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    Sea Ray really dropped the ball on the Bimini top frame design

    I didn't think of that either, it's not the solution I was looking for, but it would work, people would not have the frame in the middle of their back when riding in the rear seat. I still wish they had made it so it would rest on the sun pad, so its not sticking up in the air all the time. Kind...
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    Sea Ray really dropped the ball on the Bimini top frame design

    My daughter has 2010 i85 sport, and the Bimini top frame design is ridiculous. The frame actually rests on the grab handles and has left permanent impressions in the vinyl. it also rests inside the cockpit across the rear seat back when down, so anyone riding in the rear seat has the frame in...
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    Sport 190 Bolster Seats and Tower

    Try greatlakesskipper.com. There’s also another place but I can’t think of the name of it, if I remember right it’s in Florida. They both have out of stock parts for a lot of boats.
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    Question about tire pressure in high temps.

    Its 94 in Buckeye, Az. We are heading to Bartlett Lake, It’s probably going to be 110+ this afternoon. I dont want to over inflate the tires and have a blowout. Trailer tires are rated at 65 psi max. I put in 60. The truck tires are rated 50 max i put in 45. Just want to be sure thats not...
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    No more gas spewing out when the gas tank gets full

    A couple years ago I posted about our boat spewing gas out of the filler when the tank is full because the pump doesn't shut off. I finally got fed up with having to fill the tank slow and try to listen at the filler. I bought a Racor LG100 air/fuel separator which goes in the vent line, this...
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    Looking for IP68 LED strip or rope lighting

    I've never done LEDs before, Were you able to wire them directly to your vehicle or trailer electrical system or do you need some type of voltage control module, what about end caps for the LED strip are they needed
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    Looking for IP68 LED strip or rope lighting

    I want to put Led lights along the bunks of our trailer to make it easier to load the boat at night. I have looked at BlueWater LEDs ,they are pretty expensive. I was wondering if there were any other brands that are good. I'd really like to find American made LEDs or at least anywhere but...
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    Anyone tried the Optio Fuel Flow Monitor?

    I was looking for a GPH gauge for our 185 sport that would match as closely as possible the stock gauges, no luck, everything that's out there seems to require nema 2000. I'm not interested in converting the boat over to that system, too much money. I came across the Optio Fuel Flow Monitor on...
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    Hoover Press N Snap tool

    That's the same one I bought and $149 seems to be the going price everyone is selling it for.
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    Hoover Press N Snap tool

    We bought new canvas for the boat and Great Lakes Boat Tops was kind enough to throw in their install tool for free when I said I was going to need one. I am really glad they did that because I would have been really upset about paying $50 for it. I installed about 24 snaps, it took me 3...
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    4.3 TKS won't crank over.

    Sorry haven’t been back on here in awhile. I found the writeup on iboats forum. How To: Trouble shooting your engines starting system.
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    4.3 TKS won't crank over.

    I finally got it running after screwing around with it all weekend. When I removed the throttle handle so I could drop the control unit out and check the grease inside, I had moved the handle, when I put it back together things weren't in the right position inside the unit even though the...
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    4.3 TKS won't crank over.

    I found a good write up online about troubleshooting mercruiser starting system. Tells what terminals to check and whether voltage should be there with the key on or off. Goes through the entire system so i’m going to use that and check it out this weekend. Thanks again
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    4.3 TKS won't crank over.

    Thats good to know I didn't realize the kill switch allowed you to crank the engine without starting. Ill check the other things next weekend thanks.
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    4.3 TKS won't crank over.

    Actually come to think of it the lanyard is on the kill switch and that was in the run position.
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    4.3 TKS won't crank over.

    Its in neutral, ill check the lanyard tomorrow forgot about that, thanks
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    4.3 TKS won't crank over.

    The engine started fine in Nov when I winterized it. Yesterday I wanted to just bump the starter to get the grease fitting on the coupler where I could get at it to grease it. Turned the key get the horn, no click of the solenoid nothing. All gauges work,lights, stereo, blower, bilge...
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    How to remove Throttle /Shift control unit to grease it.

    After taking a picture of my control unit and then poking around on the internet I determined my control is a Mercruiser Commander 4000 Gen 2. I was able to find a video a guy made on getting rid of the freeplay in the control unit on his boat and it showed how to remove it, pretty simple. The...
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    How to remove Throttle /Shift control unit to grease it.

    I want to grease the moving parts in the throttle /shift control unit on our 2010 185 sport. How do I remove it from the boat so I can service it? I thought someone must have made a youtube video of it but i can't find one.
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    How do I go about calibrating the tachometer in my boat?

    Theres is a hole in the back of the tach housing labeled Cal. There is a potentiometer inside the housing that you adjust with a screwdriver through that hole. If I had to guess I would say it's probably a 10 turn pot and the gauge is probably set up so 1 full turn equals 1,000 rpm on the tach...
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