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A few months ago someone listed a name and address of a boat scrap yard in Naples Fla.. I could not locate it. Could someone re-list that address please? While I'm here in the Naples area I would like to check it out. BILL

In the galley of my 73/43, in one of the overhead cabinets next to the stove. I have a metal (tin) plate about 1''X12''X14''. It has a 1/4 round electric cord coming out one end going some where into the wall. I also have a surface mounted fuse holder, with no fuse in the same cabinet. What is...

Anyone have a sure fire way of cleaning the bumpers. Bringing them back to white so they don't mark up the side of the boat. West has a cleaner but costly when you have 8 large bumpers to clean. BILL

I need to fit my new dock with some type of bumpers. The dock is a fixed steel dock with wood bumper post that go from the bottom to 6 ft above the dock. Normal height of dock to boat is plus or minus one foot above or below the gunnel. I have 4x4s for post which are going to be changed to 4x6...

At my new dock I have well water. It's hard water and leaves water spots on everything. Have any of you used or installed a water softener on your boat. I see West Marine has a Marine and RV softener for around $3 bills. Are there any thoughts on the subject? Before I buy one...

I was wondering how many 43's have cabinets over top the re fridge. I have 2 6 X 12 in. doors. I was going to install a flip up bar type table on the back side like a few of the 43's have. I need a lunch table since most of the 43's don't have dinnets. But I ran into a little problem. My...

My 43 DCFB does not have a windless or a bow pulpit. I would like to add one this winter. I have a NO.5 Danforth with 8 ft. of chain and 300 foot of 1 inch nylon line. Any ideas on model and size I need in a wingless. What do you think is the best unit. I don't think I know squat on this...

Ok guys why do my 6-71Ns gain 200 RPM after an hour of running. They start out at 500 RPM then go to 700 RPM. What gives? How do I correct this. Some times it makes docking a little tuff. Oil temp, Governor. What ? This has been gaining for the last 2 years. I think it's time to address this...

What is the safe shifting RPM for the hydrulic double clutch trans on a 6-71? What is the max RPM you can shift at? BILL

I was having trouble with my old 7.5 Onan generator maintaining the proper voltage. Upon starting for a trip. I started the Onan and it quickly ran up to 160 volts and climing. I shut it down right away. I removed the cover and inspected the governor it was working but for some reason it was...

Has anyone changed the condenser fan on a ranitan ice maker. Are they hard to get out? Mine just quit after 34 years of service. What a bummer. I stuck a muffin fan on the front of the condenser and it works fine. I'm going to try and remove it this week and take it to Grangers and try to get a...

I have a friend in need of the name of the chemical and where to get it. The type you can poor into rotten wood. Not get rot. I could not find the thread that was here a few weeks ago on it. BILL

Where do you guys get your water to flush? I am presently using water from the lake to flush. I am thinking of changing over to use My fresh water holding tank water. I am told that the smell from the holding tank will be less and the bowl water will not stink after setting for a week. I don't...

I have 6-71N DD. I'm having intermittent tach readings on the fly bridge tachs. Both sides. Where are the tach sending units located? On the generators or the engine. They are 1973 vintage electrical driven. I cleaned the tach heads and fitting. Next work is down below. The gages in the lower...

I have the standard electric single arm swing style wipers on My 43. I would like to convert them over to the double parallel arm style. Has anyone ever done this and is it very much trouble to do? Any idea on cost? BILL

I was just at the Detroit boat show today and was talking with a prop guys. I said am looking at purchasing new props. He asked what boat, engines and what props I had? He said that there finding out that 3 bladed props are better than 4 blades. He said the 3 blades produced more thrust at a...

Well you guys have convinced me that I should be running an inverter to save my generator hours. Now that my generator is fixed i'm going to purchase a 3000 watt inverter. The question is; Are you guys using the chopper type or the sine wave type? Either one should work. But have you ever run...

After the thread on running the generator 24-7 I have decided I need to get a carbonmonoxide checker. Apon checking I am told that the home verson will not preform corectly on a boat. This info was abtained from a fireman boater. He said that the home unit does not average the testing and will...

My Wife gave me a new GateWay laptop for Christmas. I also have a new GPS antenna for it. What I need is a good program to run it. I only float the Great Lakes and Canada. Any ideas on a good program? BILL

I would like to purchase a new 4 passenger inflatable and about a 10 HP.4 stroke I think maybe less HP.. The past threads did not cover this size. I want it so I can go from the boat to shore and back without making dozens of trips. I also would like to store it someplace besides on the transom...