Official 330/350 (2008 and newer) Thread

Hello all! Has anyone needed to pull the a/c unit out of from behind the mid-berth wall to port?

Yesterday, I left the system in Dehumidify mode, first time ever using it. We were going for a bike ride, and I didn't want to run the a/c all day. We returned, cranked on the a/c, and within an hour the temp was 84, with a setting of 67. I shut the system down, waited a few hours thinking the condenser froze up, turned her back on, and within minutes the indoor temps went down. The system ran all night and seems fine now. I don't know what caused the malfunction, was it the Dehumidify mode, a sign of aging and trouble ahead? It's on season 7, but not looking to replace it. However, don't know how long these Cruisairs last.

When I looked at it yesterday, I did clean the screen filter (embarrassed to say it was completely clogged with dust), and thinking now is probably the time to do something with the rusting pan. It just doesn't look like the clearance for access is big enough for removal of the entire system, if that's what's needed to remove the pan.

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I'm also wondering if addressing the pan is worth it, if I'm going to end up replacing the whole unit in 2-3 years anyhow.
 
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Hello everyone,

I am considering upgrading to a 2008 SD330. I have been looking around a little bit, but are there specific things I should be looking out for? Any common maintenance issues with this boat? How are 8.1S Horizons holding up in salt water? Other than impellers, plugs, rotors and fluid changes, what other parts should have been replaced after 7 years. Any help appreciated!
 
Hi Art. Have not been on the forum for awhile and just saw your post about the A/C. Hopefully your A/C system is working well now. I had to have mine replaced 2 months after I bought the boat in August 2009 (2008 leftover). It was a major ordeal to get the unit out and the new one in as they had to remove the headliner in the rear compartment as well as the partition to the right of the unit. Fortunately under warranty at that point. Great to have the unit in the aft area rather than under the front berth. It would drive me crazy trying to sleep on an A/C unit!

I use the dehumidify function when I am not using the boat during the week. Keeps the humidity down without continuously running the A/C unit. I find the wall controls to glitch several times a month while changing temp or the operating mode but other than that is is still running well.

John
 
Has anyone replaced their Cockpit and Arch lights with LED bulbs or fixtures? Screws getting pretty corroded and have not pulled a bulb to check the number yet. Would be interested to know the bulb details as well as how you like the LED's compared to the factory supplied bulbs.
Thanks.
 
While I don't have a 330, with salt water cooled engines, I think Manifold and risers will need to be replaced. With the Bravo 3's I would have also a mechanic cheek the outdrives / bellows.

Dave
 
John-Burgess said:
Hi Art. Have not been on the forum for awhile and just saw your post about the A/C. Hopefully your A/C system is working well now. I had to have mine replaced 2 months after I bought the boat in August 2009 (2008 leftover). It was a major ordeal to get the unit out and the new one in as they had to remove the headliner in the rear compartment as well as the partition to the right of the unit. Fortunately under warranty at that point. Great to have the unit in the aft area rather than under the front berth. It would drive me crazy trying to sleep on an A/C unit!

I use the dehumidify function when I am not using the boat during the week. Keeps the humidity down without continuously running the A/C unit. I find the wall controls to glitch several times a month while changing temp or the operating mode but other than that is is still running well.

John
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John, great to hear from you. I hope you're having a great season. My unit is working well. I had turned it off, then back on that evening, after waiting several hours. I checked the screen filter on the front of the unit, and it was completely clogged. So, maybe that had something to do with it. Has run as cool as ever, since then.

I completely agree that having it located in the mid-berth, rather than under the bed is ideal. However, I hope the day never comes, when it needs replacement, based on your experience. You're lucky it occurred under warranty!
 
So our first week long trip (after our shakedown cruise) on our "new" 2008 330. Everything went well for the two days, but on the third day, as we were leaving Roche Harbor, the VesselView alarm went off, indicating the starboard motor was overheating (even though the temp gauge was a constant 160) and the Guardian kicked in. I had noticed it was reporting lower water pressure than the port motor. After an hour on the phone with our mechanic, it turned out to be the water pressure sensor in the starboard motor. I swapped the sensor with the port motor, and then the port motor reported low water pressure -- so I knew it was the sensor. New sensor is en route, hopefully it fixes it!

The odd thing is that the motor ran fine at higher RPM - the alarm only kicked in at or above idle, when the water pressure is lower.

So now I'm ordering extra sensors to keep aboard...

A few questions that I was hoping someone might have answers to:

1. My starboard fuel gauge is flakey - it keeps reporting empty even after we fill it up, both on the analog gauge and on Vessel View. Oddly, after I ran the generator, it started working again. Then I filled up, and it stopped working again. I assume that the sensor needs to be replaced.

2. The starboard engine analog temp gauge isn't working, but the VesselView is. Any suggestions on how to trouble shoot this?

3. What spare parts do you keep on board?
 
Joshpix said:
So our first week long trip (after our shakedown cruise) on our "new" 2008 330. Everything went well for the two days, but on the third day, as we were leaving Roche Harbor, the VesselView alarm went off, indicating the starboard motor was overheating (even though the temp gauge was a constant 160) and the Guardian kicked in. I had noticed it was reporting lower water pressure than the port motor. After an hour on the phone with our mechanic, it turned out to be the water pressure sensor in the starboard motor. I swapped the sensor with the port motor, and then the port motor reported low water pressure -- so I knew it was the sensor. New sensor is en route, hopefully it fixes it!

The odd thing is that the motor ran fine at higher RPM - the alarm only kicked in at or above idle, when the water pressure is lower.

So now I'm ordering extra sensors to keep aboard...

A few questions that I was hoping someone might have answers to:

1. My starboard fuel gauge is flakey - it keeps reporting empty even after we fill it up, both on the analog gauge and on Vessel View. Oddly, after I ran the generator, it started working again. Then I filled up, and it stopped working again. I assume that the sensor needs to be replaced.

2. The starboard engine analog temp gauge isn't working, but the VesselView is. Any suggestions on how to trouble shoot this?

3. What spare parts do you keep on board?
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Congrats on the "new" boat... you now need to update your profile since you are no longer Boatless and Shopping!!

Sorry to hear about the issues, but thankfully its only the sensor and not something much more costly. As to your questions, I offer the following, knowing full well others will chime in with more/better details.

1) Yes flaky fuel sensors are common. I have the same issue on my port side, just haven't gotten around to changing the sensor out. When I do, I'll do both since it will likely fail as well. You can check the ground connection since that's a no cost fix, but you'll likely find that you need a new sensor.
2) I'd check the gauge itself first since the sensor seems to be working for the VV. You may just have some corroded, loose, or broken connections.
3) The list is long, but off the top of my head... impeller, belt, plugs, plug wires, IAC, all fluids, along with an assortment of hand tools, rescue tape, stepped emergency plugs, and more.
 
Sous said:
Congrats on the "new" boat... you now need to update your profile since you are no longer Boatless and Shopping!!

Sorry to hear about the issues, but thankfully its only the sensor and not something much more costly. As to your questions, I offer the following, knowing full well others will chime in with more/better details.

1) Yes flaky fuel sensors are common. I have the same issue on my port side, just haven't gotten around to changing the sensor out. When I do, I'll do both since it will likely fail as well. You can check the ground connection since that's a no cost fix, but you'll likely find that you need a new sensor.
2) I'd check the gauge itself first since the sensor seems to be working for the VV. You may just have some corroded, loose, or broken connections.
3) The list is long, but off the top of my head... impeller, belt, plugs, plug wires, IAC, all fluids, along with an assortment of hand tools, rescue tape, stepped emergency plugs, and more.
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As Sous said, congrats on the 330, Sous actually bought the 330 I was going to buy, I ended up with the 350.

1. I have the same issue, it seems they feed off each other. For some reason it just seems to rise on its own after about 20mins of cruise. I do get a piece of mind knowing that my port side is working and at best, when I run the generator, it feeds off port tanks and there should normally be more gas in the starboard than port cause of that.
2. The gauges should be easy to access, I'm not sure about the 330, but I have a pretty wide door under my helm, where I can see behind the dash. I would suggest taking your camera and snapping pics up behind there to get a better view on things.
3. Everything sous said, but I would add in marine grade silicone [clear and white] painters tape [the tape came in handy when i tied up to a 240 and he lost a fender in choppy water and knocked off my plastic christmas tree on the port side vent, used the tape cover up the big hole on the side of the boat for the 2hr ride home], i also carry a hard case craftsman rachet set, spark plug socket set, distributor cap, 1qt of gear lube, 2qt of motor oil, coolant, bottle of power steering fluid, kohler parts too - anodes, spark plug, impellar, etc
 
Congrats on the new boat. I agree with what others have said so far.

We keep a variety of tools and parts on the boat including:
-Various size hose clamps
-Dialetric grease
-Silocone
-Tool set
-Spare impellers (engine and generator)
-Spare filters
-Spare bulbs for nav lights
-paper charts

I wish I could say a bad sensor will be the worst of your problems, but these boats are constant maintenance issues. Some small, some larger. With that said, many are things you can fix yourself. I get to go for a swim next weekend to see what wrong with my starboard rudder. Fun times.

Share some pics when you get a chance.
 
WDCboater said:
Congrats on the new boat. I agree with what others have said so far.

We keep a variety of tools and parts on the boat including:
-Various size hose clamps
-Dialetric grease
-Silocone
-Tool set
-Spare impellers (engine and generator)
-Spare filters
-Spare bulbs for nav lights
-paper charts

I wish I could say a bad sensor will be the worst of your problems, but these boats are constant maintenance issues. Some small, some larger. With that said, many are things you can fix yourself. I get to go for a swim next weekend to see what wrong with my starboard rudder. Fun times.

Share some pics when you get a chance.
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Nav bulbs are a big plus esp if you to night boat often
 
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Nav bulbs are a big plus esp if you to night boat often
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Thanks everyone for the advice! The rest of our cruise went smoothly, and we're headed back out tomorrow. I'll be picking up all these items for our spare parts.

And yes, I've updated my boat status
 
Joshpix said:
Thanks everyone for the advice! The rest of our cruise went smoothly, and we're headed back out tomorrow. I'll be picking up all these items for our spare parts.

And yes, I've updated my boat status
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Cool.
One thing you may want to consider once you get settled in is replace your light bulbs with LEDs. I've done this on all of my boats. They use less juice and they don't get hot like some of the bulbs from the factory. SuperBrightleds.com
 
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Cool.
One thing you may want to consider once you get settled in is replace your light bulbs with LEDs. I've done this on all of my boats. They use less juice and they don't get hot like some of the bulbs from the factory. SuperBrightleds.com
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I actually just finished installing a few different LEDs!! I bought a few different styles to test out, including different color temps. So far I found LEDs that i like for the reading lights and the head. I haven't found the right bulb for the cockpit and arch lights.
 
Joshpix said:
I actually just finished installing a few different LEDs!! I bought a few different styles to test out, including different color temps. So far I found LEDs that i like for the reading lights and the head. I haven't found the right bulb for the cockpit and arch lights.
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It took me a few attempts to get the reading lights. I went with a warmer color temp, around 3200 for the bulk of the reading lights and placed a couple of daylight temp bulbs in the aft bunk area.

My cockpit and arch lights were LEDs from the factory so I didn't change any of those. I did change out all of the engine room bulbs and nav bulbs. I also added blue LED strips under the cabinets on either side of the v-berth. They are nice at night when I don't want to have a ton of lights on in the boat. I tapped them into the power from the reading lights. Worked like a charm.
 
Anyone has a link to a video that shows how to flush the engines on a 2011 sundancer 350 with fresh water? Engines: Mercury 496 MAG


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sundancer350 said:
Anyone has a link to a video that shows how to flush the engines on a 2011 sundancer 350 with fresh water? Engines: Mercury 496 MAG


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Fairly simple with one of these... great for puttin' in the pink as well. They do have a video on the site also.

http://www.seaflush.com/
 
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