Recent content by todd3683

Thanks, I'll look into that.

So my dog decided to try and break out of the cabin and tear up a section of the vinyl on the backside of the cabin door. It's bad enough where I can't temporarily just put clear tape over it. It's roughly a 1ft by 6in section that I need to repair. Any suggestions on how to fix it. I thought...

So just got up to the boat and I have a 65 amp alternator on my starboard eng and a 70 amp on my port eng. From what I understand you need a 1 to 4 ratio of the alternator to the battery bank. So it seems like with my port alternator I could support up to 280 ah total and 260 on my starboard so...

The link shows Deep Cycle. Did you replace all 3 with Deep Cycle?

Got it, thank you for the info!

Was the stock batteries Group 27? For only $8 more per battery, I could get Group 27 and it looks like there's space in the battery trays.

I've read through the battery posts here and am curious if someone can help me out. I currently have 2 vita plate 8800MF Group 24 batteries that are 5 or 6 years old and an Autocraft M24-3 Group 24 Starting battery that I believe is 4 years old all installed by the previous owner. I believe...

Thanks btyman11. I'll prob keep looking. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks. Are you suggesting that even the port engine is low? Everywhere I've read, it seems like the more important factor is the consistency between cylinders and not as much how high the numbers are as long as they are closer to mid 100s. So does it sound like these engines are on their way...

So I just had a compression test done on the 2002 280DA I've been looking at. Not sure if my question is necessarily specific to the 280, but thought I could get an idea of the numbers I should see for the 4.3L EFIs with all of the owners in here. Let me know if I should post elsewhere. The...

Thank you guys for the feedback. Appreciate it. I'll take a second look and make sure that it'll work for us and will also check out the 290s. I've thought about the sun decks also, but we really want a cabin. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you guys. To be clear, most of the time I'm taking a short 5-10 min trip to the sandbar to drop anchor and swim. The occasional restaurant run or cruise around the bay. When we do overnight at the islands it'll be only a few nights in the summer and with just my wife and 3 kids. No...

Thanks. We're only looking to do the occasional overnighter. Lots of day boating. 4 adults 3 kids will usually be max. I was able to get the price down closer to mid 40s to offset the hours that were bugging me so I'm feeling better about it. I'm hoping everything checks out alright...

Well, no trailer, but it is in very good condition. Obviously a survey will tell a lot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm confused, that's what I found. It's got everything you listed and then some. I guess my question is whether I'm in the right price range. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk