The windshield wash is leaking on my 81 53 MY. It appears to be plumbed directly to the boat's fresh water system, and an electric switch operates a valve for the spray nozzels. I can hear the switch throw, but water flow only slows--does not stop. I could not find an isolation valve, so I...

I have a 1979 7.5Kw Onan diesel genny, 440 hours and it runs great. Reading the Onan Owner's Manual it states to use 30wt oil if operating in temps above 32 degrees and 10w30 oil if operating in 0-32 degree temps. (I'm in South Carolina and temps here can get into the mid teens in the middle of...

I know Ivan is old news, but check out this video. www.pensacolanewsjournal....uild.shtml Click on "High res". Greg

not a good month! genset ingest water 10 days due to improperly exhaust (head's at the machine shop awaiting 4 exhaust valves...)... 6 months old cruisair A/C pump frozen (underwarrantey and i hav e back up but... ) and now as i checked battery levels last night I find a dry cell in one for the...

OK, time to call in the experts for help on this one. During our last few torrential rainstorms, Ive tracked a rain water leak (substantial) on our '78 58yf to the aft port walkway drain, at the base of the wing door. Only about 20% of the water entering the drain makes it down to the outflow at...

Sometime in the recent past there were some messages about cleaning the fins in the air conditioners. I have tried to find the messages, but the search is not being overly cooperative. My question is what do I clean the fins with? It seems that a low pressure sprayer would be necessary so the...

44 tri cabin has twin 8V53's with 1400 hours. Port engine is smoking a bit at 2200rpm. I checked the oil level and it appears well over the full mark and could have been overfilled at the last oil change. Would this cause the smoking?? Has not done it before. Appreciate the help from anyone.

I'm leaking exhaust - most evident at startup - from the joint between the turbo and the exhaust Y pipe. It appears that when I had a yard replace the gaskets in front of the turbo last year, they opened it up here and didn't tighten the clamp over the flanges sufficiently. This morning, I...

I just spoke with Atlantic DD, and they need me to bring in the old zincs so they can match them. I know that there's one on the raw water pump, and I presume that there is one on the heat exchanger, but so far I haven't located it. Can anyone tell me precisely where on the heat exchanger it's...

Okay, so what does the "4M" in the above description represent on a aid to navigation?? Help it's driving my wife and me crazy!