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Bunk sconce from a 1972 MY. Free, just postage.

Last summer, on a 1972 53MY, in heavy seas my starboard 8V71 TI shut down due to debris obstructing the ball valve and turbine of a racor 1000. After having both tanks "cleaned" and replacing the o-rings on the fuel tank caps, i prophylactically inspected the turbine and ball valve and have...

Found unopen package of !/2 inch GTU and GFO packing, 2 ft, in storage if anyone interested. Thinking $50 for GTU (West Marine list is $105) and $25 for the GFO. Anyone interested?

Both of my voltmeters went within months of each other. Sam’s is the only source I was able to find, but apparently there was a production error by their supplier. While the voltage reads correctly when power on, the needle doesn’t move when off. The only other 50 voltmeters I found were...

The air intake socks I have been sourcing from Deisel Pro are $28/sock and have two seams in each sock. I recently took out four replacement socks and they all separated at the seams, leaving me with 8 pieces of foam. I was able to reconnect the pieces with silicone adhesive caulk and use them...

Looking for a Simrad AP20 head, preferably from a lower station. Thx, Larry Seadation 72 53MY

Running in rough water I experienced engine shutdown due to sludge obstructing the checkball on my Racor 900 filter. I had the tanks cleaned (at least that’s what I thought I payed for) only to have it happen again. Both times I was able to get home by changing the filter element but the vacuum...

Looking for Simrad ap20 unit. As mine has a good screen but bad circuit board,one with bad screen would work. Larry Seadation

After reading a previous posting, I plan on adding a parallel AC freshwater pump. I'm thinking of accessing the input from a T connection (with a check valve) before the check valve for the input to the galleymaid pump and the output would T into the output line of the galleymaid pump. Are there...

The engine room latch on my 53MY fell apart and a replacement is difficult/impossible to find. I drilled a hole in the center of the post, put a cotter pin through, and then flattened the cotter pin with a C clamp. An easy solution until I find a replacement latch.

I have replaced my transom and VIP water tanks and now have a leak in the top of the keel tank. With a camera I can see water on the top side of the tank on the starboard side near a tab to the stringer. I will attempt to cut an access to this spot but because a PO reconfigured the master bed...

I need to repair or remake the cabinet on the aft deck of a 1972 53MY- the one with the black formica top/sink/icemaker. Does anyone know what type of plywood was used, afromasia?? The local hardwood store says its stained? Thanks, Larry

On my 53MY, my 32 volt anchor light and white running lights are relatively dim. Ideally I would like to convert them to LEDs but haven't found 32 volt LEDS. Does anyone have a source? I stumbled across a site which described a "voltage dividing circuit" which looks like 2 resistors in series...

My 1972 53MY is missing the starboard recessed trim tab. The only things missing are the trim tab and the piano hinge both of which I have from Sams. I went under the boat with mask and thought I felt stubs of screws that fixed the hinge to the boat but then I felt the port side which feel like...

On the underside of the flybridge overhang on a 1972 53MY, which has been repainted by PO, I develop a purple- black blister, usually during the winter months. In the past, I have broken the blister, ground out the area with a dremel, and filled the void with West epoxy after a few days. This...