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Originally posted by CAP071
Ok I am new to my 1998 27 Formula fastech

Congratulations - Welcome to our happy family.

1. in the cabin on my left are 3 huge white rocker switches, the 2 end switches work lights what does the middle switch work??

Definitely some lights somewhere. It could be some accent lights that are very difficult to see in the day.

2. On the transom shower there is a black presure tank? the blue hose that run from the tank back to the shower head is broken the grey fitting is snapped. Do i need to buy the whole hose assembly? or just the grey fitting?

The "black bottle" is probably a pressure accumulator tank so that the water pump can build up a reserve of pressure and not have to run every time you use a little bit of water. Is the grey fitting one of those "slip-in" fittings? If so, I believe that you can find them under the "Whale" brand at some marine stores (I know for a fact that Dredge Harbor carries some of these fittings), or just go to www.mcmaster.com and look under plumbing and pipe. Those guys have EVERYTHING. If the fitting is just an adapter, McMaster may have that as well. McMaster is fast (and cheap!! - they don't know you're putting their stuff on a boat...)


3. The boat seems to be equipt with a perko strainer set up n motor flush. Where does the water get brought in at to feed the motor? NOT through the drive? but through the bottom of boat through hull opening?

Look for a "quick-disconnect" type fitting on a bracket mounted to the engine somewhere. This should be attached to a hose that tees into the strainer somewhere. Somewhere in your boat, lying loose, you should have gotten black "male" quick-disconnect fitting that screws on to a garden hose. (Sounds like there's a good chance the previous owner lost it.) It should look like this.


4. The boat is equipt with a macerator discharge, so basicly i can (use the head) and dump flush my stuff right into water ?

BE CAREFUL WITH THAT! By law, there must be an "Overboard Waste Discharge" placard in the boat somewhere (look in the glovebox?) that states the rules. Otherwise, search for PA and NJ boating laws... I assume that you have a Porta-Pottie with a small holding tank?


Thanks I will be back with more questions as I use the boat!
Ha-Ha!

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