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A question for you guys that have done this a lot longer than me... I am storing my wellcraft 170 on it's trailer in a heated storage facility this winter. I am aware of all the winterizing issues for my I/O and will get those done, but I am wondering about whether or not I leave the trailer on...
While motoring yesterday in some fierce wind/waves with 4 heavy peeps on board with the bimini up, the temp gauge went to 230 before I noticed. It had never did this before on my 89 wellcraft 170 with 3.0 mercruiser, alpha1 drive.
I backed it way down from the 3 grand rpms I was doing, and it...
I have read past posts and see that I need to know if my drive has a sending unit in order to install a tilt meter. How do I know if this is there already? I'd like to add the gauge to my wellcraft 170 as I'm sick of guessing where the drive is at. Is this an expensive add-on? Not too...