We happen to be in the Ft. Myers area this week. Some friends rented a house for a couple weeks and invited us to stay this week. Beautiful area. Went to the dog races and rented a boat/captain for a day to cruise around Port Charlotte and the gulf coast.
Well the mystery is solved...let me say that no one is laughing harder than me at this...I just have to completely embarras myself so the you guys can get a good laugh too.....:p...
After some additional trouble shooting this WE I decided to remove the cables from the battery and peel back the...
Thanks again....can you tell from the diagram if the starter slave solenoids are by-passed when the emergency start circuit is used?....I am wondering if the slave solenoid could be bad....this is actually a fairly common problem for this era engine....it is easy to test by simply using a screw...
A question for you guys....
Is the starter slave solenoid by-passed when the emergency start switch is used?....if so the slave solenoid for the starboard engine could be bad....I had that happen on a previous boat with the same symptoms....
cliff
I'm starting to wonder if my battery charger may be the culprit....maybe the bank of the charger going to the house battery bank is bad....any way to test that theory?
cliff
Thanks....I will admit up front I am not as well versed in electrical issues compared to mechanical issues....if you could 'dumb this down a little' and be more specific on what to check I would appreciate it....:)
Thanks Bill....I did not test the new batteries...the bilge pump is wired to the same house bank of batteries...when I installed the new batteries the bilge pump went through a cycle and stopped as expected so they had enough juice to run the bilge pump....I tested the pump a few more times and...
Thanks....I did notice some corrosion on the connection between the battery ground cable and the engine block...the connection seems right...I tried to use a jumper cable connected to the battery neg terminal and the same engine stud the ground cable is connected to in an attempt to creat a new...
Thanks...I thought about that also but the fact the engine starts fine when using the emergency start switch stopped me from going that route....
cliff
I usually leave the main battery switches on but turn off all the individual breakers except for the cabin frig...that way if the marina looses power for a few hours the frig will switch over to battery power....I have been doing this for a few years without issue...
Thanks...
cliff
I'll try to keep this as short as possible...two weeks ago we went to the boat to spend the WE...on Saturday we were going to get a pump out and to fill up with fuel...the port engine started as usual...the fuel pump for the starboard engine primed as usual but the engine would not turn...
As you likely already know there are only two ways to loose coolant....it is leaking out somewhere or it is being burned in a combustion chamber in one or more cylinders...hopefully it is just a leak you have not found yet...
Good luck with it....
cliff
If that is the only 'stupid' mistake you make during your boating career you will be way ahead of most of us on this forum including me....I have made my share and more over the years....you have to 'pay your dues' and learn from the mistakes....
cliff
I'll try to remember to get some pics soon...I made a couple small changes to the table over the years to make the table easier to put up and take down and to make it sturdier...
cliff