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It's mostly for peace of mind knowing that it is there and working as my marina has lousy AC wiring and I have a B3 which are know for corroding easily. There were a lot of little things on the boat not working when I bought it, mainly due to lack of maintenance and a lot of corroded electrical...

thanks! I will check there this weekend.

I'll check there-Does yours have the power inlet on the bottom with a breaker located behind another flip cover directly above it? Kaz911 - definitely nothing behind the panel. An isolator isn't small and anywhere they could possibly place one there is nothing.

From what I have been able to see in the forum, it appears that the location of the galvanic isolator is behind the AC panel. I dropped my panel tonight and found nothing. Used my camera phone to take pics behind the microwave and all i could see there was an AC receptacle for the microwave and...

Thanks for the reply - so, should I top it off again back up to the 'cold' line? I had thought about air in the system as I had a BUSS heater that I had disconnected because they installed the unit above the level of the overflow and it was causing the rad cap to leak. I would assume the...

7.4 L MPI FWC motor in the 98 270 DA has started a mystery coolant leak. I say mystery becasue I filled the overflow to the 'cold' line and ran the boat for about 5-6 hours. After the motor cooled down (and for a couple of days) the coolant level in the overflow pretty much stayed at the same...

tried it and that fixed the problem! No problems transmitting or receiving now. Thanks again testlab!

Thanks! I can't find the specific manual on tier website but they seem to universally control this by this function " press and hold the 16/9 key and then press the CLR(WX) key to cycle through 'International, USA and CAN. I believe that must be the problem! I will try this and report back.

My new-to-me 270da came with a Standard Horizon nova VHF radio and a very broken antenna (broken off right at the base). I replaced the antenna and now when I transmit (have only tried this on channel 66a) the marina's can hear me, but I can't hear there replies. I can go to Ch 16 and the WX...

hi pitched tone from the engine area (I can hear the whir of the fuel pump) Happens when I do a cold start

So, I bought a slave solenoid as well as some contact cleaner. I found this site which has a ton of great troubleshooting tips http://www.sterndrives.com/no_crank_condition.html for the ignition and lots of other things. I cleaned the starter contacts as well as sprayed cleaner into the switch...

Great advice, thanks Cliff!

A solenoid for the solenoid as it were. Ok, I looked it up in the manual for the engine and read the troubleshooting tips and I think you are right as it says if you want to try 'jumping' the slave you need to use 8 guage wire. Thanks for the input, I will check it out this weekend. Mike

I didn't have to wobble the shifter at all, just turned the key to off then then back on (heard the alarm go and waited for it to stop) then cranked and it cranked over fine then caught, then ran rough. I thought the solenoid was in the starter body which is why I asked about the slave...

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is their function and do they cause similar issues to what i describe? Thanks, Mike