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Try the Mercury dealers. Google the part number and reach out to the dealers that claim they have the kit 'in stock'. Crowley, Leaders, Boats.net, PerfProTech, others. And join the Zeus Pod Facebook site I mentioned above.

I now see you are already a member of the Zeus Facebook site and posted your prop issue last summer/fall. I hope you find the list of Zeus repair services found in the Featured area.

Go to Mercury Marine Zeus Pod Owners Group Facebook site and join. Link below. You will find a complete list Zeus service facilities in the Featured link at the top of the site. Plenty of Florida Zeus service facilities listed there. Also post your need for Z14 props. Something might turn up as...

BTW, you might want to join the Mercury Marine Zeus Pod Owners Group on Facebook. If you had posted there, your issues would have been seen by over 430 Zeus owners and service facilities.

The cable...not the antenna...that's interesting. Smart Craft diagnosis is tough unless you find an experienced fellow. Be glad it wasn't the antenna as it is an earlier version on your boat and is hard to source. The newer antenna is a combined GPS & IMU and requires some Smart Craft...

Based on the little error info provided by the author, I suspect a bad GPS antenna. He stated 'IMU' was part of the displayed error. This is the Inertial Measurement Unit and is tied to the autopilot/GPS. If the GPS is bad the Precision Pilot light will flash continuously since it isn't...

Not an absolute rule, just the recommended procedure from Mercury and Cummins. Stbd key first, then port key, then stbd engine, then port engine. Forget where I read it. The stbd CCM module is the master module which initiates communications with the balance of the Smart Craft/Cummins...

I had this End Stop and other steering issues for several seasons. After connecting a G3 and running a Live Report that I shared with Mercury, they condemned the steering motor. Problem solved? For a while. Alarms came back and I discovered the the stbd Drive Position Sensor (on the pod) had...

Found this in the VV1.5 manual. It is a bit unclear. It confirms VV1.5 enters 'suspend' mode after 48 hours but says the unit returns to the 'last active screen' at key-on. While this is true inside of 48 hours, it doesn't behave this way after 48 hours. The underlying software is Windows CE so...

I have a pair of VV1.5 units...the first version with the silver bezel and NMEA0183. If I come to the boat less than 48 hours after prior use, at key-on, the VV units 'wake up' to the last screens displayed. In other words, they 'remember' from the last use of the boat. If I return more than 48...

Found this post on another CSR forum and thought it should be added here. It speaks to basic pod maintenance and is insightful. index.php

If water got into the pod bay, check all connections on the pods to make sure no water has gotten into them, especially the steering connections on the actuator manifold.

I know this thread is nearly two years old but I am trying to figure out when Mercury made the change to the newer actuators. Icsdoug, would you mind telling me what the serial number is on at least one of your pods? I see you have a 2012 SeaRay. My Sabre is a 2013 with one pod serial of...

Thanks, alnav. My tech and I programmed via the Maretron N2K analyzer and did set the engine hours to 'enable'. I will mess with this some more only because I have really gotten into this project and want to learn as much as possible. Many thanks.

Shaps, am not following you. Any chance you could expand on your reply. Are you saying that using the settings described in the previous post will allow engine hours to display? Sorry and thanks!

Shaps, how did your updated mercathode controller alert you to a neighbor's bad ground? If the led light, what did it do? I have updated my controllers and the led is very handy. My port led was flashing green which is the 'needs service' indication. It turns out my mercathode puck on the...

Project complete (I think). Thanks to all who have guided me via this post. The smart craft NIM, once converted to J1939 (cut W2, reconnect W5) was connected to the J2K converter via the Deutsch cable identified here. The J2k was connected to my NMEA2K Furuno network via the FI-5002 junction box...

OC Grant: On Jan 30, 2021, you posted a pic of your J2K1000 'Cummins version' that displayed Source ID: 234, Engine Instance: 10, Alternator Instance: 10, and AC/Diagnostics Instance:10. Did you keep these settings? Did these settings appear in the DSM410 device config area? I am finishing my...

OK, I have a weird question. What if you have a Smartcraft NIM. Can you connect it to a Mercury Vessel View Mobile Adapter and see your genset data on the mobile app? I believe you would need the cable that connects to the 12 pin port on the NIM and has the Mercury 10 pin connector on the other...

Grant, I have removed the NIM and readied the wires. The existing jumpers show AWM 125C 600V wire ratings. Did you use this kind of wire or simply an AWG wire? If AWG, what gauge did you use? I guess AWM (appliance wire material) has some heat ratings to it. Thanks.