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Hi Everyone, I noticed some diesel leak from the "Fuel Transfer Pump" on my 15 KW Onan Generator. This is the manual priming fuel pump located after the sediment filter and before the primary and then the secondary Fuel Filters. This model is out of order in terms of parts, and I have this...

The bottom of my 53 MY was painted with Trinidad SR in early 2015. I am due for a bottom paint. There is some paint coming off the water line. Any suggestion of type of paint? should I switch to ablative? (I always used ablative for my previous boats). For south east Florida fellow boaters...

Hi eveyone,I have DD 8v71tt. How often do you guys replace impellers? And do oil and transmission oil change? Any other annual services?Thanks

Hi fellow boaters,I have been experincing wet starboard bilge. Took the boat out yesterday and found a leaky seal of the drive shaft coming off a dripless unit. After searching all over the place, i found that the one I have is the same as this one: http://www.samsmarine.com/ShaftSeal.htm. There...

Hi Everyone,My master stateroom’s air conditioning unit keeps loosing Freon. I got two companies to diagnose, the first looked at the unit and said it is old buy a new one!The second said he filled nitrogen tested and couldn’t find a leak so he filled with R22d (R22 replacement) and he said it...

Ok, attached are two pictures one taken from top showing the seacock, the filter, the pump and the the T valve. Theother one is from aft looking forward. Any suggestion of whats wrong? The highest area is the 90 degrees elbow above the seacock.

I have a self contained add on of an air conditioning unit installed in the Aft enclosed room (I call it the sun room), the one that has the slanted doors. That unit has its own pump that kicks in when the compressor starts. It is located in the starboard side of the master /aft statroom. The...

Hi, When I got the boat 8 months ago the potable water had a slight black gray tinged coloration and a metallic smell. I emptied the entire water tank (3 connected tanks, on behind the transom, one under the closet floor and one under the midship bedroom bed), flushed the system around 10 times...

Hi All, I am in the process of collecting my main 12V large wires in the Port engine room, and I need to have a box to house around 5-8 circuit breakers. I have seen in newer boats (maybe 80's) circuit breaker boxes in the engine rooms. What kind of material are those boxes made of? What do...

Hi, Finished oil changes heat exchanger cleaning, and was on for the last item of maintenance "a small turbo leak" that is causing smoke in the engine room when run hard (the oil burn on the outside of the riser) because the gravity is guiding the dripping oil underneath the riser´s blanket on...

Hi, I am seeking your opinion on what makes the best dinghy and motors? The first variable is the size: 8 to 11 feet? The second variable is the type: Fiberglass bottom inflatable? vs hard bottom (ply or aluminum) inflatable? vs inflatable bottom? vs plastic like the portland pudge? The...

Hi Everyone, I am going to build a helm seat for the salon (double bench) that will have a TV stand on its back and few shelves underneath to accommodate for some devices (like amazon tv). I am thinking to use 3/4 inch plywood that would have one fine wood side ready to finish (such as Oak...

I have twin 8V71TI in a hatteras 53 MY from 1972. No good service records were available when I got the boat. I went ahead and did replace the impellers, oil change (engine and trans.), and fuel filters change. Engine 1 smokes when starting at 1600 rpm upward with load (light blue smoke---oil)...

Hi all experts,We are planning our first 2 nights on the boat. I am ready to hook up to the marina's water and I have a question. On my boat there is an added electrical switch that says "Shore H2O". All what its doing when I turn it on is to turn on a green light in the center panel of a bilge...

Ho all. I have rain water and washing water accumulating in the port side upper deck floor corner. I opened a drain and used a hose but the drain with the weak slope leaves alot of water refusing to drain. My last resort is to build a dam under the side of the councel aonthat the water would be...

Both alternators not giving out voltage even with high RPM. Jumped the fields on the alternators and one side gave 38v and the other 40v. According to the books the problem is in the external regulators. Got two new 32v external regulators. Still no output on the regulators even up to 1600...

Hi All, The question I have is: on boats with 32v system and obviously 120/240 system, in addition to the added-on 12v system, do they all share the same ground? I am trying to pull a Ground for an added-on alternator to the starboard engine and thinking instead of routing it to the 12V...

Would you please help me identifying these two items (one per engine room)?Thanks in advanceGus

Hi everyone, As I was going to replace a courtesy light bulb in the master stateroom on the 1972 53'MY, I found that the burnt-out light bulb is 34v and not 32 (25 w). Knowing that the charger/alternator would give out between 36-38, do I have to get a 32v or a 34v replecment? Would the 32v put...

Hi All, So I have one of the engines with two alternators: the regular 32v for the 32v batteries and an add-on 12v alternator for the 12v battery bank to run electronics and the electric Mathers shifting system. The problem is that the 12v alternator was not charging while underway. Tracing...