Love it. Hey, maybe they have the right idea. Whoever thought running like eight high current runs more than 20 ft straight through toggles and to the load should be sent to Russia. Maybe the crackling electrical fire will keep them warm.
MOD EDIT
If you can't write a post without cursing, that is , using the words George Carlin described as the Seven Words You Can't Say On Television, don't bother. Keep the salty words out of forum posts.
That's funny. I watched that video last night. Definitely helped with some things I didn't know, but I really wish he had just filmed that 40 minutes of his dad just talking him through it!
I knew the engines and boats were built in different places, but I didn't know it then went to a...
You know, after typing all that out and thinking for a bit, I realized that the fucking great whacking carb on the top wipes out any electrical possibilities for diseling. I was typing my edit to my post when you replied - I feel dumb! I'm a long time mechanic but this is absolutely the first...
Nice! Mine has mini-blade fuses in it from factory, but the box is a bit cheap and flimsy and I'll probably pull it out and replace it with the re-wire. Since you seem to have a fairly strong grasp of the electronics on these boats...
The previous engine did quite a bit of dieseling when it was...
Man that's funny - I actually think I saw you reply to someone else who had asked a gauges question on another forum (or maybe just a different board on this one). I thought... HM, that's a damn good idea. I need to just re-wire the entire boat minus the engine on its' own circuit, that way I...
Thanks for the reply! All the grounds behind the dash were less than an ohm to the ground post on the battery - .2 and .3 mostly.
I hadn't thought of the blower itself being bad, I really wish I still had my power probe to measure current draw to the blower while it's running. I did test...
I guess I misspoke - the oil pressure sensor I was talking about is a two wire unit, not three wires.
I've been out there going through it all again trying to get the boat ready for the fourth, but I've found no change. I did notice that the ground spot on the fuse box under the driver's side...
Hey guys,
So after my engine swap and break-in, the boat is running great, apart from some strange electrical issues.
Every now and then (usually when the bilge blower is on...) some of the gauges will max out and stick there - sometimes toggling the bilge blower on/off will fix it, sometimes...
Also, please don't make fun of me for installing the valve covers backwards. You can't ... really... access the fill cap now down through all the shift linkage crap, so I may or may not be pouring it through a funnel through one of the PCV holes. Like I said, don't judge me.
Hey guys.
I'm a year-long lurker, first time poster - you guys have been absolutely invaluable in diagnosing and rebuilding my boat engine over the last few months. Almost everything I couldn't find in the Mercury manuals I downloaded I found answered at least once here. Love this place.
Anyway...
