Anyone have a part number for a temp sensor for a 1976 Ford Windsor 351W, Mercruiser 233? Can't seem to find it in my parts catalog. Thanks.

Question for 355 Aft cabin people with central vacuum system...
Electrical panel shows a breaker for the central vacuum system. Apparently system was removed or never installed.
Wiring is there though...breaker has the wires attached and routed into the harness with other wires.
My question...where would the canister had been mounted/located?
The ends of the wiring should be capped off somewhere near where the canister would had been....
There are no ports/holes that I can see where the vac hoses would have been connected when using...
Thank you!

Hi guys, we have a 1998 445 with Cummins Diesel‘s and the starboard shaft was dripping about once every two seconds even while the engines were not running. Had a mechanic attempt to tighten the packing nut a little bit and he said it would not budge. Does anyone have any experience with what to do in the situation? I assume the boat should be pulled to deal with this? Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!

2007 Carver 47 Motor Yacht BMW, I have a bow rail mounted searchlight and wanting to replace it with a LED light. I do know the wire goes through a small section of rail and then drops in my anchor chain box. Has anyone had any experience in feeding wire from a searchlight up to the bridge. Any tips ?

I have a 2003 Carver 366 and I have a fresh water leak in the forward bilge.
Turn shore water off and fresh water pump off leak goes away.
The water is coming from under the black water tank. In the 366 there are two hatches to the front bilge, one in the galley and one in the forward berth. I used a shop vac and paper towel to dry everything up. Once dry I turned the shore water back on and a little water started showing from the front of the black tank but not the rear.
All water lines are pex and I have checked all the ones I can access. I have check the fresh water pump. I even checked the hot water tank and through hulls everything is dry. I do believe on the 366 there are three separate bilges that are not connected, front mid and rear. That is also what it looks like. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

How long do these last? Will the brushes eventually fail or bearings go bad?

In my case a single 1000 gph unit does all 3 AC units so if it were to go we have no more AC. We do let it run 24/7 all season long and the boat is now 16 years old. No clue how the previous owner used the AC though.

I am going to order an extra AC circulation pump and keep it on board just in case the original decides to give up which is usually when one needs it most. Maybe even get a spare potable water pump while I'm at it because those are rather important also. Not like you can get these at the corner store either. I did have one go out on me on a previous boat and ended up putting in an aquarium pump as a temp fix until the new one was delivered. The aquarium pump worked very well by the way.

We have a 1993 Mariner 330 with a single AC unit. The AC works and blows cool/cold air, but it takes forever to cool the boat. The forward cabin gets cooler than the salon, but after several hours on a hot day, the salon goes from around 90 to around 85. There seems to be enough air blowing, and the filter is clean.
Does anyone have any ideas? On a related note, is it OK to leave the air conditioning on 24/7?
Thanks!

I have a 2000 396 and the water tank fill ring chrome trim ring on the sb side got knocked off. Does anyone know where to find a replacement trim ring? It is very small and I could not find one checking online suppliers. Any help is most appreciated.

Hi,

New to the forum. Just bought my first boat, a 350 Mariner. I'm replacing a lot of the interior fixtures - shower sump, cabin lights, radio/tv, cabinet hinges etc. but I'm stuck trying to replace the internal salon speakers either side of the rear door, under the external stairs at either side of the boat. These have a plastic cowling that is flush against the internal fiberglass and I can't see any way of removing it.

Any help is appreciated,

Colin.

New member, first post - glad to be joining your community. I'm dealing on a 1991 Carver Californian 4509 (45 ft) ACMY. On the sea trial, the 375 hp CAT 3208 TA's would only make 2400 WOT RPM. The surveyor says 2800 is the desired figure. The props on this boat are rebuilds and the surveyor's not convinced they are correctly pitched. The owner has a pair of new in-the-box spares from which I'm trying to get dimensions for comparison to those on the boat. Carver is defunct so I'm asking here if anyone can provide size specs on this boats OEM props?
Kindest regards,
weispr1