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Yes the belt is fine. I'll ask around about a place that can bench test the alternator. It s a hassle having the boat 3 hrs from home. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So after about a min or 2 the volt meter will come back to about 13.4. Any suggestions? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I checked the connections and sure enough a lead at the batter was not tight. So after fixing that everything seemed fine. Charging about 13.4 or so volt. However, again the meter very intermittently will go up to about 15 volts. After about Amin or 2 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks, we'll get back to the boat in a few days and will go through the wiring. We just had the marina replace the 5 yr old batteries and maybe they didn't tighten everything. Thanks again Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

HI, I think I’m having an alternator issue. We have a ’87 230 weekender with a 260 hpmerc engine. When cruising along thispast weekend I noticed that the volt meter was reading it’s normal 13.5 or sovolts. I then noticed, very intermittentlythe reading jumps to 15 and at the same time a noise...

For now I think I’ll just splice in a piece of hose. I was hoping that there was some way to get to the hull that I was missing. (the magic) This site continues to be the go to place for info/help with our boats – thanks again

Yea the walls will not come apart easily, there is an opening for the macerator, but I need to about another 12 inches to my reach to get to the fitting.

This last weekend I thought I would replace the toilet vent line on my ’87 23 ft weekender as the current one is cracked. It’s a 1 inch line with a hose type clamp on the head, and a hose type clamp on the thru hull connector on the bulkhead . Well on a stock set up there is no way, without...

Thanks all, I quess I should know to always verify with a meter. I will next time we're at the boat. I think the quage is fine, it may be a battery issue, but i'll verify that in a few. Thanks again

We have a ’87 230 weekender with a 260 hp 350 mercuiser . The last few times out I noticed that the voltmeter was reading between 15-16 volts. However, when I put it in neutral and rev the motor a little the voltage will read normal (~ 13-14 volts). We cruised about 5 straight hours this...

Does anyone have any experience with Deep River Marina in southern CT? We are thinking of moving our Weekender there for the 2010 season and would like to hear from people who have dealt with this marina or others in the area.

Thanks for the insight. The horn now works.:smt038 And all is good. We took some time off from working on the boat and went for a cruise on the CT river yesterday. Lite winds, sunny, and she ran real well. Thanks again. Oh, and I like the horn good sound.

Thanks, I don't exactly remember the wire colors. I think the bottom wire on the switch is red and the top switch wire that goes to the breaker is red with a gray stripe. We are going for a cruise tomorrow, I'll take the time and check. I'll get back to you. Thanks.

I don't know. I did nothing to the switch, I think it's stock. There are 2 wires at the switch, one goes to the reset breaker just above the push button switch. How do I check whether I'm pushing power or connecting the ground?

I just tried to install a new Ongaro trumpet horn on our '87 weekender. The horn works as I applied 12 v directely to the horn (good loud sound). I checked the end wires before connecting the horn and I had 12.6 v. So I connected the horn and only get a slight tick/tap sound out of the horn. I...