Group formed for 460 Dancer owners, join in...

Just made a group for 460 owners to share specifics on their ride, maintenance and how to too's and I did's to their 460. Sometimes discussions about a specific model between owners just makes sense.:smt024

Link to the Group: http://clubsearay.com/group.php?groupid=27

I am in! Am I? Is this the 460 owners group?

I am in 2001 460 Lake St Clair, Mi.

I'm also in Lake St. Clair, with a '02 version.
There are a few 460 owners who post on the website but not many.
James

My pair of 8D batteries are bubbling and leaking through the caps. I am goingto have the charger looked at. Has anyone had this happen? Has anyone any ideas on whether switching to non flooded batteries is a good idea in this day and age? Thanks for the help.

Try this link to get to the group

http://clubsearay.com/group.php?groupid=27

sailorjerry said:

My pair of 8D batteries are bubbling and leaking through the caps. I am goingto have the charger looked at. Has anyone had this happen? Has anyone any ideas on whether switching to non flooded batteries is a good idea in this day and age? Thanks for the help.

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Your charger should have settings for the type of battery you have. Make sure the DIP switches are properly set. If this is an old persistent problem on old batteries your charger is probably not the problem. As batteries age and the plates build up salts on them. The salt is Lead Sulfate which deposits on the plates as a coating causing resistance to build and heat is increased as current attempts to re convert the lead sufate back to lead and sulfuric acid. Some Chargers have a heat sensing feature to prevent boiling off the acid, check yours to see if its there.

Your charger will be set to run at a "Bulk Charge" High voltage like 14.2 - 14.8 until the batts are 80% + in charge, then the Charger will step down to a second voltage like 13.8 to 14.2 to finish off the charge, then down to trickle charge of 13.8. If the plates are "sulfated", the batts will take longer and longer to get to Bulk charge levels and the heat boils off the water and spits acid all over the ER.

Have you checked or replaced your alternators recently?

The boiling is the sign of age in battery life. You might want to do a warrantee exchange on those 8 d's while you still have some value in them.

Note to file: If this condition has been allowed to go on for some time you will need to take some damage control steps. This aerosolized acid will cause havoc with everything in the ER that is covered with it.

Make sure battery caps are tight, and GENTLY flush the batteries tops and all surrounding areas with a solution of baking soda like 2 TBLS to a pint of water. I use a squeeze bottle with a thin spout ( similar to a or mustard bottle), and neutralize the entire area. You will be shocked at how much acid is in and AROUND the battery compartment.

Rinse with clear water and wet vac the bilge dry. If you remove the batteries, you'll do a much better job of cleaning up before the new ones come on board.

I use DEKA Maintenance free's. Best bang for my buck in this area. 8d's 3-4 years for $220 bucks each installed on the boat and the old onces carried off.

Count me in also! Sounds like a good idea Chad.

Very excited to be a new 460 owner! Mine is a 2002 with the Cummins and we boat on Lake St. Clair in Michigan. Our boat is called Cinbad & Crew because we have a 5 year old son and now have 6 month old triplets (all boys). See everyone on the water.

I wanted to report in on my propeller tuneing.

In other threads I leared that you guys were getting much better performance from your 460's than I was. My props pitched at 23X27 full cup. I had them re pitched to 23X26 and medium cup. My performance jumped dramatically.

@ 2250 I went up 1.5 knots to 21.8 and

Formerly WOT would be 21.5 knots at 1500 rpms, finally WOT was at 2750 and 26.5 knots with half tabs.

Thought you'd find that interesting to compare your situation as you begin the boating season.

I doubled Old Skools length and still only come to 40 Ft. :smt089:smt089
Oh well I can dream.:smt001:smt001
Enjoy the site.