Recent content by Matt N

Unfortunately not yet. I took it in for service and of course it worked fine on the way there. My trim senders haven't been working for a while and the tech thinks it's causing other sensors to go haywire b/c it's on a reference line. I do sometimes get random alarms when there doesn't appear to...

Might be a dumb question, but if I remove the pressure sensor with the boat in the water, will water spew out?

That's possible, I'm just trying to figure out if there's anything else I can troubleshoot before having to get boat hauled out...

Going into guardian mode at around 3K rpm with alarm msg "Port Engine. Engine Power Limited". I had a tech scan the codes and it's apparently a low water pressure fault. A little more back story... This started happening after a recent haul out. Just got the bottom painted, anodes changed and...

I'm looking to get flush kits installed on my bravo 3's (sterndrives). I keep the boat in a wet slip in FL. I'm aware of the concerns in keeping sterndrives in the water. My merc tech is saying it can't be flushed in the water properly b/c you can't keep the saltwater from mixing. Also you can...

@hughespat57 You were right! I found the safety switch in the cockpit fridge door. I missed it originally b/c it was pushed in flush and looked like a screw head. Unfortunately, the safety switch seems faulty. When I found it, I adjusted it to make ensure contact with the magnet. I could hear...

I can't seem to find those safety switches anywhere. Checked the cockpit door, fridge door, aft lockers. @hughespat57 Do you think it's ok to use while the relay is bypassed? I was initially concerned b/c I thought the relay's function was to limit power to the switch. If it's actually to loop...

So I looked all over the cockpit fridge door and aft lockers. Didn't see any switches unfortunately. I don't think my 2016 has them.

Good suggestion. I asked and they confirmed there are actually two safety switches: 1 in the cockpit fridge door and 1 in the aft locker. I will investigate there next. This makes sense. If they were both open, they'd be at risk.

Excellent, thank you. I'll investigate those locations. Makes sense since if both were open while raising the hatch, it'd be bad news! Is there any info on the safety switches in your manual? I can't seem to find anything useful in the schematics. Then again, I'm having trouble finding the...

Hey everyone, I’m having an issue with my engine hatch lift. I have it narrowed down to a relay near the switch that works when I bypass it. Replaced the relay and same issue. Apparently the SLX has a safety switch in the transom door so it doesn’t bust off when raising. I’m pretty sure there...

So it appears I don't have a safety switch on the cockpit door. I took the door completely off and there's no magnet/pin/wiring. When the door is closed, the latch it sits in is still open on top so when the hatch is raised it can detach on it's own without busting. On the SLX, the door...

Ahh very interesting. I read about the hatch safety switch on other posts, but wasn't sure if it was present in my model sundancer. I looked over by the area where the door is in from the engine bilge, but didn't see any wires in the area. I'll take a closer look and see if I can locate a switch...

I think the switch itself doesn't have a dedicated power source, it just open/closes the circuit, but I could be wrong. If it does, you could be right. I think my next step is to test with a different switch that I know is working. Something fishy seems to be going on with the switch that it's...

Normally the switch wire is on 87 (the forward empty prong in the first pic), but the hatch is not working that way. To bypass the relay, we have the switch wire on a jumper adapter on 86. This is what you see on the first pic where that wire is on the jumper off to the right.