Recent content by Hail Mary

Hi All, The portside batteries are not holding a charge so I need the emergency crossover swith to start it. Water level in Battey is fine so I think it's time for a few new ones. Any recommendations of Brand and or model? I presume they have to be deep cycle? Do you keep your AC...

Yes, the other 2001 410DA on my dock has rust corrosion in exactly the same locations (aft portion of starboard engine & genny) just below the 45 degree angled portion of the deck drain. He is chasing Marine Max for the past week to get down to the dock and assess the corrosion. Not there yet.

Here is a Picture of the mechanical drawing and my hatch cover. Clearly SR did not properly attach the Hatch Seal at a 45 degree angle to accomdate the lip in front of the drain. Was your hatch seal properly installed? Just to be double sure you are not getting the Sea Water back up. I suggest...

Since I discovered the cause, Sea Ray has been responsive but yet to assume any responsibility. Most recently, they kindly sent me the mechanical deawing of the Starboard Hatch and explained that the Hatch Seal prevents any sea water back up from entering the ER. I replied that the Hatch...

There was never "Excessive" water in the ER because the water flowed while coming up on plane, so it went to the bottom of the bilge and pumped out by the pump. Only the back up bilge pump has an alarm to signal excessive water in ER and that never went off. As for the Sea Ray Dealer (Surfside...

Scrapped and repainted twice over the past five years. Last fix was was 2005 season. It continued to spread and I could never figure out why. Now I know and it's very frustrating to realize that Salt Water has been pouring on my engine for six years!!!. This rusting issue is a direct result...

I do have pictures but cant figure out how to get the JPEG files below the 50KB max for attachments....Any ideas? Thanks Much

The Starboard deck hatch seal sould definitely be on all four sides. Seay Ray dealer or home depot should have gasket material. Thanks for confirming that your starboard hatch has the four 90 degree corners SR's technical drawing of the hatch definitely has the seal at a 45 degree angle in front...

Hi All, Glad to hear that TC410 does not have the sea water back up & rust issue, but I continue my search for other 410DA owners who have similar rust issues on the aft portion of their starboard engine and genny. Sea Ray has been very responsive to my inquiries and even sent me the original...

Yes the picture on page 1 of this thread is the hose which leads to the starboard deck drain. The opening of the deck drain is 1 1/2" so my "guess" is the hose is the same diameter.

Yes, sea water back up experienced on starboard side drain for some odd reason slight turn to port appears easiest way to recreate sea water overflow. I will look at pics when I return to home base this pm. Best Sean

Another 2001 410da on my dock went out last night to test for sea water back up. He sucessfully recreated sea water back up while going up on plane and turning slightly to port. The sea water was shooting out of the drain at least one foot into the air. Come to think of it, I was turning...

Thanks Again for all the replies to this issue. The solution appears to be check valve installation. I'm very interested to know how many 410DA owners experience the same issue. If yes, sooner or later we'll all be in the same boat. (sorry couldn't help the pun). I will see if the Trim...

response to Asureyez This is not a leaky or faulty hose. When coming up on plane the Through Hull (scupper?) for the deck drain becomes submerged and water forces its way back up the drain hose. The water then exits the deck drain and over flows the Lip which is meant to cath the deck water...

Thanks for you prompt replies, In response to "fwebster" - Yes, the water enters through the hatch lip drain thru-hull. Another interesting point is that the hatch lip is compromised by an aluminum support beam which supports both the engine room hatch and the Genny acess hatch. Where this...