I've been searching for a 58MY for about a year now and all of them I have seen or inquired about have had stabilizers, including all of the 58YFs I've seen/inquired about, which led me to believe stabilizers on these models (1977-1979 MYs and early to mid 1970s YFs) were standard equipment;...

Attached is a photo of my secondary fuel filter. I am changing this old, original style filter to the spin-on type, per DD's recommendation. I am curious as to what the electric wires attached to it would be. On this fitting, to the right is the hose coming from the Walbro priming pump. To...

I decided to go play with my fuel today, starting with the forward tank which is the dirtiest since the DDs run off the aft tank and polishing it when they do, and the forward tank runs the genny which clogs the primaries like there is an endless supply of filters on the earth. I opened up the...

One of my worst nightmares, short of sinking, the dryer stopped working! Because I'm "galley up", this is worse to me than replacing a refrigerator on a 53MY. My sailboater dockmates laugh at my delimma and anger, but little do they know, I really want to kick someone ass just to feel better,...

The 12 Point System Monitor is one of my fuzzy areas, but I'd like to learn more about how it works and all of the things that are supposed to be tied into it. More importantly, I'd like to figure out if mine works, and if not, how I can start fixing it. I cannot find any kind of literature on...

Now that I have your attention, get your mind out of the gutter and tell me....how do I get my lines soft? I have a lot of them that are hard and quite unruly. I like my lines soft and pliable. I've tried the "soak them in fabric softener" thing, but that's not cutting it. Any suggestions? ...

We are going to begin replacing engine hoses today and we will loose some coolant in doing so. Ed came to the boat this past Friday with six huge catalogs from Florida DD, but those are only PARTS catalogs for the 92 series (good grief - that's a lot of parts!). He also bought the service manual...

I tried to search for the answer, but couldn't find it. Surely, one of you guys knows off the top of your head how many gallons of oil go in my 8V92TI. Thanks.

Doc G's similar thread reminded me to ask you guys about my wiper frustrations. I am trying to get my old wiper assembly on the outside - the whole thing, not just the blades - off of the post they connect to at the top under the visor. My wiper motors work, but the wipers are just hanging...

I have Racor primary filters on both the engines and the genny. I've been buying the same fuel filters for my primaries that were on the boat when I got her. But, what SHOULD I be using? The engines have 30 micron in them while the genny has 2 micron in it. We go through a lot of filters on...