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nightfighter 02-08-2023 07:17 PM

Flo Scan?
 
Is it worth adding? Anyone know which one I should be looking at?

Project boat is 1993 Grady Escape 209 with 1992 200hp Yamaha 2 stroke carbed six cylinder. Garmin Echomap 94 SV UHD 2020

beamie 02-08-2023 08:41 PM

So after 30 years you don’t know the the cruise sweet spot for fuel economy??
Save ya money. Buy another fishing rod and reel.
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nightfighter 02-08-2023 08:52 PM

I totally get your point, but I was thinking more along the lines of another way to see how much fuel is left.... A fuel sender in a boat's fuel tank, even with multiple baffles, is hardly accurate underway. Backing up information, the same way electronics are a back up to DR. You get that, right? It will all come down to the $$$. It might well be the easy decision. Just want to make it an educated decision.

beamie 02-09-2023 07:14 AM

I get it. Gadgets are cool. Don’t allot of newer not that new either Yamahas have that built into the fancy gauge computed from the engine ??? Maybe you can upgrade to that but that may be more $$. I only had 1 experience with floscan on a buddies boat. It stopped working a few years after he got the boat.
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Guppy 02-09-2023 05:37 PM

When it starts to look low… fill it…..

How’s it coming by the way? Tank sounds like it’s in….

Good luck Ross

nightfighter 02-09-2023 07:21 PM

It looks like we are going to put her back together with her original console and no fuel scanning. i may add some LED under gunnel lighting and a new dash with new switches. Even my very experienced, boat builder/glass guru said it wasn't worth doing a major modification to the console... I may put a door in the front of the console for better access, but that may not happen this year. The three of us working on it have had about a month away from it. Well.... I have been doing some research and coming up with dead ends. It has been a solid boat so as long as she gets put back together with everything working, I shall be totally satisfied. The tank had to be replaced. The rest of the list is of the "while we are here..." nature.

nightfighter 02-09-2023 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by beamie (Post 1238874)
So after 30 years you don’t know the the cruise sweet spot for fuel economy??
Save ya money. Buy another fishing rod and reel.
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Honestly, as long as it purrs at minimum throttle/idle, that is where I spend most of my hours trolling for bait or fishing live bait in close to the bricks. I rarely ever go WOT.

beamie 02-10-2023 08:33 AM

You never get back what you put into a boat. If I put a newer 20k engine in my 10k boat I can’t sell it for 30k. Unfortunately.
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wdmso 02-11-2023 08:36 AM

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I have a few extra led strips and courtesy lights. you want to test them see if you even like them.. a lot of people like blue but their to bright for me . Just pm me and I’ll send them out
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device also have to round white round led courtesy lights your welcome to those also

piemma 02-11-2023 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by nightfighter (Post 1238876)
I totally get your point, but I was thinking more along the lines of another way to see how much fuel is left.... A fuel sender in a boat's fuel tank, even with multiple baffles, is hardly accurate underway. Backing up information, the same way electronics are a back up to DR. You get that, right? It will all come down to the $$$. It might well be the easy decision. Just want to make it an educated decision.

Ross, not on a Sea Hunt. My Sea Hunt gauge was dead on. If I was down to half a tank it would take 30 gallons. It was a 60 gallon tank. I owned that boat 7 years and it was always dead on.

nightfighter 02-11-2023 06:20 PM

Very nice offer, Wayne! Love to see if they might fit the bill here!


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