine room on @Dream_Inn actually looks that good in person ... no.  It looks even better in person.

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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    Michael T said:
    Joe that would be a great boat to stroke the 350 Mag into a 383 with through hulls!
    That would be the plan when its due. I've got 300 hours on it now, so at this rate it wont be far off! Its only a 2013.

    So Tuesday I enjoyed the hottest day of the summer up here in Detroit, 94*, sunny, and 5mph breeze! It was the perfect day out there. Just a friend, btw. :)






    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    It ran it's course, but it was a fun trip!! ;)
    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    This season ain't over yet, I've still got 3.5 weeks. :)
    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • gackgack Member Posts: 315 ✭✭✭
    @JoeStang, what happened to your blond "friend"?
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Joe - you are taking some of us back to our earlier years :-) bless you for that young feller!
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  • JoeStangJoeStang Member Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    gack said:
    @JoeStang, what happened to your blond "friend"?
    She's 24, so yeah she did what they do. :D Nothing dramatic, but I dont have time for someone that doesnt know what they want.

    Michael T said:
    Joe - you are taking some of us back to our earlier years :-) bless you for that young feller!
    I never got to enjoy my 20's like this, so I'm making up for lost time a little. LOL


    2013 276 Cuddy ~ 350 MAG / B3
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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    I have to ask my wife what it is I want.

    Learned that during the first marriage.  ;)

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

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