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Hello all, i have a Grocco gpb-1 oil change pump. I went to change the oil over the weekend and its not pulling. Its a gear driven pump that is self priming, has anyone else had this problem, should I try priming it? Thank You!

Hello all! I have two cruiseair systems on the boat, but the one for the salon won't turn on, but the air handler does. There's a dedicated breaker in the salon for each unit and in the engine room, there's one cruiseair breaker for both That then goes to a relay box where each AC and the pump...

Hello all; I have a 1979 46 ft sport fish. I am looking to update the counter tops in the galley and the two heads. Does anyone know how the counter tops are fastened down, I was not able to see any screws from underneath in the galley or heads, so im thinking they might be glued? also looking...

Good morning all. my indicator light was coming on shortly after being pumped out this season, so after a search on this site, I figured it was a rotted out pick up tube in the tank that I was going to tackle next month However, some weird things were happening, such as I would leave the boat...

Hello all. I have an onan 15kw that runs out of fuel after 5 minutes. I can make it run normal from a fuel jug though. i eliminated the lift pump and then worked my way back to the racor fuel water separator. when i bypassed the racor, the genset ran great from my fuel jug, i did this by...

My VDO temp gauges on my 8v71s are reading 220, but my mechanicals are at 185. I pulled the ground on the bridge and both gauges pin at the high side. also, my gen gauge wont go above 100. Any thoughts on where I should go next? ive had problems in the wiring/fuse panel in the past with dirty...

Good morning. I have a 1979 46c that seems to be collecting salt water on the port side in between the forward berth and the engine room. the in between is the master berth and head. I have changed the water supply hose to the head and also closed all valves to try and eliminate possible leaks...

I have clean salt water accumulating in front of my port engine on a 79 46 sport fish. there is a drain tube the runs from forward back to the engine room. the strainers for the heads are all the forward and they are dry. the only thing I can think of is that the water supply hose for the port...

good morning all. just had an insurance survey done and they recommend re-bedding the rails on the deck. I have a 1979 46c and was wondering if anybody has done the job who can give me some insight on access points and degree of difficulty. it looks like a real pita getting the screws out. thanks.

looking for some opinions on my current situation. I recently had my 250 gallon mid fuel tank polished. apparently some fuel spilled from the vent during the polishing, thus causing the marina to do a hazardous waste clean up. mind you, I was still on the hard for the winter. today when I got...

I was running my heat Thursday nite and after several hours caught a high head pressure code. the next morning I checked the discharge side and all was fine. turned the unit back on and it shut off in 5 to 10 seconds, but now im not even getting a code it just starts and shuts down immediately...

i have a 1979 46c with a kidde co2 system on board. i was told that when the system fires , my engine solenoids are to shut the engines down. my didnt. I finally figured out with the help of a friend after running some tests, that when my pressure switch is activated, it shuts down power to the...

i have a pair of 8v71s my port motor has a smell of antifreeze while underway and when i throttle back there is some white smoke with the antifreeze odor that comes from the exhaust for about 30-40 secs and then goes away. once at idle fishing there is no more odor until i throttle up again to...

where is the hull drain plug on a 79 46 ft conv. some say it is in the forward hatch under the vberth. i do have some sort of T handle there in between my head ball valves. i looked in the rear of the boat and did not see any type of pipe thread fittings underneath the boat. any ideas thanks

my gen is running hot. cleaned heat exchanger, but still ran hot. checked thermostat and saw that it was opening around 190-195. i pulled it out and saw it was a 180degree which to me seems too hot.does anyone know what thermostat should be in there. i would think a 160 is more appropriate.2...