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Once again. New boat to us. I was studying up on transmission maintenance. We have the Hurth HSW 630 transmissions and I read something about the transmissions not disengaging in neutral. I have always wondered why the boat wanted to drift backwards verses forwards like our old 280, when in...

We didnt like the helm seat at all so we are reconfiguring both seats. We built new pans for the seats and tested them with the foam we thought we would want to use. The test was very very favorable. The seat looks a little different but the only change is that it is 5" wider. We also made...

New boat (92 400ec), found out the motors in it have around 350 hours. We dont run them hard and mostly cruise at around 1000 rpm. What type of oil would I want to use in these. I typically change oil once a year and plan on doing the transmission on the same schedule once I learn how to do it...

I am starting to build a trailer to move our 1992 400 EC. How can I get information on the profile of the bottom of the boat. I couldnt find anything on the SeaRay site. Thanks in advance

We I figure I may as well ask this also. Why wouldnt I want to use my heat pumps during the winter to keep the cabin from freezing? We have a twin Hornet heater in the engine area and a Sensored life Cellular reporting the temps and sending an alarm if the power goes out or the temps drop below...

We built this truss system out of aluminum. It is easy to carry and bolt together. We then took 2- 25' long sections of 1" conduit and installed snaps the full length every 1'. Then we installed the other snap every 1' on the tarp. We draped the tarp over the truss and snapped the snaps to the...

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We bought a 92 400 EC and will be leaving it in the water over the winter. We did this last year with our 280 and had a Twin Hornert bilge heater, a cabin heater or two and a Marcell Sensored life cellular alarm with 8 hour updates on temp, humidity and power. The MarCell calls us until we...

I tried searching for info on the effect of dirty spark arrestors on our 1992 400 EC with 489s. I didnt find much but during the install of cockpit heaters on each motor we cleaned the arrestors. It seems to have made a noticeable difference on fuel consumption. They were very dirty and I was a...

I was doing a little research on our new boat. A 1992 400EC. I was told it had 454s in it. The boat has 700 or so hours but the motors were changed at around 350 hours. They put the change out hours next to the hour meters. After seeing the motor builders decal on the valve covers I contacted...

We bought our (my) Dream boat!! 92 400 EC. An upgrade from our 89 280. OK so I admit I was all starry eyed over it. I cant stand the helm seat. Im average height and my feet dont touch the floor. The high part of the seat is near the front so your legs are hanging off the front of the seat. The...

I am wondering if the spot light would be pre wired on a 1992 400 EC. If not is there an easy route to run the wires back to the helm from the pulpit. Thanks

First off please excuse my lack of proper terminology. We just bought a 93 400EC that has some form of radar on top of the arch that is, I believe as old as the boat. It's got some old school looking screen on the dash. There is also a dish up there that I guess allows you to get TV. I would...

Is a coil a coil on an 89 5.7 or is there marine rated coil? I try to keep marine ratings on the parts I put on it?

We put our boat in the water and parked the truck and trailer at the marina for the night. Next morning took off and noticed blue smoke in the mirrors. One tire had locked up. By the time we got to a place we could pull over the tire was no good. Removed both tires on that axle and drove home...

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On our 1989 280 Sundancer with the 5.7s is it a good move to install closed cooling. We only boat in freshwater but would like to leave the boat in the water later in the winter and not worry about freezing. Will closed cooling eliminate the need for winterizing? Thanks in advance

What is the back part of the boat that you sit in called. You know the area behind the drivers seat. While we are at it. Which older cabin cruiser has more of that room? We would like to up size into maybe a 400 but there just doesnt seem to be a substantial increase in front to back room...

Our old dogs died, it hurt my wife so bad seeing them get old a die, she swore she was done with dogs. That lasted about 2 weeks and she couldn't live without a dog. Well one needed a friend so we ended up with 2. One is a Catahoula Leopard (6 months) and the other is a Catahoula lab mix (4...

I decided it may be a better idea to reconfigure our seating than to cut the boat in half and lengthen it. I would like to build a split bench seat where the driver seat is stationary. But make the rest of the seat reversible so the back could be right up against the dash so the person could be...