- Feb 4, 2007
- 7,251
- Boat Info
- 1996 450DA, TNT, Caribe dink w/15hp OB.
- Engines
- 3126 427HP TD transmissions
here's a pic of my dinghy on the platform with the engine on it.
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Hope he's not pitching a tent.:wow:TT, Is that the GF or you under the dink cover? I think you should cover it "After" you get out of it!
I was never happy with the UFO looking tv antenna (that didn't do much anyway) so I removed it and installed a XM antenna in that hole. I ran the new wire inside the arch on the port side to arch access panel. The arch is open on the bottom, but where it is attached to the boat required me to drill a hole. I removed the front port side speaker which gave me access to the bottom of arch area. Working from both the arch access and the speaker access, I used a rotary drill and drilled a hole connecting the arch to the area behind the speaker. The fiberglass was fairly thick and it's hard to see what you are dong, but I made it through. Make sure to keep the drill bit at the correct angle, up and down and side to side. Once that hole is made, it's an easy shot to the power panel-radio-CD cabinet.
Did you seal the hole well? If not you created a nice hole through the bulkhead that forms a barrier between the engine room and cabin. You may want to consider sealing your hole. The other wires come through the bulkhead just below the area you were working in and are sealed with a ton of sealant. You would hate for any harmful fumes to make it into the cabin.
Good thought, however the hole is between the arch and the area behind the port side front speaker. It does not come out in the engine room, it's in the wall where the speaker is located. The wires for the speaker then drop down in the area above the mirror storage in the aft cabin. There is a screw on panel in the top of that storage cabinet. Once there, it's a straight shot into the power/radio/CD player panel.
Anyone ever replace the cockpit carpet? What was the cost?
Anyone ever replace the cockpit carpet? What was the cost?
Has anyone tried hooking up the TV to the stereo system? The speakers on the TV are horrible and the kids have a hard time hearing when underway.
It seems like the only hard part of this is running the cables. I am surprised that Sea Ray doesn't do this at the factory.
the quick fix is to get one of those fm transmitters, like for the ipod. plug it into the headphone out and tune the stereo to the station and it will come out over the speakers.
Hello, Im a newbie here. My name is Mark, Im looking at buying a used 02 280 Sundancer. I think its a good buy. But know next to nothing about boats. It has 65 hours on the motors and there asking arounf $65,000.00 for it. It looks to be in pretty good shape. They started it up and sounded nice. We were actually looking for a used 260, but found this instead. We live in Clearlake TX, right out side of Houston. We hope to be spending the weekends on it either out in the bay & ever once in a while taking it into galveston. so it will be in salt water most of the time, but will probably need to think about dry storing it when not in use as i dont have a place for it. I have read some about the 280 on your site and am looking forward to hopefully getting it. Looking forward to hearing more storys good and bad about the 280.
1. Properly seal all fastners that could potentially leak into the cabin. SeaRay does not properly seal everything. For those that liberally hose out the cockpit (only true way to remove small debris from everywhere in the cockpit) and wash weekly you will need to find and fix the leaks. I can tell you where they all are