Thanks Bob Iwill give that a try.Also I am missing the running light on my sun visor it is probably red/green.I have a 1976 aft cabin and all the wonderful blissters lol Thanks again, Jeff On 02/02/12, Bob S <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Surprisingly I just use a Mequires fiberglass cleaner/polish. Try it > by hand on a small spot to be sure. I now use a buffer. It works > amazingly well with some elbow grease. > > On Feb 2, 12:24 pm, fusedarmorrep <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Iwas wondering what you polish the glass with.Do you power polish it as > > well? > > Thank you > > > > Jeff > > > > On 02/02/12, MICHAEL MATICH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Bob > > > > > What do you use to polish the glass? > > > > > Mike > > > Polaris > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Bob S <[email protected]> > > > Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:38 am > > > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Winter projects on my 42 DCMY > > > To: UnifliteWorld <[email protected]> > > > > > > Kerry, > > > > > > I replaced a motor last year on my 42. I don't recall the model > > > > but I > > > > believe it was an AFI purchased from Fisheries supply. The motor > > > > has 2 > > > > speeds, is self parking and could be adjusted to several different > > > > degrees of sweep. As I recall the most important issue was the > > > > to be > > > > sure the shaft length is the same as the one being replaced. My old > > > > motor was fine but I was no longer able to find arms which fit it's > > > > shaft end (very old design according to Fisheries). > > > > > > Finally the best windshield advice is to use rainex. Often the glass > > > > on saltwater boats gets etched so you need to polish it first > > > > and then > > > > apply the rainex. I do this a couple times a year and it really helps > > > > the vision. > > > > > > Good luck. > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > On Jan 30, 7:56 pm, Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the insight John. I know it can be tricky getting > > > > the right > > > > > combo of motor size, shaft length, # of degrees, and wiper > > > > blade length. > > > > > That is why I was hoping that someone had done it before on > > > > the 42. I > > > > > will take a look at that AFI motor and see how it looks. > > > > Worst case, I go > > > > > to Seacure and see if I can get the old stock motors. I was > > > > hoping for an > > > > > upgrade to autoparking motors though. We shall see I guess! > > > > > > > Kerry > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:24 PM, John Miller > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Kerry, Last year I replaced both wiper motors on my '72 > > > > Saltydog. I > > > > > > bought them from Jamestown distributor's motor model no. AFI- > > > > 34001, looked > > > > > > almost identical to the old ones. All the holes lined up the > > > > same as the > > > > > > old one. One old motor was frozen, that's why I replaced > > > > them. The new ones > > > > > > are self parking and two speed, so I had to change the > > > > switches. My boat is > > > > > > old enough that I always plan on replacing all wiring and > > > > switches whenever > > > > > > I am replacing something like this, so if you don't want to > > > > rewire there > > > > > > may be other motor options. They come in 80 or 110 degree's > > > > and it didn't > > > > > > look like 110 would work so playing it safe, I got the 80 > > > > degree and ended > > > > > > up with less coverage. Also in trying to get more coverage I > > > > tryed the AFI > > > > > > adjustable pantographic arms and they did not work, if i > > > > remember right it > > > > > > was because of the thickness of the fiberglass that i was > > > > mounting to. The > > > > > > different shaft sizes and length I took off the old motor > > > > and they all > > > > > > worked. Good luck, John > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM, David Oates > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hello Kerry, > > > > > > > >> I will be watching this thread closely. Oh, and by-the- > > > > way, I'm real > > > > > >> glad to see you here on the UnifliteWorld. It has been > > > > very quite lately. > > > > > > > >> The wipers on my 1894, 42E, don't work and I have to find > > > > out way. There > > > > > >> are three and none of them move. But, I have not done the > > > > troubleshooting> >> to find out the cause. Actually, I don't > > > > know anything about them, but I > > > > > >> will have to do that project soon. Thanks for bringing it up. > > > > > > > >> DavidO > > > > > > > >> ------------------------------ > > > > > >> *From:* Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> > > > > > >> *To:* [email protected] > > > > > >> *Sent:* Sun, January 29, 2012 6:32:27 PM > > > > > >> *Subject:* [UnifliteWorld] Winter projects on my 42 DCMY > > > > > > > >> Hey All, > > > > > > > >> I have a couple of projects I want to tackle before spring. > > > > The first is > > > > > >> replacing two of the wiper motors on the front windows. > > > > They have been > > > > > >> dead for a couple of years now and I would love to get them > > > > replaced.> >> Anyone know of a replacement for them? I can't > > > > find the OEM Bosch wiper > > > > > >> motor. I have a port supply and Fisheries Supply account, > > > > so if I can find > > > > > >> a couple there it would be even better. Any ideas? > > > > > > > >> Thanks, > > > > > > > >> Kerry > > > > > > > >> P.S. - Spring can not come soon enough to the Northwest!!! > > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > Google Groups > > > > > >> "UnifliteWorld" group. > > > > > >> To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected].> >> To unsubscribe from this > > > > group, send email to > > > > > >> [email protected]. > > > > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > Google Groups > > > > > >> "UnifliteWorld" group. > > > > > >> To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected].> >> To unsubscribe from this > > > > group, send email to > > > > > >> [email protected]. > > > > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > Google Groups > > > > > > "UnifliteWorld" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected].> > To unsubscribe from this > > > > group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected] more options, > > > > visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > > > > Mike Matich > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "UnifliteWorld" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. 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