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    removing steering wheel

    top half of the steering wheel has collapsed so need to replace it. the problem is that i've tried undoing 2 of the 6 screws that hold the wheel on and the allen key has just spun in the head. guessing there all gonna be like this. am i gonna have to drill out the screws or is worth trying to...
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    wakeboarding with smart tabs

    am looking at smart tabs, but nearly all the boat usage is for wakeboarding, i think they will vastly improve the boat handling but will they shrink the wake so much that it won't be usable for wakeboarding?????? can you just play with trim or add weight and retain the wake size????? anybody had...
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    changing speedo

    i have a speedo that goes up to something rediculous, 80 or something, but this means that oir really doesn't recognise anything below 20 accurately, can i get another speedo guage that tops out at say 50 which will read lower down a bit more accurately and just re-calibrate the speedo...
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    smart tabs

    sorry probably a stupid question, but am looking at getting some smart tabs, have a 18ft mariah, with volvo 4.3, now from reading post i guess i'll need the 12 x 9 with what ever actuators, 60 i guess, but here's the stupid bit, are they 12 inches wide or 9 inches wide??????, i'm a bit squeezed...
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    boat cover

    one of the seams on my cover is coming apart, any ideas on best way to fix??? are those iron on patches any good?????
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    drum brake assembly

    end of year for me and wanna have a look at the brakes on the trailer, there drum brakes, is it just a case of taking the castle nut off, pulling the outer bearing and then pulling the outside part of the drum off, cause it seems kinda stuck???? am i missing a bolt or something i have to undo...
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    international shipping

    thinking of purchasing a boat in the us and then shipping it back to the uk, any ideas of cost????? or recommendations of how the best way is or which compant to use????<br /><br />thanks
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    kill switch wiring

    i seem to have a problem with my kill switch on a volvo 4.3 gs, and i dont understand the wiring. It seems to be wired from the ignition switch via the kill switch directly to a terminal on the alternator. when i switch the ignition on the kill switch gets hot and the rest of the electrics do...
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    electric problem

    hi,<br />just replaced the fuel tank in the boat, and went to start it, it turned over and then went dead. since this happened the wiring to the kill switch gets really hot, and none of the gauges work, when you turn the ignition on. tghe guages flicker but do not register as they should. i'm...
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    electric problem

    hi,<br />just replaced the fuel tank in the boat, and went to start it, it turned over and then went dead. since this happened the wiring to the kill switch gets really hot, and none of the gauges work, when you turn the ignition on. tghe guages flicker but do not register as they should. i'm...
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    aluminium petrol tank or plastic

    petrol tank has a whole in it, antone reccomend alluminium or the plastic ones around???????????
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    changing fuel tank

    may have a leaky fuel tank, on a mariah 180 shabah, how easy is it to change, and how much do the tanks normally cost?????
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    gelcoat

    had boat out for first time at weekend, but managed to catch the side of boat on the dock, just minor scratches, but because the hull is green they show up, have filled all scratches with gel coat repair, but the stuff is slightly lighter in shade than the hull, is there anything i can do to get...
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    galvanised trailer

    got a fully galvanised trailer that is looking a bit tired, have read about these cold dip galvanising aerosal or paint on products, are they any good???????? any recomendations for products to paint onto a already galvanised trailer????????
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    depth guage

    i am just fitting a depth guage to my 18ft mariah bowrider, the readings i'm getting when the engine is running are all over the place, reading 20 metres plus when in 1 metre of water, when i stop the engine it reads correctly. the depth guage is hooked up to the engine battery. is this the...
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