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Any of you guys want to talk about a solution for the plywood seat boxes on the mid-80's 390s. Has anyone found a suitable way to replace them? According to the previous owner of my '87 model, they rotted out at the 10 year mark and he had a replacement pair built. Since I store the boat in a...

Thanks for directing me to Broward. Very knowledgeable staff. Got my new field coils in last week and will begin the install tomorrow. I will report back if I get it fixed.

Thanks, I will contact them.

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Can you share the name of the vendor that you used? I have seen a place in FL that rewinds armatures but I was going to ask them about doing field coils. I have been looking for a 500 and will probably move up as soon as I can find the right boat. I have also just spent a ton on new...

I agree that the unsteady current problem could be cheaper to fix than a new genset. I just got a quote for a new 7.5 WB at $13k My 8 kW Westerbeke quit making useable voltage a couple of weeks ago and troubleshooting revealed burned wires at the rectifier and two of the field coils. 4300...

Ok, just when you think you're down to the small stuff.... We took our '87 390 for a 10 day cruise around the Chespeake Bay at the end of May. 4 days in and my Garmin 740S touch-screen goes wonky and un-responsive. Air Freighted a new 743SVX with transducer adapter to our slip in Annapolis and...

Melifluonze Your exhaust ports are the about right amount above the water. I would not look at overloading as the cause of your not planing off. That said, you should check the area around the water tank for water accumulation often. Sea Ray does not put a bilge pump forward of the engine...

When I repowered years ago I removed the waterlift mufflers. I ordered the new engines with riser spacers to raise the exhaust starting point then installed flow through mufflers. I had to cut the exhaust tubing inside the hull boat and glass in an angle to match the new straight exhaust...

I had a friend ship hers down from Connecticut to Hampton VA on a drop bed trailer. Did not have to remove anything. Even the open array radar was still in place when she arrived. Travel Lift picked her up and set her in the water and the owner and I took her to her slip. Be sure to carry...

Re: Something bad already happened.... Update: I had new 52 1/2 inch long AQ22 shaft made locally and had a new coupler faced to the shaft. I had an entire spare matching set made so I would be ready for any such tragedy again. I also found a prop at the local shop in Norfolk VA. Minor ding...

I'm hoping to find out more about the failure when I get the boat out of the water on Monday. I will at the least go back with an AQ22 shaft instead of the 19.

Actually the engines are Crusader's version of the GM 496 CID truck engine. Great power choice for the boat since they have much more torque at 3200 RPM than the 454 putting out 300 hp at the cruising sweet spot. Max RPM (rev limiter setting) on this version is 4600 but they made an HO version...

My shafts are 1 1/2 and I think that the one that broke was original to the boat. I had the other shaft replaced 17 years ago. I just need to know the overall length for the shaft so that I can get a new one made locally. The broken shaft was Aquamet 19 but the port side replacement that I...

Re: Something bad already happened.... I'm new here but have a major problem and I hope that someone here can point me in the right direction. Yesterday I developed a vibration on the starboard side. I shut down and went over the side to investigate but found nothing amiss so I continued on...