500/520 DB official thread

Ordering Zinc's for the boat - does anyone know what Zinc is used for our bow thrusters?
I'm on boatzincs.com; they have two different ones.
 
ttmott said:
Ordering Zinc's for the boat - does anyone know what Zinc is used for our bow thrusters?
I'm on boatzincs.com; they have two different ones.
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I have a Vetus thruster and zinc for mine is SET0151. I just looked on their site and looks like it is now a BP-195
 
Any 50/52DB’s out there with RED bottom paint? A picture would be cool if so...

On another note, spring refresh is almost complete, I hope...

Detailed top to bottom, painted the bottom and new zincs are on.

Also added position sensors to the trim tabs and replaced the boot stripes from black to blue.

Now hoping for some luck with the two cutlass bearing replacements next week.

Working on the hydraulic lift today also.

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rlynch03 said:
Any 50/52DB’s out there with RED bottom paint? A picture would be cool if so...

On another note, spring refresh is almost complete, I hope...

Detailed top to bottom, painted the bottom and new zincs are on.

Also added position sensors to the trim tabs and replaced the boot stripes from black to blue.

Now hoping for some luck with the two cutlass bearing replacements next week.

Working on the hydraulic lift today also.
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Repaired the Hydraulic Lift... Big improvement. Starboard side was shaky. Turned out to be worn Threaded Pins or Bushings. Replaced on both sides. Most difficult part was removing the original brass bushings with 13 yrs of paint caked over them. Platform is nice and secure now.

Note - Pictures were taken just before we tightened everything down, so the brass bushings did pull all the way flush.

Have to say GHS is great, sent them a video of the issue, they talked me through the repair and sent the parts... Not cheap but friendly solid advice...

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Replaced these vents (cracked and falling apart), what a pain. Super tight spot to get to the vent hose and then to get to the nuts holding the vent cap on... anyway cheapest repair on the boat and took over an hour for each one.

Still need to re-secure the black plastic screen. Looks like Sea Ray used a black caulk/adhesive.

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I received the door rollers I had ordered on ebay. They are the real deal. Nice and heavy duty. Door rolls great now. Remember, Taylor Made wanted $130 each and I paid $80 for all 4. Still working the door latch. Carter, I tried to adjust it up about a millimeter and then the lower screw would not line up with the lower hole. I'm still brainstorming. Even if I made a bar of some sort to drop in the track (for security), our door is on the outside and the bar would need an extension like an L shape to grab the inner door. Then I could make one for the outside while running to assure the door wasn't slamming open in rougher seas. Piece of mind if I can't fix the latch properly.
 
spikedaddy99 said:
I received the door rollers I had ordered on ebay. They are the real deal. Nice and heavy duty. Door rolls great now. Remember, Taylor Made wanted $130 each and I paid $80 for all 4. Still working the door latch. Carter, I tried to adjust it up about a millimeter and then the lower screw would not line up with the lower hole. I'm still brainstorming. Even if I made a bar of some sort to drop in the track (for security), our door is on the outside and the bar would need an extension like an L shape to grab the inner door. Then I could make one for the outside while running to assure the door wasn't slamming open in rougher seas. Piece of mind if I can't fix the latch properly.
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Can you take the latch to a metal fabrication shop and have them add the tip back to the latch?
 
That's my stop this afternoon. Since it is one assembly, I don't see how they can get something attached to the tip without damaging the rest of the housing the latch is in, but I'll ask. I don't think I can get just the latch out looking at the scarce pictures of it.
 
spikedaddy99 said:
I received the door rollers I had ordered on ebay. They are the real deal. Nice and heavy duty. Door rolls great now. Remember, Taylor Made wanted $130 each and I paid $80 for all 4. Still working the door latch. Carter, I tried to adjust it up about a millimeter and then the lower screw would not line up with the lower hole. I'm still brainstorming. Even if I made a bar of some sort to drop in the track (for security), our door is on the outside and the bar would need an extension like an L shape to grab the inner door. Then I could make one for the outside while running to assure the door wasn't slamming open in rougher seas. Piece of mind if I can't fix the latch properly.
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Try flipping it upside down. I think I did that with mine and it worked.
 
rlynch03 said:
Replaced these vents (cracked and falling apart), what a pain. Super tight spot to get to the vent hose and then to get to the nuts holding the vent cap on... anyway cheapest repair on the boat and took over an hour for each one.

Still need to re-secure the black plastic screen. Looks like Sea Ray used a black caulk/adhesive.

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Did you replace the whole white plastic vent that the black screen is attached to? I ask because I want to take them off to put Lights behind them but I don’t know how easily they come off and I don’t want to create a big project just to put the lights in.
 
Jeremygavin said:
Did you replace the whole white plastic vent that the black screen is attached to? I ask because I want to take them off to put Lights behind them but I don’t know how easily they come off and I don’t want to create a big project just to put the lights in.
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Out of curiosity, why? What kind of lights?

Tim
 
Tim Fila said:
Out of curiosity, why? What kind of lights?

Tim
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Just for looks. I had put LEDs in the vents on my 340da and thought it looked nice. The 520 has some in there now from the factory but they are dim and you can hardly see them. This isn’t a very good photo of them but they looked good in person.
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This is what the 520 has now. It would be nice if they were brighter

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Jeremygavin said:
Just for looks. I had put LEDs in the vents on my 340da and thought it looked nice. The 520 has some in there now from the factory but they are dim and you can hardly see them. This isn’t a very good photo of them but they looked good in person.
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This is what the 520 has now. It would be nice if they were brighter

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God damnit Jeremy.... I like that.... add one more project to my 48. What lights did you use to light up those vents?
 
That kind of messes with the Red/Green/White light thing...

Unless they are used while docked.

We get pulled over for running with underwater lights on.
Tim
 
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