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Searched pretty far back in this forum and YouTube, I see lots of info on raw water cooled engines, with I/O's....but not so much on the half closed systems like I believe mine is. This winter I'm tackling it myself, always had the yard do it in prior years, but they doubled in cost this...

I've searched various threads here at CSR, and HT, and around Google..and cannot find the answer. This season our windlass does not raise or lower. No sounds from foot switches at the bow. When I hit the windlass power switch at the helm, I hear a clicking sound behind me. Looked around and...

Probably an impossible question to answer. Pump itself 4 years old (both engines). New impellors this spring by the yard. Replaced engine with a long block over the summer. During my 20 hour "break in" runs, noticed on the first day, bilge has water. Doesn't get deep, maybe 1/4 inch, since...

Have a slight crack/corrosion in the bend in mine, some exhaust leaking, causing carbon buildup on the asbestos rubber jacket of it. Replacement part is Mercury-Mercruiser 32-807727A2 TUBE ASSEMBLY Exhaust But jeeeze...list price for this...~10" bronze tube with NPT ends is about $190 bucks...

Will pull the trigger for a reman long block this week. While undressing the old (blown) engine, the cooling hoses...eh, I'd rather not re-use them on the reman. What are some of your favorite online resources to order that stuff?

I had replaced my 4 duckbills and the bellows for our VG2 system over a month ago. At first, seemed to work fine except the vacuum generator pump ran double the time, sometimes over 60 seconds. And then more...and more. Eventually just didn't stop running. I pulled the plumbing to get to the...

Cruising along up the CT river, just going through East Haddam by Gilettes Castle...my ears started picking up an odd "metal chafing" noise, by the time I started easing up on the gas, louder and louder "bang bang Bang BANG!" noises. Shut off engine, no smoke, no smell, limped back on port...

1997 300DA with the Mercruiser 5.7 Bluewaters 260hp, V-drives so they're backwards. Normal temps were 'tween 165-170...end of last year starboard engine started not getting above ~135. I'm guessing that thermostat is stuck. I've been looking for videos on YouTube...that match my engine. I...

Searched and searched this morning for a thread I could have sworn I remember, where I found which model AIC to get for my motors. My 1997 Mercruiser Bluewater 5.7 260hp I can find parts which mention "2001" or "2003" and newer MPI...but I don't believe mine is MPI, I think she's early throttle...

Wifey wanted more modern faucets, and I wanted more modern light fixtures. Below, the galley sink, the head sink...with removable wand for the shower (and you see a new LED light for the head..we installed 3x of those), and below...the small LED...we did 4x of those (2x in the v berth, 2x above...

'97 300DA Pair of Mercruiser Bluewater 5.7's, V-Drives, has a heat exchanger. Below are old pictures of engine bilge with close up of the raw water intake seacock and filter. I "think" the added valve up top was added by a prior owner to flush out the cooling system. (don't worry the raw water...

Being in the windshield, this soft padded vinyl cover above the gauges console sure takes a lot of beating from the sun. I'd like to either re-coat it, or...if no such animal exists, ideas in my head such as recovering it with canvas or something like that. I always keep a cloth sheet over...

So we found replacements for those little funnel shaped lights, and for those rectangular lights with the 2x way switch that get really hot. But I'm not finding much to replace these ...there's one over the galley and one over the dinette.

Wife wants to replace the original/stock galley faucet and the combo pull out head/shower faucet on our '97 DA300. Seems a company called "ambassador" makes the original one(s)....if not just the one for the head. Since it's "marine grade"..and they appear to be the only one making it, it's...

So since we bought the boat over 3 years ago, engines have run quite steady, port engine nudging 170, starboard engine typically hovering 165. I cruise around 3,200 rpm....rarely take her to 4k and if I do, brief bursts only. Had the yard replace water pump impellors this spring. Have only...

So wish to get the windshield wipers back on our '97 300DA we bought several years ago. The wiper motors are still in place, and work. Just...on the exterior...just the little motor stems stick out that you'd mount the wiper arms to...and on the end of the wiper arms mount the blades...

So as title says, we've always done Mitchells, but with our budget running tighter this "odd year of covid"....we're taking a comp stay at Stilings (since we stay at Safe Harbor Deep River CT). Will be there during the last weekdays of this month. What do you use for dinghy dock when going...

Several of us from Deep River Marina (a Safe Harbor) on the Connecticut River took a cruise to Safe Harbor Mystic for the weekend. Had a blast! One of my buds got a pic of our dancer up on plane on the return trip, somewhere along the sound heading back to CT River. And a few more pics of the...

Below are pics, the usual metal cover atop the bellows is missing from prior owner. The most ID I have is "SeaLand model VG112"...which I can't line up with MarineSan's websites. Here's a pic from the top.... she's a '97 300DA And then when the white plastic cover is removed, the top of...

So for the summer I prefer using WIX filters, last year got the 51060 if I recall. I prefer the "taller" filters that have higher capacity themselves...hold a little bit more oil than the shorter filters. See also a 51061...which does not have a side valve? Models with side valves for...