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Hello everyone. I will be starting numerous repairs on my swim platform. There are two major cracks that need to be addressed before I can do anything else. I have some experience working with carbon fiber but this looks like a tricky one. Attached in the images are the cracks from the front...

Hello, I am trying to chase an elusive water leak issue on my 280 Sundancer and found a possible culprit. On my 4.3L Mercruiser, I have a single point drain system. The orange hose that comes out the bottom is located right above the transducer, which at first led me to believe that the...

Hello all, Getting ready to put in some new bilge pumps in my 280 Sundancer. The boat has the Rule 1100 27D models and I'm putting in Rule 1100 27DA pumps. Unfortunately, the pumps use different mounting-bracket designs, but the screw patterns are the same. On all of the guides I've read, many...

Hello, Just getting ready to upgrade the VHF radio in my 280 and I'm contemplating whether to re-use the original wire plug for power/NMEA0183. The old radio is a Raymarine Ray215 and the new one is a Standard Horizon GX1800. The chartplotter is a Garmin GPSmap182c. Looking at the white...

Hello, Quite a strange problem I experienced on my 280 Sundancer a few days ago. Both engines were replaced (long blocks) a few months ago and after the repairs were finished, I had to let it sit for a month. When I went to start up the engines at the marina, they both started right up and ran...

Hello everyone, Been trying to get my 2002 Sea Ray 280 back up to speed with everything and ran into a road block. My boat isn't equipped with the electronic hatch lift and has the gas struts. Well one is missing for some reason so I only have one strut on the port side helping me out. Before I...

Hello, I have finally run out of patience with my gauge problem and want to get it solved. My gauges (all except the speedometer) are no longer useable and I don't trust them even when they seem right. The tachometers jump around like crazy and the 4 in 1 gauges are spotty. Since I've sourced...

Hi everyone. First post on these forums so pardon me if I posted this in the wrong section. I have a 2002 280 Sundancer with twin 4.3L V6 Mercruisers with Alpha One drives and I'm having a problem with the gauges. I have the 5" tach gauges and currently, the right one is showing crazy readings...