milledon
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Looking for some help with the water system on my 1988 Sundancer 300. The cold water flows nicely at the galley sink but not the hot water. Neither cold nor hot flows more than a trickle in the head. Any thoughts?
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Do your water lines serve both head and galley, or are they separate?Looking for some help with the water system on my 1988 Sundancer 300. The cold water flows nicely at the galley sink but not the hot water. Neither cold nor hot flows more than a trickle in the head. Any thoughts?
Thanks for the detail, JVM225! I do have the owner's manual and I think I just wasn't registering some of what I'd been reading....maybe information overload with simultaneous boat/auto/home appliance issues, not to mention WaveRunner despair this weekend. When it rains, it pours!
BUT....breathing deeply and taking a step back after posting here paid off. Told First Mate the plan to reset our battery logic while replacing the bad one--likely migrating to a starting battery/dual purpose or starting battery/deep cycle combo--and went to the boat Thu night to map it out and decide which to buy first and how to switch them around Fri morning before the long weekend. To our surprise, the starboard engine started with no hesitation, when it had given us trouble on last launch as well as a follow-up visit from each of us independently. Found loose lead and we were back in business. We still plan to change our overall setup, but at least now I can focus on getting the generator issues resolved so we can have AC while on the hook!
Short answer: age?trflgrl, what's giving you fits with the Genset?
Quicksilver 4.0. Running rough and sometimes shutting down before applying load; pretty much always shutting down when applying load. It's extra annoying because it was running so strongly in the fall/winter after solving the soot/exhaust problem.Can you post the make and modle but it does sound as if she just plain worn out. Is she shutting down under load or just as she sits and warms up?
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Two votes now for something involving governor--will circle back with mechanic, as he had noted ours had been overfilled, which he said he hadn't really come across before. We did have some choke issues a while back and kept a screwdriver handy to give it a little help when needed. After carb rebuild, ignition tips, condenser, etc. the choke had come back to life and was working on its own, but I LOVE easy answers so will put that back in the discussion, too.check oil level in governor,
check electric choke connections and make sure all the choke linkage moves freely. Make sure it comes off when warmed up.
check oil level in governor,
check electric choke connections and make sure all the choke linkage moves freely. Make sure it comes off when warmed up.
Control board installed, governor and (electric) choke checked and operating properly, and still same behavior. Mechanic eyeing carburetor since he's not the one who did that work and on a prior quick look-see found a spring either missing or broken, and that was right after the rebuild. He's stymied otherwise.Just a thought:
Not sure if the electric choke you have(assuming that's what you have) is the same as the mechanical chokes.
But, if it is, there is a fast idle adjustment for the choke. If that fast idle is not set properly, it could exhibit some of the symptoms you mentioned.
Two different friends have pulpit generators and it appears a third is going for the same setup. We opted just to borrow a pigtail and plug into FM's uncle's boat for Memorial Weekend to charge batteries and heat water; didn't need the AC at that point. (Don't flame me--I didn't tell them to do it, and I've been schooled enough on CSR to know better than to admit it if we had done it!)All it takes is a small amount of just in the carb. Has anyone run some SeaFoam thru the carb?
id of sworn it was gonna be the gov.
maybe a nice Honda on the swim platform might work ..... :grin: