Recent content by piripucha

The do look great. But I am partial to the analog instruments, with a glance you get more info. You get the present voltage, how low or high you are etc.

I bought mine from marine-exhaut.com on 2016

My father paid $ 268.224,00 for our 1977 58 YF in March 1977. Including the Naiad stabilizers and a 13' whaler tender with engine. Its not the same boat but you can use it as a ball park figure. I hope this helped

In order of not hijack the "Repair or repace Props" post, were there is mention of the new Sharrow props, I was wondering what happened to the Carbon Fiber Cotur Props, made of carbon Fiber. They seem like a good idea, only that the price was prohibitive at the time. Nowadays they seem cheap. Is...

I am in the process of purchasing a replacement for my orinal props ( 28 x 30 x2), the boat has DD 8V71TI and , and the props are 46 years old that came with the boat whe my father purchased it in 1978. I sent a form to General Propeller in FL and they recomended a Veem 5 blades 29.5x25.8. Has...

Years ago when it became nearly impossible to get hold of 8VDC batteries, we transformed the 32 vdc system to 36 vdc. The question is can the old sentry charger be modified to charge the 2 banks of now 36 vdc battries ?

I have been chasing s water leak for months in the starboard side just behind the salon sliding door. At first I thought it was warter acumulation below the FB seats but they are bone dry. I need to see the fresh water system diagram to see if there is a line going up to the FB, that serves...

Two of the mechanical triggers relay on mi circa 1978 trigger box have became toast. Can these triggers be substituted with the new electronics one that I have seen in the new PR8X boxes, or I would need to substitute the entire box all together ?. Will the new box be a direct subtitute ? By the...

Behind the salon driving station there are 2 32vdc to 12 dcv converter that came originally with the boat when my father bought it in 1978. I could trace were the 32v come from but I have been unable to trace where they go. Do anyone has the 32vdc electric diagram? Thanks in advance.

What is the recommended procedure to star up a pair on DD 8V71TI that had not been run for 6 months ?. My brother is planning to buy a boat that has 2 8V71Ti that the owner did not pickle or run on about 6 months. Do we have to turn the engine first by hand. Any input in this matter will be...

One of my manifold risers developed a leak so I decided to dismantle both risers and turbos. I noticed that they were in really bad shape, I asked the mechanic why it is so traumatic to take them down, the bolts are allways soldered toghether, they snap, the risesr crumble and the hot section of...

Behind the lower helm in the 58YF there are two 32volts to 12 volts convertesr. One has a tag that reads SOUNDER which originally was located on the lower helm, I do not have the DC diagram of the boat, so I was courius where do the 12 volts cables go to the flying bridge. Any help on this...

What is the life expectancy of the turbo risers on a 8v71. Las year I had to replace one on the stub engine and yesterday I found that the port engine had developed a leak just below the flange that holds the turbo creating a real fire risk, it burned the wood of the companionway engine room...

My boat neighbor has 24v sytem boat. Can he use a 12v smart charger to charge individualy each of is two 12v batteries that are connected in serial? Whre does he connects the only ground cable the charger has?