More than likely, it was removed because it went bad. Ice makers were installed there. We like the icemaker and use it often so we have maintained one. When I bought my 96 the previous owner told me the freezer worked but ice maker had been removed. I could get it to do nothing, so I removed it...
changed out transmission cooler with a New one from Lenco Coolers. Great people to deal with. Drained and refilled transmission 5 times to get all the contaminated fluid out. Filled, ran boat a bit and drained Then repeat.
I ended up with a short threaded pipe to replace the drain plug and...
Mission accomplished, Portside transmission output seal replaced successfully. Had been dripping. Then a bit more. Pulled it apart. Not much room to work in. About 4 inches. Pulled seal and some parts fell out in my hand. Exciting.
fitted new seal into clean opening with some sealer and...
I retained the LED board and purchased the engraved plate from Flounder pounder. Black stardust as I recall. I cut a hole large enough in the new panel and fitted the printed board to the new one and mounted it to the dash panel. I also added a red LED to light up the engraving at night. Text...
As I recall, total cost for 2-FOX gateways and oil senders, NMEA 2000 backbone, 2- non mapping Garmin Displays, switch panels fabricated locally by a plastics fabricator, and switches around $3500 all in. Took around 6 to 8 days casually working, way less than 2 weeks.
1/4 20 bolts. reach up from the openings in the panel. port side removable panel forward and remove city water panels to get to it from there. all you need is a wrench. you will also need to remove the companion seat base as well.