Ouch...$477 later and my mechanic replaced the through hull raw water pickup impeller (it was completely destroyed into pieces), also did compression test (all cylinders were good) and put in new plugs. Boat is running great now....thanks for all the help and suggestions.
The connector type on my 1988 Sea Ray 268 Sundancer is called a 1/4" Saddle and the blade was 22" long.
I ordered a couple TRICO 61-220 wiper blades off eBay for $10 each shipped. Apparently buses and dump trucks are the most common user of this blade.
Closer inspection seems to reveal that this boat was "upgraded?" from outdrive FWP to through hull FWP. So I ordered one of the "Fake Lake" plunger devices so i can run it on land...I only hope my running it on muffs while no water was getting to the engine did not 1) ruin engine 2) ruin water...
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None that I can see. ..and if it is a place where a hose was removed to add anti-freeze for winterization then why cap it off?
There is a hose on the starboard side, front of the engine going into the floor of the boat and it was disconnected but I re-connected it.
I have a 1988 268 DA I just bought. I tried to run it on the muffs and it immediately overheats.
I noticed a through hull on the bottom of the boat (facing the ground). Is that a water pickup for a water pump on the engine? or is my engine cooling water being picked up by the alpha 1 outdrive? I...
This might be just what i was looking for...thanks.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marinco-Classic-11-Wiper-Blades-Straight-Blade-33901/282912471481?epid=1222840030&hash=item41dee5b9b9
Hi, I'm a new boater, I bought a 1988 268 Sundancer and need to replace the wiper blades but have no idea how to find the correct part...they appear to screw on, so not like a cars wiper blades. I'd like to buy online if possible. Thanks.
I had an electrician friend look at it, no "neutral hot reversed" anywhere, just a couple outlets not properly grounded but its all been fixed. Should have a warm (45 deg F) weekend so ill try out the garage outlet to extension cord to adapter to boat then.
OK, more info found, after talking to an electrician friend we determined my outlets in my (1950's built) garage don't need to be grounded per code since they are all protected GFCI outlets. So my question still is "Would an open ground in my garage outlet cause a reverse polarity fault on the...
I went to the hardware store and bought a polarity checker and it says i have an open ground at my garage outlet.
The boat already had all switches to off including the main switch.
I dont know if this mattets but the boat has no batteries in it now.
I bought a 30amp twist on to 15amp household adapter and when i plug it into my 1988 Sundancer 268 I get the reverse polarity light on the power panel.
Do these adapters come in different polarity options or is my whole garage wired wrong?
I am running an extension cord from my garage wall...