- Oct 10, 2006
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- Boat Info
- 2006 44 DA
QSC 8.3s
- Engines
- Cummins QSC 8.3s 500HO
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Is Virginia Beach the only place that has a shop that rebuilds starters and alternators and all small electric motors, such as lift motors??Any updates on this?
Sadly, the issue remains. My only remaining option appears to be the use of a forklift to lift the hatch...Any updates on this?
I had an actuator break a couple of weeks back. My son and I lifted the hatch to support it with 2x4's ...now we didnt lift it from fully closed...so we had the lip to grab onto and it wasn't that heavy. Could you not take out the side hatch and raise that corner of the bigger hatch to grab onto.Sadly, the issue remains. My only remaining option appears to be the use of a forklift to lift the hatch...
We finally resorted to the manual lift. I was able to start at the corner then the others joined in with lifting and bracing until we had it opened and secured.I had an actuator break a couple of weeks back. My son and I lifted the hatch to support it with 2x4's ...now we didnt lift it from fully closed...so we had the lip to grab onto and it wasn't that heavy. Could you not take out the side hatch and raise that corner of the bigger hatch to grab onto.
obviously pull the pins before hand... I am thinking you still have the problem of grabbing onto it with a forklift
And that is a problem most will eventually have - the long wires and the current the motor draws through the little helm switch is a recipe for failure. It's simply a poor design. My 400DA was modified with relays (below pic) and heavy 10ga conductors from a new 40 amp circuit breaker in the main breaker panel to the lift motor. The switch on the helm simply actuated the relays. In the end that hatch could eject unsavory characters out of the boat...…Update: My engine hatch issue has been resolved!!!
Friends and I were able to manually open the hatch and verify the hatch lift motors were fine. We determined the wires from the helm to the motors were compromised somewhere because we noted the voltage drop at the motors when under a load.
We fabricated a temporary fix on Sunday (7/23) so we could control the hatch while I obtained more information from Sea Ray.
Everyone returned on Monday to continue to troubleshoot, and as a result we ran a new wire from the switch on the helm directly to the hatch lift motors.
Two, very long days but I am glad I can finally open the hatch again. May was so long ago...
Thanks to everyone for their help and ideas.