Official (1998-2002) 310 Sundancer Thread

Does anybody know what is the best place to buy one of the door plastic shelves for my Norcold refrigerator? For my 2001 310 sundancer?
 
blorincz said:
+1

The only other comment I would add is regarding the waters you boat in. In freshwater, you can have the stern drive vs. v-drive debate all day long, but in saltwater, v-drives are heavily favored and preferred.
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+2 :thumbsup:
 
Tachometer Issue
Had the boat out on Monday (twice with two different sets of people)! I noticed during the first trip that the port tach didn't seem right. It was about 400 RPM faster that the starboard but the Sync gauge showed that the engines were in sync. When I brought the starboard engine up to the same RPM the starboard engines was running way to fast. The second time we were out, the port tach went up to about 5000 RPM while the starboard one was 3200. The sync gauge showed they were in sync and after a while the port tach came back to 3200, then back to 5000+ without touching the throttles (which were in the usually positions). I'm convinced that the port tachometer isn't reading correctly and it isn't an engine issue. Anyone else have this issue?

Side note - Motor Boating magazine sent out their last issue. Anyone with a subscription will now be moved to Yachting magazine instead. I'm not really happy about that as I think Motor Boating appealed more to our group of boaters instead of Yachting.
 
wvsundancer said:
I am very interested in the 310DA (2002) as my next boat. Most of he boats I see for sale have V-drives. Were stern-drives a low production boat for Sea Ray? Was the 350 Mag the biggest engine or was the 6.2 offered?? Does anyone have pics of the boat with sterns I could see??
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here is a pix of our 310 drive just as i was starting to clean after haul out

i like the I-O drive set up and think it's the only way to go.

i don't expect any one else to agree though. you need to get what works for you.

our boat is very easy and short time to plane under any load, gets fuel economy we are happy with and is a breeze to beach
 
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Unscrew the gauge board and lean it forward. Cycle through all of the options on the back of each gauge (V6, V8, etc) and return it to what it was set at.

We had a silimar problem and this fixed it.
 
Our V drives have 1.5" shafts? Correct?
 
cazimmy said:
Tachometer Issue
Had the boat out on Monday (twice with two different sets of people)! I noticed during the first trip that the port tach didn't seem right. It was about 400 RPM faster that the starboard but the Sync gauge showed that the engines were in sync. When I brought the starboard engine up to the same RPM the starboard engines was running way to fast. The second time we were out, the port tach went up to about 5000 RPM while the starboard one was 3200. The sync gauge showed they were in sync and after a while the port tach came back to 3200, then back to 5000+ without touching the throttles (which were in the usually positions). I'm convinced that the port tachometer isn't reading correctly and it isn't an engine issue. Anyone else have this issue?

Side note - Motor Boating magazine sent out their last issue. Anyone with a subscription will now be moved to Yachting magazine instead. I'm not really happy about that as I think Motor Boating appealed more to our group of boaters instead of Yachting.
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I just had the same issue and had to replace the tach. I ended up replacing both at the same time, but now my synch favors the port side while the engines are running the same RPM.
 
jackson said:
I just had the same issue and had to replace the tach. I ended up replacing both at the same time, but now my synch favors the port side while the engines are running the same RPM.
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Thanks. This is still on my list of things to do. Of course, this past weekend, that same engine had an alarm going off but I couldn't find anything wrong (all the gauges, pressure, etc seemed to be fine). Now it's in the mechanics hands to figure out!
 
garryowen said:
here is a pix of our 310 drive just as i was starting to clean after haul out

i like the I-O drive set up and think it's the only way to go.

i don't expect any one else to agree though. you need to get what works for you.

our boat is very easy and short time to plane under any load, gets fuel economy we are happy with and is a breeze to beach
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Thanks for posting the pictures, yours must be a lake boat with no botom paint, is that correct? Also what is you power for the b-III's ???
 
correct we dont bottom paint and the motors are 454 MPI's
 
Anyone have a picture of a 310 with a mooring cover???
 
You mean this? I call it a cockpit cover.

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It is quite troublesome for one person to put it on and remove it. You have to get both sides started over the windows, to keep it from falling into the boat. It should be easy for two people. It is also hard to fold neatly. However, when folded, it doesn't take up too much room. I have used it several times when I took down the canvas for hurricanes, and always had to do it myself. It never came loose in the wind.
 
RonF said:
It is quite troublesome for one person to put it on and remove it. You have to get both sides started over the windows, to keep it from falling into the boat. It should be easy for two people. It is also hard to fold neatly. However, when folded, it doesn't take up too much room. I have used it several times when I took down the canvas for hurricanes, and always had to do it myself. It never came loose in the wind.
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Ron,
Were do you put the support bar, and what does it look like??? i may have it on board and not know it:huh:
 
The support that I have is like a telescopic tent pole. It stands vertically from the engine hatch up through a grommet in the cover. It has a thumb screw for adjusting the height.
 
RonF said:
The support that I have is like a telescopic tent pole. It stands vertically from the engine hatch up through a grommet in the cover. It has a thumb screw for adjusting the height.
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Thanks Ron....I'll take a look....
 
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