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Two more votes:
1. The old batteries are toast. Don't bother to play with them. If they're 6V 225AH, they're likely to be golf-cart size batteries. Replace them with T-105 Trojans or other high-quality battery. And, if you don't have a proper charging setup aboard to keep these babies fully charged, you're gonna have a replay and fork out more $$$ before long.
2. If one chainplate busted, it's a pretty good bet that others are compromised as well, thru the process of surface corrosion. I pulled all mine and had them tested in Tortola; all of them failed. Some of the 1/2" thru-bolts securing them also failed while being extracted. Be darned sure your chainplates and rigging screws are up to the job. Only real way to do that is to replace them. Cheaper now than later.
JMO,
Bill
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