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I have a feeling that's going to be pretty difficult, if not impossible. However, start with your dealer. On the flip side, they don't look really bad, at all. What you could do is take them off, remove the failing paint/vinyl and then have them powder coated. They look to be in really good...

As noted above, with ethanol gas, you have another problem - phase separation. The ethanol binds with the water and that mixture is what drops to the bottom of the tank. It's not like "regular" gasoline where the good gas just floats to the top. With ethanol, the gasoline is depleted of the...

I can't answer your questions that are specific to the hull, but can talk about the tabs. Bennett hydraulic tabs are amazingly reliable and often last decades without thinking about them. If you hold the button till the boat "feels right", you've held it too long. I find them quite easy to...

Beeswax, candle, etc, etc. Has it gotten humid and has the wood swelled, thereby making things tighter?

Orange could be rust... but not sure exactly where you would pick that up from... However, I'd lean more towards the "orange" actually being old fuel - which presents very close to that color... sort of a brownish-orange. The weird thing is that both are from the same tank. Maybe the gas...

You could switch hoses around at the valves... but as noted, the valve/valves are way down on the list.

Fuel pump is downstream of your valves. If your vent has a dip in it (it "shouldn't", though), then it may NOW be clogged with fuel... preventing venting. Do the "cap off" thing as mentioned above. While not impossible, a bad valve is way down on the probability list. Especially if the issue...

Unfortunately, these are the things we have to deal with when we have older boats - plastic gets old and brittle, things break, etc, etc. Just part of the game! :) You likely aren't going to find a new one - well, a "good" used one, anyways. And even then - you'll be in the same situation...

Plastic tanks are nice - but this isn't about plastic vs aluminum. That debate has nothing to do with this issue. No baffles - but that also wouldn't come into play here since we're talking about filling up. Yes, it doesn't help that the fill/vent are at the aft end. You may HAVE to put some...

The silver tank on the port side of your engine. There's a high pressure pump in there and a filter. Drain it - collect the gas to check for quantity (and it never hurts to check quality, too).

There still should have been fuel in your VST and the engine should have started. Crack your filter open a bit and hold a rag over it while hitting the priming pump... do you get fuel there? Is there fuel in your VST? Yes, you could switch to bulbs if you want. As noted, it really...

Looks like you're getting back on track. Side note... your battery voltage means they're getting close to being done - in fact, the 12.4 is pretty much no good anymore. Having 11.66 up at the dash means you have some voltage drop - which means more corrosion in the wires in between. It's not...

This is kind of like saying "my car needs a new headlight" and not offering any other information - none of us are mind readers :)

I realize it's not shorting "right now"... and that it might be capped off... but the question is whether or not it will REMAIN that way. Of course, it's your call, but if the switch doesn't control anything - then there will never be a need for it. Yes, Grady isn't exactly known for their...

That's a Vacuflush head. Plenty of reading material and owner's manuals out there on the net (if you don't still have the original, that is). The pump you hear running builds vacuum at the vacuum generator. When you open the flush valve, effluent travels to the vac tank and is then pushed...

Am I correct that you were testing the supply side on the switches? It appears so since the switches look to be off. This has nothing to do the load side. The wiring from the battery to the panel has to be good since you're getting battery voltage. Although, if your meter is accurate, 11.7V...

When you have an older boat and haven't had it since new, you're ALSO fighting the Previous Owner Syndrome... so it gets really tough to guess the "why's". It also may have just been something Grady did as a regular course of business... in other words, use one standard wiring harness and run...

If all of your accessories on the boat work without using this switch... then the switch is extra. Disconnect the load side of the switch and use it for what you want. You may have to change the breaker, though, depending on the draw of the accessory you add.

Still super easy to find either at your local marine store or online. Just be careful of Chinese knock-offs. You want to BE SURE that the cleat is well made. If you still need help, search for Herreshoff cleat. I'm "assuming" this is the style you're looking for.

Oh, OK. I thought (I think we all were) that you were referring to a standard shackle. In this case, yes, the only thing that you can use is loctite. Which, "should have" been on there from the manufacturer. Be careful with those cheap/inexpensive "over-seas" swivels - they may not have the...