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our boat also has the alpha 1 drives, really with 4 people it was gutless huh? you think it would have been different had it been a 4 barrel? when we took the sea trial there was 5 of us( dad, me, my 2 uncles, and the owner) 3/4 tank of fuel, and most gear(anchor, lines, life jackets...

ya ive found these kits before, its rediculous how much they ask for these things, im just gonna make my own alternator brackets, probably 50 bucks in material and then the alternators, probably be into it 300 or so total for both. how did you like the 470? when we took this boat on the sea...

found this in a search,(youll have to fix it) http://b o a t f i x.com/how/battery4.jpg does this look right to you guys? i have couple other questions? 1 is if i have 2 deep cycle batterys for my house and if my memory serves me correctly, deep cycle batterys need to be mostly drained before...

if the housing is clean then REALLY soapy water is your best friend

ok thank you guys for your help, does anyone have an idea or a diagram of how i should wire this thing with 2 alternators and 2 battery switches rather than the 4 battery switches i have right now? thanks Jason

so what your saying here is then i should run 2 alternators? 1 on each motor and thanks for the heads up about ebay i will definatly check it out. thanks Jason

the boat is a 1985, and yes we have shore power and on board battery charger, as far as the ac converter i think we do but i am not totally sure, still pretty new to the boat scene but im learning lol. and its on a trailer right now but next spring it will be in a slip.

thanks mitch for responding, ok so i dont have to spend the money on the 100 ampers cool :grin: but there is the question of how should i wire them up? obvisouly the charging wire off of the alternator goes to the starter where the main battery feed is right? but how do i wire up the batteries...

anyone have any ideas

well these 3.7s dont have an alternator at all, they're a stator/regulator charging system off of the front dampner and since the regulators are about 300 a pop i figured i would just convert over to alternators and get rid of the problematic stator/regulator system for the same price as the...

hey guys im gonna be doin an alternator conversion this winter on the ole sea ray and here is my question. im gonna run 100 amp 1 wire marine alternator, but do i need 1 or 2? im gonna have a total of 4 batteries, 2 house and 2 starting. if i only need 1 how do i get it to charge all 4...

thanks mike!! ya i couldnt believe it, i knew it was oxidized but WHEW!! she was pretty bad, i bought a 3 stage buffing system with the meguiers 1 step compund/polish and wax. first pad is a wool/cutting pad that i use with the 1 step, then the second pad is a yellow foam cutter/polish pad that...

well just finally had time to start bringer her back to life this summer, havent been able to quite take her out yet but next spring for sure, i started on it last saturday and have been workin on it for 2-3 hours here and there and she's comin along slowly but surely, here is my progress so...

thanks for your input bud i really appreciate it, i like these motors, seem pretty easy to work on and with the wide beam on our boats theres really alot of room to be able to work on these motors, now since i read your post im wondering if we could run the low profile alternator on the motor...

the starboard motor only has 135hrs while the port motor only has 335hrs and they do run excellent, just from what ive read so far to get the reliability out of them is to get away from the stator charging system, which i dont know if one or both motors have the charging system. and as far as...