My boat, 2004 Rinker 312 with Bravo 3 drives, does have corrosion on the drives and I want to do my best to preserve these drives because replacements are very expensive as we all know. So I have confirmed both drives have the Mercathode puck under the drive. Whether it's working or not I do not know at this point (boat is on land and shrink wrapped). I looked all around the marina today at other boats that also have the B3 drives, almost every boat had an additional Mercathode puck, some had two additional. The boats with twins had 4 pucks, two for each drive. Also spoke to a local mechanic at the marina and he also recommended adding the 4 pucks to my boat. Called Mercruiser and they recommended the additional puck per engine and said adding 4 total pucks would be a good idea.
So before go and have these additional pucks added, and I am leaning towards getting 4 pucks and replacing the existing Mercathodes and getting the red hi voltage controller....am I doing the right thing? I'll be changing all the zincs, Al, with the prop nut, sanding and painting the drives, etc.
Thanks for the help.
John
So before go and have these additional pucks added, and I am leaning towards getting 4 pucks and replacing the existing Mercathodes and getting the red hi voltage controller....am I doing the right thing? I'll be changing all the zincs, Al, with the prop nut, sanding and painting the drives, etc.
Thanks for the help.
John