Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Installed the new gps/sonar today, pulled old base from captain chair and tomorrow install new. I have water in one log so need to address that next.

Loyd, how was the base bolted to the deck? Ours is thru bolted with nyloc nuts on the bottom but I can't get to them due to the underskin.

Same as yours but no under skin. Chris Using air ratchet under deck and me up top with screw driver it took about a min. to remove. The new Pontoonstuff base is adjustable up and down along with the slide for back and forward movement.

Every thing I think I might have remove later I'm going to do with blind nuts so when I under skin I can still remove them years later if needed, I just need to hunt for some SS ones.

So you now have full adjustably on the Captains seat Lake, lets see some pictures when you get them done and new GPS/Sonar

OK

If you need any stainless hardware, Fastenal is located in most cities.

They sell all that stuff in bulk.

Fastenal ROCKS, I get all my little bits that I need from them although when it came time to get deck bolts I had to go to pontoon stuff, Fastenal could get them but were not even in the same country for price.
PS 49.00/FA 230.00

Im looking to get a GPS what did you get

cwag911 wrote:Loyd, how was the base bolted to the deck? Ours is thru bolted with nyloc nuts on the bottom but I can't get to them due to the underskin.

Carl,

I was able to reach my bolts in the captains chair by removing the skirting between the deck and outside tube. I then duct taped the wrench to a short piece of conduit. I added a piece of foil tape on one side of the wrench hole to capture the nut. A little tricky but it worked like a champ.

HandymanHerb wrote:Every thing I think I might have remove later I'm going to do with blind nuts so when I under skin I can still remove them years later if needed, I just need to hunt for some SS ones.

So you now have full adjustably on the Captains seat Lake, lets see some pictures when you get them done and new GPS/Sonar

Herb,

A great souce for stainless hardwae...
http://www.manasquanfasteners.com/

fod59 wrote:Im looking to get a GPS what did you get

Was going to get Lowrance HD 5 But finally decided on the Elite 5. It was $499 at BPS.


Just ordered this new Captains chair

http://www.pontoonstuff.com/Pontoon-Sea ... -P345.aspx

Opps I just seen where I needed to order pedestals for my seats, that's the third e-mail she have waiting from me Monday.

I know I read that info a few times and missed it till just now when Loyd posted it

Getting things ready on our boat as well. I got the JVC radio pulled out on Saturday and replaced it with a Pioneer. I didn't replace any speakers (yet), but the new radio sounds so much better. And now we have an input for the iPod -- the JVC didn't even have an MP3 input to use from the headphone jack on the iPod. This Pioneer radio (DEH-6300UB) has a USB input to have more control over the iPod when it is connected.

Now I just need to get the dual-battery project done. I have the Perko switch, just haven't figured out what all it will take to get this connected -- will have to do some serious thinking on this one

Loyd, now that you are on Eufaula, we'll have to try and get together on the water this summer. We are around the Arrowhead area of the lake.

OK Toon wrote:Now I just need to get the dual-battery project done. I have the Perko switch, just haven't figured out what all it will take to get this connected -- will have to do some serious thinking on this one

pick an image...

http://www.google.com/search?q=dual+bat ... 84&bih=593

OK Toon wrote:Getting things ready on our boat as well. I got the JVC radio pulled out on Saturday and replaced it with a Pioneer. I didn't replace any speakers (yet), but the new radio sounds so much better. And now we have an input for the iPod -- the JVC didn't even have an MP3 input to use from the headphone jack on the iPod. This Pioneer radio (DEH-6300UB) has a USB input to have more control over the iPod when it is connected.

Now I just need to get the dual-battery project done. I have the Perko switch, just haven't figured out what all it will take to get this connected -- will have to do some serious thinking on this one

Loyd, now that you are on Eufaula, we'll have to try and get together on the water this summer. We are around the Arrowhead area of the lake.

Sounds great, went to Corps office for annual say use permit. Went around Arrowhead and looks like where we will launch most unless fishing around rock creek.