Recent content by psmcdoug

Yep... hose part is pretty long, so we won't be bringing the actual shop-vac into the engine compartment, and will run the blower to make sure any fumes are cleared out. Thanks for the comment anyway-- better safe than sorry! OK, did some additional online research and will see what we can do...

Lazy Daze, The low was pretty darned low-- still some fluid in the reservoir, but just enough to cover the bottom. Thanks for the advice... have some stuff to do a good cleaning of the bilge. The pumps don't seem to be able to get everything out, so I'm considering using an old wet-vac that...

Looks like it was probably low drive fluid. A neighbor with a dignostic computer for Mercruisers hooked it up and ran some tests, finding nothing serious (thank goodness!). The drive fluid was pretty low, so that is now reflilled and the alarm appears to be gone. Now I'll be monitoring that...

Hey Lazy Daze. Definitely not depthfinder alarm and the guages were fine-- noise was a sound similar to startup, but continuous. One of my more experienced and mechanically inclined boating buddies THINKS it might be the oil pan leaking or a seal issue, but I will be having a mechanic check it...

Our first Sea Ray (and boat), and first time for just the two of us boating out on our own-- we've recently graduated from following other neighbor boaters. Traveled about 15 miles in our 1998 270 Sundancer, and shortly after we throttled back and set the anchor via the windlass, the loud...

Pretty sure we've seen Dreamcatcher in our boatyard visits during our shopping around phase. "Diana L" (name of boat we bought... to be changed) was stored at Chesapeake Yachting Center when we found and then bought her. We're right around the corner at the Fairwinds community docks... small...

Hey all.. or is that ahoy?! The wifey and I are new boaters and the proud new owners of a 1998 Sea Ray 270 Sundancer, to be renamed in the near future. We moved to a home off of Frog Mortar Creek, a tributary of Middle River, last Fall. The home conveyed with a slip on the community docks, so we...