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  1. Howard Sterndrive

    Nautilus Intelligent Battery Gaurd Review

    I love Canadian Tire. I bought this remote battery disconnect on sale there last year... Had to cut a hole in my batt box for it. Under that yellow cap is a knob to dial it to ON should the remote be lost. Automatically disconnects the battery at around 11V in case of parasitic load. It...
  2. Howard Sterndrive

    Lowrance LMF 200 Engine Trim?

    There's a parameter on the gauge for Engine Trim. Is there a way to connect the trim sender from a Mercruiser Alpha to it?
  3. Howard Sterndrive

    Warning - Seasense bilge pump float switch - recommend best switch?

    I had a Seasense float switch (white plastic). Decided to test it with the garden hose (boat floating at dock) and it was NOT reliable. I had the switch fully submerged and it was floating all the way up, with 3 inches of water over it....NOPE.... no go I reached under the water and just...
  4. Howard Sterndrive

    Transducer compatibility Humminbird

    I just bought a new 385ci for my Bayliner. I have an older Piranha1 portable I use in my kayak. Can I use the old, original transducer with the 385ci. I realize the older one may be single beam (?..not sure) costing me some accuracy, but is it compatible? The old transducer is epoxied into my...
  5. Howard Sterndrive

    Alpha Gen 2 Face seal setting tool

    I don't have the tool because I'm reusing the face seal. Apparently the tool comes with a new face seal, but not in the w/p kit (that makes no sense to me ...??) As I push the seal against the w/p housing and pull up on the driveshaft, I have to think this tool is a lot of hooey... I'm...
  6. Howard Sterndrive

    Alpha 1 Gen 2 W/P impeller kit Sierra 18-3214

    Can anyone tell me what the top left gasket is for?
  7. Howard Sterndrive

    Aww c'mon...can this actually cause overheating? Alpha 1 Gen II

    I thought I would start a new thread on this. I am chasing a high rpm overheating issue on my Mercruiser V6 mongrel; (original thread here: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=431646) I pulled the water pump housing off my not-yet-broken-in SEI Gen II drive looking for the cause of my...
  8. Howard Sterndrive

    Dry Joint 4.3 Manifolds on old "cold manifold" system

    I have 2008 4.3 Dry Joint manifolds on my 1985 MR185 (229 V6 Chevrolet) I had to use the old cold manifold style thermostat housing (has to do with alternator mounting) so I a plugged the riser feed port and have just 1 hose to each manifold feeding the bottom. I see my temp gauge climbing...
  9. Howard Sterndrive

    Old Mercruiser shift interrupt switch - McGill - anyone ever cross it?

    Anyone ever find a McGill number or other to replace the old style with the 2 inch roller arm? I broke mine. dougrussell sold the last one in June... $165 to update to newer style bracket... I see lots of McGill switches that look similar for around $17 to $20, but I don't know which...
  10. Howard Sterndrive

    Canada Not Parts friendly

    when it comes to buying boat parts. Especially Sierra, but same deal for BRP and Mercury. You cannot online shop in Canada...land of the marine Luddites. Why are there hundreds of US sites selling Sierra marine parts online, but zero in Canada?? Must be some protected territory agreement with...
  11. Howard Sterndrive

    Best Locking Swivel Seat Bases?

    The buckets in my Bayliner 1851SS have aluminum Garelick fore/aft locking sliders, but I would like to add a locking swivel. Raising them a few inches would be ideal too so the swivel would be dual purpose. The current bases mount to the floor with the standard square pattern. Looking at...
  12. Howard Sterndrive

    Points ignition Mercruiser V6 Ballast resistor... I don't get it??

    Can someone explain Wire 22 to me - I see it provides a full 12V during cranking to bypass the ballast resistor... no problem. I get that. Here's the problem.... when I release the key to the run position, the wire 22 is still connected!.... so obviously electricity flows "backwards" on it from...
  13. Howard Sterndrive

    making timing marks

    I have no timing tab (chrome timing cover) on this 1983 Mercruiser MR185 (229 chev V6) I found #1 TDC using a piston stop tool I made. I made a timing tab. So I can now see TDC on my timing light! Got it running. Now, I need to make another mark for setting the timing... i need 12 deg BTDC per...
  14. Howard Sterndrive

    12V replacement coil for 1971 Mercruiser 165

    I have a 1970 or 71 Mercruiser 165 here. It has the 2 ceramic heater type ballast resistors in series. They are a mess... brittle wires, corroded nuts on the back. I want to ditch them and find a nice 12V coil that I can just run the ign wire to @ 12V. Will that affect the points? Suggestions...
  15. Howard Sterndrive

    Roof ideas for 10X20 garage shelter

    I bought 2 of these Costco 10X20 eight leg portable shelters about 5 years ago when they were on sale. I only erected one. great for 3 years, then the UV ate the roof. So, I used the roof out of the other one. Now that second tarp roof is starting to rip.... SO, I'd like to combine the two...
  16. Howard Sterndrive

    Proper procedure to start OMC on land?

    Re: Proper procedure to start OMC on land? I dont understand the love for those things my adapter was one tenth the cost and I can use it to check impeller performance while out in the lake
  17. Howard Sterndrive

    Proper procedure to start OMC on land?

    Re: Proper procedure to start OMC on land? bucket not good this is the depth it is designed to prime in:
  18. Howard Sterndrive

    Proper procedure to start OMC on land?

    Re: Proper procedure to start OMC on land? cooling system flush tee -$5 at Canadian tire - tee it in turn the hose on full water will flow both ways - into the engine, and back to lube the impeller vanes and any time you want to test your impeller before heading out into the bay, you just crack...
  19. Howard Sterndrive

    GPS? Navionics? all new to me - Kawartha Lakes what works here?

    I would like to get some sort of crossover device that works as a GPS in the car or boat with a decent size screen - water proof I just read another thread about Garmin Nuvi 500 550 etc, but googling tells me there is only limited shoreline info for the lakes I boat in. (Kawartha Lakes) I...
  20. Howard Sterndrive

    Capree Cadet LCD speedo - EDIT solved

    couldn't figure out pickup mounting but found the manual for it
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