Our 2006 Carver 36MY 7.3E generator coolant looks more brown than orange, as DEXCOOL should appear.

What's the crafty owner's tips/tricks to drain the old coolant in order to make room for new coolant, but avoid a major mess in the bilge.

I am aware that I need to utilize the air bleed plug across from the filler neck in order to release the air pocket.

My initial thought was to remove the temp sensor to drain from there.

I don't see a good low point accessible drain plug. Maybe I'm missing something?

As always, any insightful support is appreciated.

Cliff

This maybe a stupid question but asking anyway. I have a 97 Carver 350 Mariner. If I hook my hose up to the dock freshwater and connect the other end of the hose to my boat, do I need to use the water pump or does it automatically pressurize with hose attached to the dock water? What about water heater? Thanks for any advise.

We've got an '88 model 3807 that we totally love, but the AC ducting off of the Salon unit continuously sweats to the point that dripping water seeps back underneath the aft cabin walls and wets the carpet. I've been able to get insulation around all the ductwork for the aft cabin unit and the v-berth unit, but the way that the duct is chased inside the wall pocket separating the salon from the aft cabin vanity desk is driving me crazy! The flex duct appears to be squeezed into a flattened oval shape just off the unit inside the aft cabin closet where it has to go through a ridiculously narrow, oblong cut into the starboard side riser or stair framing(?) before apparently then connecting to a flattened box that sneaks up inside the wall pocket to the vent on the aft salon wall near the ceiling.

Does anyone know a way to access this duct without having rip through at least three different sandwiched layers of wall plywood? Going through the finished salon wall would be disastrous, as I'd never be able to keep from scaring and damaging it. I first tried removing the vanity desk framing, then pulled off the mirroring to access its plywood behind, but then removing that sheet only found MORE plywood?!

Help please?

Hi, I just contracted a 2003 444 with Volvo TAMD63's. The broker gave me a recent survey from a deal that fell through so I don't expect any big surprises when I have my own survey done.

There is a list of things I want to fix after I take possession. Most of the list I have a handle on. I am very much a DYI type, long time motor head but never touched a diesel.

1. I want to add the ability to monitor fuel flow. What are my options?
-Can I go with Flow Scan, or does the TAMD63' have a tank return?
-Is there any way to get injector pulse width data from the engine computers? I am a electrical/software engineer by trade and can cobble together and calibrate a flow monitoring system if this data is available from the engine computers and the format of the data is available.

2. How to identify manufacturer and source of a few things I want to replace such as a few cracked access ports (~8" rings with disk that unscrews from ring), A few salon lights that don't light up, various hoses in engine room that a starting to look a bit shabby.

3. What is your normal top speed and RPM ? Previous survey list about 26 MPH at about 2800 RPM, five adults on
board. Fuel tanks read 1/8 aft and 3/4 main tanks. Water gauge read 0/4. Waste gauges read 0/4. A web search suggests that is close to what is expected... perhaps a couple MPH low. This will be that main item I will look for when I have my survey done. Seller is replacing worn cutless bearings before sea trial.


Thank you
Russ

Hi all, new to the forum, and new to owning a Carver. It's just an older one, but Im really into it. 30 years old, and every things works great, really like the craftsmanship from this era. I'm based over here in New Zealand, so things are a bit harder to find...but any chance anyone has access to any old technical drawings? I have a 1989 Montego 2557 that's a bit different, the twin mercs and legs are gone, replaced with a 454 and a Hamilton jet. Still a few tuning things to sort out, but running ok so far...
My plan however is to put this boat into commercial use, so I need to try to find some tech drawings for my surveyor. Big ask I know but thought I should try. Carver factory were helpful but don't have any older records kept anymore, thanks for reading
Cheers
Adam

Well, as I mentioned in the topic on spiral stairs, we bit the bullet and ordered a set for our 85 3607. I thought I would start a separate topic for our journey in attaching them. It took about 3 weeks from when we ordered to arrival. We unwrapped most of it on Friday night to see if we could figure out how they went together. There are no instructions!!! We were sent a photo to refer to. Went up to the boat on Saturday with great expectations!!! Sadly they were not met We decided to start out by assembling the stairs on the ground. It took about an hour to get the bottom step on and aligned. Thankfully the other three stairs went on in about 5 minutes each. Next step was to remove the old ladder. What a chore that was. So, now we have a spiral stair case to nowhere and no ladder to the deck!! We have to now figure out how to remove the brackets that were holding the old ladder. The screws are just spinning. We assume that the brackets are maybe glued on as well as the screws. Any thoughts on how to remove them. Can't dry fit the new stairs until those have been removed. Won't get back to the boat for a couple of weeks so it will give us time to research that. As well as fixing the screw holes.

Hi All:

We've jumped in deep with a '98 Carver 53 (Cummins 450's)--we've spent a year searching for the right boat. It took over 2 months to conclude the sale. Sea trials (yup multiple) showed some issues that hadn't cropped up earlier. So...with some new parts and some servicing we took possession a few days back.

Glad to be here (Sidney BC) and looking forward to learning from all of you.

Rob.

Hey!
Can I get a little help? I just bought a Carver 506, 2000 and cannot locate the sundeck light switches. I found the courtesy lights along floor, panel lights and dome light but cannot find the ones on the enclosed aft sundeck. I’ve tried the two courtesy lights by pilot house stairs and the rocker switch for under water light to no avail. I even changed out all bulbs and tried all switches in the cabinet to the side of the helm. Also made sure all switches were on in box to the aft cabin. What the heck am I missing? Please help. Janice

DOes anyone know the size of the aft deck hardtop on a 1994 390CPMY? Trying to get size for solar panel order. THANK YOU !

Tony

Hello Im Doc and new to the forum. I bought the 1990 Santego 2767 a little over a year ago. The boat has twin 4.3l mercruisers and alpha one gen one drives. The guy I bought it from had put on the alpha drives which need repair. I would like to know if anyone who has a boat like this do the drives rotate standard or is one standard and the other counter rotating? Thanks