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Dennis, It might be worthwhile to put a Seastar bubbler/bleeder in place. It basically just circulates the fluid through the cylinder and back to the helm pump. That would tell you if the hoses are clear or plugged. Also You might tee into the line with a pressure gauge and see if the helm pump...

Buy a full boat canvas cover and park outside Install a separate metal carport beside garage.

Depending on how large the screw or nut is, I melt a puddle onto it and hold the tip of the iron on it as long as i figure it takes to transfer enough heat to do some good and then apply whatever torque you can to the fitting. I used to work on tugs on the water at times and if we had seas...

A soldering iron works to heat screws. Let a drop of solder drop onto the head and heat the puddle with the iron. Works good.

Ian, I am guessing that there is more to your invoice than you showed us. The list of service we see does not include any mention of VST service. There should be a small screen changed out and after the VST there is a small in-line fuel filter that should be changed in a 1000 hour service. I...

Yes, the springs work well for many hatch lids. Not good if small children are on the boat though. That may not affect your case.

If you wanted to get fancy, you could go with one of their adjustable force models. Probably a bit more expensive though.

Chris, Here is a link to the products of Ameritool. Grady White has Ameritool put a different number on the body of the gas shocks to try and trap their customers into buying through them. The cylinders are standard Ameritool parts, you just have to figure out the compressed length, extended...

Hey fellas, wavetamer asked if anyone has put a 300hp 4stroke on a 226/228 and if there is any advice as to strengthening the transom on the inside. He didn't ask you to talk him out of the project or what his fuel mileage may look like. Additionally he sure didn't want to entertain a pissing...

I think you need to re-think your plans.

Could you clarify that just a bit?

Bostrum is a well-established brand. More costly than some but they are built well. The challenge will be finding a seat with good performance that is thin enough sitting on the storage box of the 228 to not make your seat too high.

Yes, when I bought my 228, one of those backs had jumped off as the previous owner was headed for Key West. He didn't miss it till he got down there. They spent a week there and, on the way back home they stopped in Largo for some lunch. A guy walked in the restaurant carrying the seat back and...

Mine were the same. There was 2 snaps on tabs at the bottom of each back and then just slide up off the brackets. It may be Velcro on the bottom now.

I think that is a smart way to look at it. You don't want to ruin a deal on a good boat over a few small items, especially if you are a do-it-yourselfer. When going over the boat checking things, just make notes of the things that don't work and use those facts to help with making your offer...

Were I you, I would remove those lag bolts holding the swim platform braces to the transom and push a long thin screwdriver or icepick into the hole at a big angle, feeling for rotten wood out to the side of the holes. I no longer own a nice Grady due to that exact issue. If the owner doesn't...

Just tell the shop to get one. I did have a guy that owns a grady with a bracket tell me that his didn't have a groove. It a may have been one that had been replaced or maybe some years didn't have the groove. I can't say. I know mine was a 2004 and it had the groove. If I remember correctly the...

I owned a 2004 of the same model until recently that was a 2004. It had the same engine bracket. The underside of that inspection cover on top that seasick mentioned has a groove in it with an O-ring so there is no need for caulk of any kind there. Additionally, the screws don't need to be...

The next time it starts over revving, resist the urge to back down the throttle, the engine has a rev limiter and won't hurt itself, and trim the motor down instead and see if the prop hooks up again. The trim gauge may be showing you bad info as far as where you are trimmed. The rheostat that...

If you want more weight forward, I recommend you put sandbags up forward somewhere. Don't subject flooded cell batteries to the pounding they would incur up forward. If you do move batteries to the front at least change to absorbed glass mat batteries like Fixit said and check with the...