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    sourcing plastic for a port window

    I own a 1995 Sea Ray 230DA, and have two issues that need to be addressed. One is that one of the port windows got broken by the previous owner, leaked copiously in the rain, and needs replacing. After 12 months of BS going backwards and forwards with Sea Ray, who claimed the part was...
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    can't lower stern drive

    Hi again, Resolved the issues with starting my alpha 1, went down to the eater to take the boar for a test run, then ran into the next problem - I can't get the stern drive to go down. It's been a little sticky in the past if it hasn't had regular use, but now all it did was whir and...
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    locating and starting an engine via a Slade switch

    Can anyone give me some advice? I had some work done on the engine of our Searay and while everything was fine at the time, the fact it?s been sitting idle for the last year or so seems to have thrown up another glitch. I tried starting it the other day and got nowhere ? it wouldn?t even turn...
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    Pink screen on GPS

    I inherited a Hummingbird Matrix 97 GPS unit with the boat we just purchased, and all seems well with it except for one thing - the screen has a sickly looking pink cast to it, in place of the white that should be there. If I tilt it back far enough the pink practically disappears, but who wants...
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    cleaning a mike cord

    Hi all, Does anyone have any ideas for cleaning a blackened mike cord? I tried good ol' soap and water, even a green kitchen scourer, but it only removed a bit of the surface material. I know it can come off, as I ran the edge of a box knife blade along the cord and it scraped some of...
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