Recent content by True North

Thank you ;)

so.....not to add salt to the wounds.....but this post is the reason I am confused when I try to research on my own. I don't care about having a wireless bluetooth connection to my smartphone. I am trying to determine with certainty what exactly I need to gain engine smartcraft data from my...

Thank you very much! I plan to look at this closer this next weekend, but may push the project off until the off season, I am able to work on the boat in the winter in heated storage :)

it sounds a little complicated, but it's probably one of those scenarios that it would be best to have someone show you once and then it would make perfect sense. Is the smartcraft connection that you need to tie into a plug of some sort and is it located on the engine or in the electrical area...

So I finally own a new enough boat to have some of the modern electronic gauges. I have done multiple web searches and have gained just enough knowledge to be dangerous, but I have a few questions..... 2005 260DA with the system tachometer and speedometer gauges. My understanding is my engine...

Thank you Bennett!

so I tried doing multiple searches but couldn't find the information I needed. The boat is currently 3 hours away right now, but can someone who knows or has easy access to their boat please provide me with overall Length/Width dimensions of both the rear bed and front v-berth when made into a...

All good, I will go that route. It just concerned me when I noticed the water flowing out of the hose with force vs the other way, wanted to be positive before I did something I would regret! Thank you all for the information, especially Scoflaw!

ok thank you, I will look into Merc support as well. The part that still confuses me by what you are telling me is I know that may be a drain- or part of the drain system, but when the hose was disconnected from the male connection on the block due to the push lock fitting being broke, the...

Scoflaw- understand and agree completely, but what about my concerns with shutting off the water flow? Will shutting off that section of cooling have any negative impact? How do I shut off the water flow from the "feeder hose" part #10 above into the block? It's obviously designed to allow...

ok, sorry, I need to revisit this as I have more questions than answers. I was able to get to the boat this weekend and this is what I found. Part #18 (push lock fitting) had water squirting from it on the starboard side-down low aft of the fuel filter area. After removing and reconnecting...

perfect thank you. Anybody with any plumbing/mercruiser expertise tell me if I should use any type of teflon tape or pipe putty on the threads that should be used with the high temps noted on the engine block?

understand, that is how all my other boat motors (mercruisers and OMC's) were, but why is there a hose connected with a passageway then to allow water to circulate through? That is what's not making sense to me at this point. I wish I would have paid closer attention to see where that hose...

so blocking it off i.e. not having a hose from that fitting will have no negative consequences in blocking it off? Why is there even this system in place if it is not needed? I will plan to plug it as you say, hopefully it is not a stripped thread situation that is causing the leak in the...

good point regarding winterization, however 1) I have access to heated storage for the winter so not sure if it is necessary to change over the system right now, 2) that doesn't assist me with repairing my leak. So that plug/fitting on the block that has the hose leading away from it, where...