Recent content by Dunigan

Try the Mercury dealers. Google the part number and reach out to the dealers that claim they have the kit 'in stock'. Crowley, Leaders, Boats.net, PerfProTech, others. And join the Zeus Pod Facebook site I mentioned above.

I now see you are already a member of the Zeus Facebook site and posted your prop issue last summer/fall. I hope you find the list of Zeus repair services found in the Featured area.

Go to Mercury Marine Zeus Pod Owners Group Facebook site and join. Link below. You will find a complete list Zeus service facilities in the Featured link at the top of the site. Plenty of Florida Zeus service facilities listed there. Also post your need for Z14 props. Something might turn up as...

BTW, you might want to join the Mercury Marine Zeus Pod Owners Group on Facebook. If you had posted there, your issues would have been seen by over 430 Zeus owners and service facilities.

The cable...not the antenna...that's interesting. Smart Craft diagnosis is tough unless you find an experienced fellow. Be glad it wasn't the antenna as it is an earlier version on your boat and is hard to source. The newer antenna is a combined GPS & IMU and requires some Smart Craft...

Based on the little error info provided by the author, I suspect a bad GPS antenna. He stated 'IMU' was part of the displayed error. This is the Inertial Measurement Unit and is tied to the autopilot/GPS. If the GPS is bad the Precision Pilot light will flash continuously since it isn't...

Not an absolute rule, just the recommended procedure from Mercury and Cummins. Stbd key first, then port key, then stbd engine, then port engine. Forget where I read it. The stbd CCM module is the master module which initiates communications with the balance of the Smart Craft/Cummins...

I had this End Stop and other steering issues for several seasons. After connecting a G3 and running a Live Report that I shared with Mercury, they condemned the steering motor. Problem solved? For a while. Alarms came back and I discovered the the stbd Drive Position Sensor (on the pod) had...

Found this in the VV1.5 manual. It is a bit unclear. It confirms VV1.5 enters 'suspend' mode after 48 hours but says the unit returns to the 'last active screen' at key-on. While this is true inside of 48 hours, it doesn't behave this way after 48 hours. The underlying software is Windows CE so...

I have a pair of VV1.5 units...the first version with the silver bezel and NMEA0183. If I come to the boat less than 48 hours after prior use, at key-on, the VV units 'wake up' to the last screens displayed. In other words, they 'remember' from the last use of the boat. If I return more than 48...

Found this post on another CSR forum and thought it should be added here. It speaks to basic pod maintenance and is insightful. index.php

If water got into the pod bay, check all connections on the pods to make sure no water has gotten into them, especially the steering connections on the actuator manifold.

I know this thread is nearly two years old but I am trying to figure out when Mercury made the change to the newer actuators. Icsdoug, would you mind telling me what the serial number is on at least one of your pods? I see you have a 2012 SeaRay. My Sabre is a 2013 with one pod serial of...

Thanks, alnav. My tech and I programmed via the Maretron N2K analyzer and did set the engine hours to 'enable'. I will mess with this some more only because I have really gotten into this project and want to learn as much as possible. Many thanks.

Shaps, am not following you. Any chance you could expand on your reply. Are you saying that using the settings described in the previous post will allow engine hours to display? Sorry and thanks!