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    how to get antifreeze thru wuthout an internal strainer?

    Good morning. I recently purchased a new to me boat with a pair of detroit diesels. fresh water cooled with dry turbo's . This boat has barnegat style scoop strainers on the outside of the hull and no internal strainer for the raw water pump prior to the heat exchangers. it has 3" intake...
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    sold the sea ray-- moving up

    My wife and I took a big step in boating a few weeks ago. we sold our much loved 2000 sea ray 330ec/amberjack and purchased a Ocean yacht 48 super sport. it is a bitter sweet decision since we really do like the sea ray but we also found that our family needs created a demand for more space. the...
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    Hi Lo table

    I am looking for a high low table-nice quality, wood. I am willing to spend a few bucks for something well made. Anyone have any suggestions on wheere or who to contact in the chesapeake bay area. It needs to be able to be made small enough to fit through a typical hatch on a mid 30' express...
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    closed cooling heat exchanger maintenance

    While doing routine maintenance prior to winterizing I was in the process of checking the antifreeze level and quality in my heat exchangers only to discover that my starboard engine heat exchanger developed a serious internal hole sometime between August and now. Turns out my heat exchanger was...
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    fridge replacement...easy right?

    so I needed to replace the refrigerator on my 2000 330 ec. it was time. no problem. it takes about 5 minutes to remove the old refrigerator. I procured a new Norcold unit and after measuring the hatch opening and seeing that there is plenty of room to get the old unit out and the new unit it...
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    raymarine tri-data calibration

    Good afternoon. I have a raymarine tridata machine on board that was installed by the previous owner. I recently had some engine work done and all of the engine grounds had to be disconnected and i think that may have caused my issue but I am guessing since it was spot on before the work on the...
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    hour meter doesn't match engine computer???

    While doing some workk on my 2000 7.4l 380hp merc horizons, I discovered that my hour meters do not match my engine computers. both my hour meters read about 1325hrs however, my port engine computer shows about 550hrs and my starboard engine computer shows about 235 engine hours! this is only my...
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    engine replacement cost?

    good morning. over the weekend I experienced a failure in my port engine. I was able to re-start it but immediatly shut it down again. I had been running fine for about 1/2 hour prior to this. Engine sounds like it is full of monkeys with sledge hammers but maintains good oil pressure and the...
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    transmission issue

    so I bought a sea ray a year ago. I did not pay much for it and it was in pretty good shape but I did expect to put some money into it as it had been a florida boat and has seen 3 previous owners,one of which is now a bankrupt florida builder so the boat was neglected at some point in its life...
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    Battery life expectations

    what kind of battery life are you finding? I just replace 2 port side batteries that were just under 3 years old. Interstate 600cca batteries. I keep the trickle charger on them while at the dock. they worked fine all summer then started acting up about a week ago and would require the use of...
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    engine zinc?

    good morning. I have a 2000 330 express cruiser with a pair of straight inboard MPFI 7.4 horizons. they are freshwater cooled.. does anyone know if there are zincs on the engines? I have not been able to find any . I have only had this boat about a year and the only zincs I replaced at the...
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    trans fluid leak

    I have a 'new to me' 2000 330 ec. about 1200hrs on motors and both transmissions were replaced in 2006 according to sticker on the trans. book says they are velvet drive 2:1.(the reman sticker says Quicksilver) they work fine.I have a small trans fluid leak in the starboard trans. It will leak...
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    run on either or both tanks

    good afternoon. I have a 2000 model 330 ec with 7.4 mer horizons that are fuel intected. does anyone know if there is a way to run both engines on one tank or the other? do I have the option of running on either tank or whichever one I choose? I looked over the plumbing and there is a fuel...
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    how to start the gennerator

    Good morning. I have a 'new to me' '2000 330 aj . it has a new kohler 5kw genny with about 40 hours on it. when I purchased it last fall the previous owner showed me how to go through a sequence to get the thing to start from the cabin control panel. it is on a delay switch. I have heard of this...
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    rain water infiltration

    last fall I purchased a 2000 330ec. I had to correct a few minor issues on it such as worn out cutlass bearings , pumps, etc..and I am really lookiong forward to getting it wet this spring. I am having some trouble with rainwater showing up in the storage locker under the cockpit sole in the...
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