I have a 1996 Tiara with twin 454 Crusaders with closed circuit cooling both of which run great with no problems...The engines are original with about 1100 hours. Most of that time was in Fresh water...The boat was relocated to the Salt Water environment last year and while the former owner...
I have a pair of twin Gel Battery's for starting and found myself out of cranking power after a weeks vacation on the boat where I thought I had shut those batterys off...OOps...
stranger yet I cannot find an onboard battery charger for recharging these via the genset...Although I ran my...
I have a friend who is seriously considering converting his 1984 24' Grady White from I/O to Outboards...Apparently he has a source that told him it's "simple" to add a fiberglass extension on the back and throw some big offshore outboards on...I told him he is nuts...Aren't boat's designed w/...
I noticed a small bee bee size hole in my Mercruiser Alpha outdrive during spring cleaning..My local mechanic told not to worry because the hole is in the area where the exhaust is channeled down to the exhaust outlet..He told me to smear some 5250 on it and it'll hold till the fall...Does this...
I replaced the starter on my 1985 350 mercruiser in 2001. It was one of those new gear reduction starters that look closer to a jet ski starter than something that has to turn over a v8..I have had to replace the starter bolts at the end of every year because they bend slightly enough to cause...
During my annual process of cleaning up & cleaning out my boat for winterization, I discovered a 10ft Zodiac in the yards trash bin...While it clearly looks like it has seen better days, it's a 1992 that holds air no problem.. As a winter time project this thing could come out of the basement...
Does anyone out there have any idea where to go to replace(custom or OEM/fix/whatever the cabin side windows of a 1985 Searay?? I've done a lot of searching / surfing but haven't found any leads what so ever. It's hard to imagine other Searay owners don't have similar issues. I keep my 1985 in...
I have a fixed mounted charger that dosen't seem to want to work...I measured 12V coming out toward the batterys but it is wired into the battery bank switch....Is there a fuse prior or after the main battery switch ??
