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    instrument panel hole filling blanks?

    looking for some three inch blanks to fill my old speedometer hole and my old depth gauge hole in my upper helm. I hve seen some two inchers, but are they really that odd to need? I can just make my own, but I thought Taylormade or someone would have premade ones that you can just tighten down...
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    why is my oil pressure gauge twitching around?

    Hi, So I was out on my boat yesterday and although it ran fine, the oil pressure gauges-both on the flybridge and below on the inside helm dash were sometimes their usual settings (about seventy five) but sometimes just dropping to zero or twitching around, or staying at forty for a second then...
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    lifter noise?

    Hi, The other day the boat was idling, not fully warm yet, and I heard what sounds like a lifter (?) making a tack tack tack noise. It would drift in and out, sometimes going for a minute or two, sometimes going for a few minutes without the noise. My boat never really warms up until I'm driving...
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    phone number for contacting Searay?

    Hi, I was wanting to call SeaRay to ask about getting a blueprint of the boat (tracking down a rain water leak). The Sea Ray site doesn't really have phone numbers, and the nearest dealer to my zip seems to be out of business. Seems to me folks here say they call SeaRay about various things...
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    what type of fuel sender for119 gal gas tank?

    Hi, It's a 119 gallon long rectangle from the top. Don't really know what shape the bottom has. If it has a V-bottom, it probably doesn't make a big difference at that level of emptiness. I changed out my gas gauge, and it works much better, but I am still thinking about changing out the sender...
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    newish bottom coat peeling off

    Less than a year ago I had a bottom paint job done. when I had it out for other repairs the black bottom paint began to flake off, all over the bottom! The gray primer stuck well. Funny though. the black bottom paint didn't flake where it had been applied a little higher than the waterline...
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    where does the shower water go? :)

    Hi, I have a 1981 SRV255, with a porta potty. The sink drains out the starboard side drain. The head doesn't drain, of course, but where does the "floor" of the head drain, through the drain hole there? I don't shower in there, but there is water in the drain, like an inch down there. When I...
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    need ideas for straightening hand rails

    Hi, My boat is older, and has apparently suffered some bangs into things. The side handrails/guard rails are bent inward on my port side. So, I figured I'd unscrew the allen set screws and attempt to straighten them out. But, some of them have rivets instead of allen set screws. Do you have to...
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    get rid of my CONverter?

    Hi, I have an '81 with a 454, and I have used the converter that came with the boat. It seems to have died, and Raritan says that parts aren't availble anymore, etc. I know that converters are kind of old school and many people have just replaced them with smart battery chargers. has anyone...
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    What has to be done for this water leak?

    Hi, I have a 1981 SRV255 with a 454, a MercTrans II transmission, and a TR outdrive. I had some leakage into the bilge, and had a tech look at it. He found it to be leaking from the bottom of the gimbal housing down the transom into the bilge, only when it was underway and stressing that joint...
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    anybody else get this message?

    When I finish a page of posts, and click the arrow at the bottom of the page for "next" or "page two" of the posts, I don't get the next page of posts, but get this message. Driving me nuts. Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. I am not clicking any "search" box...
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    outlets all went dead

    Hi, I was on my boat the other day and noticed that none of the outlets (3 of them) work, when the last time I tried them they all did. These are the AC outlets that run using shore power and the AC utility panel, which has a switch for them "on" and "off". So, there's the AC main switch, and...
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    stripped valve cover bolt

    Hi, I have a 454/330 Mercruiser. I was going to look at the oil leaking (not bad) from the valve covers, maybe tighten them down a little or change the gaskets. I found they were really tight in some places, too tight, and pretty unsnug (almost loose) in others, like someone (the PO) had been...
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    gauge problems: Tach

    Hi I have a 1980/81 Searay srv 255 sedan with a 454 and MercTrans and TR drive. I took the dash off to check on some gauges that were either not working or barely working. The tach was working if you'd tap it once, but after fixing it, it no longer works at all. I used to have a light and the...
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    wiggle shifter to start?

    Hi, I put this in maintenance too...I'm having starting troubles. I can only get my boat going after tapping or wiggling the shifter just right. I think I have isolated the neutral starting switch and tried kind of lubing it up and wiggling connections. I can't figure how to get it off...
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    Need good parts source- neutral safety switch

    Hi, Still having starting troubles. I'm batting 500, which stinks. I can only get it going after tapping or wiggling the shifter just right. I think I have isolated the neutral starting switch and tried kind of lubing it up and wiggling connections. I can't figure how to get it off because it...
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    hydraulic steering problems

    Hi, I am the proud new owner of a 1980-81 SRV255. I love the experience so far (first boat). When I had it surveyed, the surveyor said that the steering rams on the transom "shouldn't move around that much" because they were sort of swinging away from the transom when you'd steer. It has...
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    hydraulic steering screwed up

    Hi, I am the proud new owner of a 1980-81 SRV255. I love the experience so far (first boat). When I had it surveyed, the surveyor said that the steering rams on the transom "shouldn't move around that much" because they were sort of swinging away from the transom when you'd steer. It has...
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    shift levers both in neutral? (Won't start)

    Hi, Newby question here. I have an 8'0 or '81 srv 255 with a flybridge and inside helm too. Both helm's shifters have to be exactly lined up in neutral (the PO says) or some safety thing won't allow the boat to start. Today I wiggled and adjusted both shifters trying to get them exactly in...
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