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$9k was the magic number! It’s been a pleasure boating with ya’ll. now let me go enjoy my limited responsibilities

I think the hookups are all there to make it happen so if someone wanted it bad enough I guess they could just mod the boat. I dropped from 18k to 10k just to get it to move and got 2 hits right away. I was gifted the boat so the sooner I get rid of it the better.

A/c compressor is brand new replaced it myself. pin stripes are faded and need to be replaced, but with wash and wax she shines up good hull is overdue to get painted it’s a $4k job Porta potty, no generator seats are like knew, the rest of the vinyl is just kinda old and faded but no damage...

Any opinions on selling price of an 88 weekender 300? It is quite clean and the engines were replaced in 2001 and now only have less than 175 hrs on them. I'm on a lake in Georgia. New exterior rug, new fridge, seat upholstery looks new, sun beam boat cover like new.

If you want the speakers to scream you need to get separate amps hooked up to "component" speakers. Head units only put out like 50 watts. Also speaker placement is important as sound travels down as soon as it comes out, so mounting up high will be better. I used to sell high end car systems...

I meant to say bilge. dwna1a your diagram is spot on and you can see the pump “north” of the 3 batteries I’ll get the water out of there and start poking around diagrams are super helpful thanks!!!

Ok so a couple of screws and wires I should be able to handle that. Mine is located after the battery galley under the battery charger in the engine room. I just have to scoop the water sitting out of there so I can see whats going on. New water won't come in, this is left over from the sea...

My sump pump in the middle of the hull stopped working, does anyone know the reference part numbers and what its like to replace one?

Replacement is finished. I ran the engine for a bit, no funny noises, water is pumping out like normal, temp is a steady 145F. The pully seemed to line up fine. I guess its a wrap? Who wants to buy a Sea Ray? :)

The mounting studs are the same I just didn't have them laid the same I guess, and my old one was missing a screw. The part # is 46-807151 but unfortunately that just references the plastic part with the impeller inside and the valve stems. I believe this part is a succession of 46-72774A32...

As you can see from this pic the brass ring thing doesn't appear to be pressed on at the same distance the original is. Is that going to be a show stopper?

I used to do hifi a long time ago. I forget the term, but I think it was "component speakers", they perform better and can only be powered by a separate amp (not your head unit's amp), so you might consider that situation. However if they are just normal speakers and your head unit has enough...

If they are anything like the vents on my 300 weekender I just used a combo of a scraper, pick, hook, anything I could work up under the plastic to separate it from the fiberglass without cracking the vents or scratching anything visible. I didn't try a heat gun, maybe that is worth a shot if...

The impeller did have a couple veins missing. Yea stick with the bronze, I can't believe they made this part with plastic and snapped off like that. yikes

Yes, the hoses are double clamped. Its not that they came off, but the part broke off completely, here is a picture of it. I just took the pulley off first and let it hang, then unscrewed the pump and that came right off. Then I used gloves and pliers to yank the broken inlet/exhaust out of the...

I think its this https://www.mercruiserparts.com/bam/subassembly/31888/1014/420 or this https://www.mercruiserparts.com/bam/subassembly/31888/1014/430 not sure what the difference is and if I need to replace the entire pump or just a part of it, need to get back to the boat and see if i can...

Yes they are. I believe this is from the sea water pump and I'm trying to find a reference part # so I can study what it looks like, then go back to the boat and see evidence of them breaking off. I've got the 5.7 mercruisers in my 88 weekender One hose runs from the water line coming into the...

My left engine started making a squealing sound right as I pulled out of the slip, that was followed by some smoke and a lot of bilging in the water some of it oily. Came to discover this exhaust water hose came disconnected and was just pouring water freely into the hull. Next to it is...

what did you use for the dash, I need to get my 88 weekender done, it’s blue

I guess it’s the ultra 3 arm? I’m having a heck of a time reconciling the part pictures with my hatch because everything looks like the big double arm hatches.