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  1. tpenfield

    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Well, I spent the day installing a fume detector, as the boat did not have one. After hours of feeding wires, connecting everything, and getting the detector and sensor mounted . . . I go to test it . . . and nothing, nada. :rolleyes: Then, I start checking other electrical stuff lights...
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    Boat Model?

    Welcome to iBoats . . . You can lookup the boat information from the HIN, but they usually don't reference models within the number. UsedHIN SEA32826M74H IsValid Yes IsValidMIC Yes HINType ModelYear SerialNo 32826 Year 1974 IsStateIssued No Company Sea State Marine...
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    Boat electrical issue

    Welcome to iBoats . . . I am just wondering if something was left on or has shorted out and drained the battery over night. Use your DVM to check the battery voltage. It should be about 12.7 volts at rest.
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    Crownline dash

    Welcome to iBoats . . . My thought is that you may have to repair/re-finish it rather than replace it.
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    Radio Antenna Question . . .

    Thanks guys. I made the wire 4X longer than it was by adding 3X its current length, thinking that I should make the antenna length multiples of the original lenght. That seemed to work better than the short wire. I had the boat in various stages of disassembly today having removed part of the...
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    Radio Antenna Question . . .

    Greetings, The radio reception on my boat is marginal at best. So, my pre-season punch list includes doing something to enhance the radio reception without a whole lot of fuss, since I have quite a few others things on the punch list. Anyway - I pulled the head unit out for a look and as I...
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    CAT engines came in around 2012 (ish). My boat, being a 2016, has the Mercury (Mercruiser) in-house built 6.2L engines with the CATs. The engines/outdrives are the SeaCore option, which includes stainless steel engine mounts and full closed cooling. So, it is a similar set-up to how I had...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Bummer. I hope you get it sorted out.
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    Help identifying which 454/ 7.4L engine this is?

    Based on the valve covers it is either the Gen 5 or the Gen 6. It would be better if it was the Gen 6. The engine serial number will be important to further ID the engine. Obviously a carbureted version & raw water cooled.
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Yes, it has the O2 sensors, both before and after the CATs.
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Yes, I'm not in love with the technology. I bought the boat for the layout, but being a newer boat, it comes with all the techno-stuff. Some of it is OK, but other things. . . I probably won't ever use. Axius? I have no use for it. Not even sure what it does, but I think it is autopilot...
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Nice work on the motor stand. When I had my Merc 454 out of the boat, I just threw a couple of cinder blocks on a dolly for the engine to rest on and hoped that it did not take off when I started it :ROFLMAO:
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Sorry Captain, but no impellers/pump in the outdrives. No pee hole either. :LOL: The phosphoric acid soak & flush on the sea water side of the cooling system took care of the water pressure issue. This boat has been salted water since the day it was born, so 7 years and I bet the heat...
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    Bravo 1 low water pressure

    OK . . . the additional detail is helpful. First thing is . . . I don't think there is a problem as long as you are getting some pressure and not running hot at any range of speed. Keep in mind that when the engine is cold, and the thermostat is closed, essentially the 'volume' of water...
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    OK - looking better . . I found a working laptop and loaded the software up. Here are/were the codes. . Probably attributed to the first start of the season. I'm thinking the 'port' and 'starboard' references in the 2 codes are fuel rail references, not engines, since this was connected to...
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Meanwhile . . . The descaling has helped the port engine cooling flow. It is still cranky about the fuel system. Just got to load the Diacom to another laptop and see what I got for code(s). Starboard Engine (happy) . Port Engine (cranky) . Useless V-V messages .
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Yes . . . I do know him. He is scrounging up another laptop as we speak :LOL:
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Greetings, A little venting session. . . . :mad: I started my annual ritual of getting the boat ready for its seasonal launching. Winter cover comes off Batteries look OK Initial starting of the engines. VesselView says Starboard is OK - Starts up, water flowing, oil & temperature are...
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    Oil change interval, synthetic or no, curious what we all do

    Synthetic will get you 10K miles or more. Dino maybe about 6K max . . . The F-150 with the turbos probably will appreciate the synthetic. Even though the syn oil costs more, it is less than replacing turbos or having an engine rebuild.
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    Blistering paint on lower unit

    Not sure why you would leave the motor tilted down in the lake over the winter, or even at all. One of the main purposes of an outboard motor is that you can/should tilt them up out of the water when not in use.
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