What is this? 263 question
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What is this? 263 question
I removed my carpet for the first time last weekend to do some deep down cleaning and I found this under the drivers seat. Thought maybe it was access to the fuel tank / filler hose but it appears to have a red "stopper" in it. Anybody have any thoughts...
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Re: What is this? 263 question
For lack of a better definition, it is a safe. Just a deck plate with a plastic compartment attached. I've used it as a place to store a key when not using the boat. It is on the 262/3 boat.
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Re: What is this? 263 question
Nice first post Husk. Please go to new Member section and introduce yourself with pocus of your boat.Husk wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:56 pm For lack of a better definition, it is a safe. Just a deck plate with a plastic compartment attached. I've used it as a place to store a key when not using the boat. It is on the 262/3 boat.
I've never seen anything in a boat before like that. Odd. A7 oh 260 man?
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Re: What is this? 263 question
Mine has no stopper, just an opening you can stick your hand into to access the wiring and steering cable. There is a similar one on the port side too.Red Stripe wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:42 am I removed my carpet for the first time last weekend to do some deep down cleaning and I found this under the drivers seat. Thought maybe it was access to the fuel tank / filler hose but it appears to have a red "stopper" in it. Anybody have any thoughts...
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This one has me stumped. Normally I would just say it’s an access for wiring, bolts, etc. ....but I’ve never seen the red stopper.Big Block Power wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:36 pmNice first post Husk. Please go to new Member section and introduce yourself with pocus of your boat.Husk wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:56 pm For lack of a better definition, it is a safe. Just a deck plate with a plastic compartment attached. I've used it as a place to store a key when not using the boat. It is on the 262/3 boat.
I've never seen anything in a boat before like that. Odd. A7 oh 260 man?
I like the secret compartment idea, but I have nothing secret to put in there. Maybe I’ll hide my daughters phone in there while she’s on the boat and then call it.
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Then your luck would have the red stopper fall into the hull and so did the phone. I wouldn't want to be you at that moment. LolAsLan7 wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:35 amThis one has me stumped. Normally I would just say it’s an access for wiring, bolts, etc. ....but I’ve never seen the red stopper.Big Block Power wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:36 pmNice first post Husk. Please go to new Member section and introduce yourself with pocus of your boat.Husk wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:56 pm For lack of a better definition, it is a safe. Just a deck plate with a plastic compartment attached. I've used it as a place to store a key when not using the boat. It is on the 262/3 boat.
I've never seen anything in a boat before like that. Odd. A7 oh 260 man?
I like the secret compartment idea, but I have nothing secret to put in there. Maybe I’ll hide my daughters phone in there while she’s on the boat and then call it.![]()
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Especially if it then leads to the macerator pump.Big Block Power wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:49 amThen your luck would have the red stopper fall into the hull and so did the phone. I wouldn't want to be you at that moment. LolAsLan7 wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:35 amThis one has me stumped. Normally I would just say it’s an access for wiring, bolts, etc. ....but I’ve never seen the red stopper.Big Block Power wrote: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:36 pm
Nice first post Husk. Please go to new Member section and introduce yourself with pocus of your boat.
I've never seen anything in a boat before like that. Odd. A7 oh 260 man?
I like the secret compartment idea, but I have nothing secret to put in there. Maybe I’ll hide my daughters phone in there while she’s on the boat and then call it.![]()
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Re: What is this? 263 question
That's funny right thereAsLan7 wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 10:03 amEspecially if it then leads to the macerator pump.Big Block Power wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:49 amThen your luck would have the red stopper fall into the hull and so did the phone. I wouldn't want to be you at that moment. LolAsLan7 wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:35 am
This one has me stumped. Normally I would just say it’s an access for wiring, bolts, etc. ....but I’ve never seen the red stopper.
I like the secret compartment idea, but I have nothing secret to put in there. Maybe I’ll hide my daughters phone in there while she’s on the boat and then call it.![]()
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Re: What is this? 263 question
Ha! When my daughter was about 13 she didn't answer her phone one night when I called. Kind of a long story, but in a nutshell, when I picked her up I told her to hand over her phone, and then went on a rant about why she had a phone to begin with. Not so she could text or call her friends, but so me or her mother could get ahold of her when we needed too. While ranting I had picked up a small bottle of hand sanitizer out of my console and rolled the window down a bit.
Then I told her, if she didn't answer when I called, there was no reason for her to have a phone, and I chucked that bottle of sanitizer out the window.
I got through, big time. The next morning I gave her her phone back. She's now 25, a college graduate, married and teaches special needs children in school. But to this day, if I call, she answers or immediately texts me back to tell me when she will!
She a great kid! ❤❤
Then I told her, if she didn't answer when I called, there was no reason for her to have a phone, and I chucked that bottle of sanitizer out the window.
I got through, big time. The next morning I gave her her phone back. She's now 25, a college graduate, married and teaches special needs children in school. But to this day, if I call, she answers or immediately texts me back to tell me when she will!
She a great kid! ❤❤
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That’s a great story YT! Definitely gets the point across.
Although I have to wonder if that Indian was on the hill above the highway with a tear running down his face when he witnessed that.
Although I have to wonder if that Indian was on the hill above the highway with a tear running down his face when he witnessed that.
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Re: What is this? 263 question
Glad someone posted about this as i was wondering the same thing.
On my 263 I have two access covers on the sides of the boat and the one extra one w the red stopper on the bottom of the drivers seat!
On my 263 I have two access covers on the sides of the boat and the one extra one w the red stopper on the bottom of the drivers seat!
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Re: What is this? 263 question
I wonder if it has something to do with the pump out head???? The red stopper does seem to move but does not seem to be removable....
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I've never looked on my 262. What about you tgrace? Do you have this mysterious plug?
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