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John G-
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Initially Posted - 10/17/2001 :  10:22:45  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
<font face='Comic Sans MS'><font size=2>I have traced my mast lighting problems to the deck fitting and would like to change it out <font size=4><font color=red>WITHOUT </font id=red></font id=size4>drilling new holes in the deck. Has anybody found a fou
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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 10/17/2001 :  10:49:15  Show Profile
Hi John,

It's not the fitting's fault. The wires connected to the fitting were glassed in when the deck/cabin top were placed on the boat during manufacture. There isn't enough wire to pull out of the existing hole so that you can connect the new plu
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John G-
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Response Posted - 10/17/2001 :  11:05:08  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
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Hi John,

It's not the fitting's fault. The wires connected to the fitting were glassed in when the deck/cabin top were placed on the boat
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Mike Vaccaro
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Response Posted - 10/17/2001 :  12:57:32  Show Profile
Had the same problem and replaced the connector with a similar model available from West Marine (don't recall the part number). Since the wires are glassed in during manufacture, it is very difficult to properly strip them and connect them to the connect
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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 10/17/2001 :  19:08:24  Show Profile
John,

I gave up on the old wires. Instead I ran a new 5-wire (could not find 4-wire) marine cable bought thru West Marine, above the head, along the bulkhead-overhead joint. I drilled from the top with a half inch bit thru the overhead just so I coul
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