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Just saw this local to me on a 17

For Sale: brand new & uncut stand alone 2nd station box, Seastar 1.7 helm, fitting kit, box of steering hose, one Morse two stick control box and a start/stop switch pannel. Located North of Boston, $1k firm. Email me at [email protected] with any questions and photo.

Well, you need to be more specific. Do you mean the filter cup on the motor made out of translucent plastic or the one in the boat that looks like an automotive oil filter? The one in the boat is a spin on that can be a bear to get off if the gasket has swollen up but it will come off. On...

Haven't heard of that before from the picture its had to tell exactly where that is. Is that under the top motor cowl or under the side "chaps" for the midsection? Shoot me a PM if you want with the mod/ser #of the motor and I can send my tech rep a note to see if he has come across it. If...

Any good hardware store (not Lowes or HD) should have a selection of fittings and adapters to re-use what you have. You can also try Grainger or McMaster-Carr for the fittings.

If you purchase the 2nd station as a kit from a Parker dealer I believe it comes with everything you need to install the 2nd helm including the balance hose. The problem is that the kit comes with hose fittings that need to be crimped or swedged onto the existing hose. If you have Hynautic...

Was the tank ever cut open and inspected? What caused the failure?

Does your deck drain into the bilge? Why are there holes in the deck drain wells?

If you 1988 boat has a bolted down pilot house than it has the same stringer/fuel tank set up as the CC boat-they were all the same hulls back then and only the cabin sole was different.

If you use 3M 5200and it properly sets up you wont get the motor off the hull again without damaging the finish of the boat.....don't use it! Use LifeCalk from Boat Life or similar. As to raising the motor, If the boat came from Parker with that motor already installed then it is set...

Well, first off he problem was not necessarily that your steering cable wore out. The problem is generally contained in the tilt tube on your outboard that the cable passed through. The tilt tubes are generally made of high strength steel and some OMC/BRP products had a special Stainless...

The ones you see on 2nd stations are usually a stock Parker item. You can order the plate, start/stop switches and the kill switch. You should also get yourself a OEM (Yamaha, Mercury or BRP) standalone trim switch to add. The factory doesent offer that on their factory installed 2 station...

I think you got oversold on the size of those motors. Twin 150's or 200's (both smaller and lighter motors) are far more common. Is your boat the true deep-vee 21 degree hull or a 16 degree?

Remember, Parker has protected territories for their dealers so while you can "shop around", buy local. If you show up at your local dealer with a boat you bought 300 miles away to save $1,000 you will get warranty work done but probably at that dealers leisure and not any sort of expedited...

Try pricing a new trailer from Nextrail (http://www.nextrailofamerica.com/ )in Florida. Specify that you want a tandem (would have two 5200lb capacity axles-brakes are additional & should be on both axles). I was pleasantly surprised with the pricing. A used trailer is going to need lights &...