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    • I think thats a Deckmate courtesy light, but all I see available online is blue and white. I have purchased Red and blue before through superbrightled.com and at the time i think they had green as well, but i dont see them listed now. 

       

      And justgary is correct - green light can not be visible from the stern, even when not underway, as it is a nav color. 

    • I’m in Maple Grove MN.  Shoot me your address and I can have my shipping department at work figure out what it’d cost to ship UPS.

    • Ok the actual issue is -

       

      The radio will “power off” (but not actually stop playing music) and then moments later it will power back on at full volume. Not sure how to fix this but it’s a recurring issue. Any ideas?

    • On 6/15/2026 at 9:15 AM, gregtay said:

      That generation of PTM racks are great. The contact pad to the board is really small. BUT... there is also an issue that causes the clamping force to be weaker than it should be and PTM can repair them if you reach out to them.  The newer generation of racks are much better at holding boards.

      Thanks for the advice. I reached out and they replied back almost right away offering for me to send them in for inspection. I'll do that and let you guys know how it goes.

    • Yes I expected to see the 5W40 I put in initially to leak out pretty quickly but not a drop.  And the 50W sat in there for a month or so before we towed it this last weekend, and no drips either. 

      So I'm wondering if subsequent overheats may have pressure forced the oil out and the more air that got in there the worse/faster it got?

      As far as a bearing issue, this is the first oil bath set up for us.  But on the greased hubs you could gauge the overall condition from spinning the wheel.  On this set up, the bearings on this hub sound the same as on the other three wheels, quiet and low friction with no play in the hub (going to take another look soon).  So I suspect the bearings are OK.

      Edited by Viejo
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