Recent content by mwlake

Thanks for the reply. Yes, it is a rocker switch. Will try the alternate switch as you suggest.

Trying to solve a problem with the fresh water pump on my 1999 Bimini 306. If I press the reset button right before I turn on the switch, the pump operates correctly. But a moment after turning off the switch the circuit pops and kills the power. If I reset the breaker, the pump will operate...

Hi and thanks for reading. The ram that lifts the electronics console stopped working when it was in the up position. If I unplug the connectors for the two wires )black/white) that come from the rocker switch and then supply 12 volts directly to the ram it will operate. So it seems the ram...

Problem solved, special thanks to DennisGo1 and Seasick for their multiple responses and to others that took the time to respond. Turned out to be a low pressure fuel pump and the VST electric fuel pump. I feel a little bit stupid for assuming it was limp mode when the alarm went off. I...

Appreciate all the time you've taken to help me troubleshoot. I switched gears and started on fuel as the cause. Changed the VST filter and the cup filter today but when I turned the key to the on position I couldn't hear the pump kick on. It does for the motor so I think the culprit may be the...

Thanks Seasick, yes the alarm was definitely sounding, key was on but motor had shut off. It isn't limp mode like I've had in other, separatrate situations when oil happened to be low because the motor was still running then. I just asked Dennis if he would agree that I've eliminated the kill...

Dennis, sorry for doubling up on my replies. I think I may have already eliminated the kill switch as the source when I bypassed the engine harness. Someone lent me a control box that I plugged directly to the engine ( I wanted to confirm there were no shorts in the wiring between the...

Yes, Alarm was monitored in real time. Indicated 'normal' and did not change when alarm went off. Will give the kill switch suggestion a try and also ohm test sensors. Thanks again for for the reply.

3000 RPM's isn't the magic number, it'll alarm higher and lower, I used that as a reference to being at a reasonable speed for a short period. Only one of the motors has the issue, the other one will stay at whatever RPM I was running at the time of the alarm until I throttle down. I'll ohm...

Thanks again to all for taking the time to help diagnose the cause of the alarm. Seasick / DennisGO1, to answer your recent questions: - I have twins so I switched the floats in the remote tanks, operating a they should - Attached Winky in real time when the alarm went off but the Winky said...

Thanks for the reply. As you described in your earlier post. Also removed the float on the main tank and then activated it to see a good stream coming into the tank.

I think you might have missed my earlier post, Winky didn't display an error code for the alarm ( it was hooked up when the alarm went off but read normal. I'm all about not guessing which is why I bought the tool. Only codes it picked up were "normal" and #33 " ignition timing being corrected...

I bypassed the engine harness to see if the problem was eliminated due to low voltage somewhere in the harness but the motor still went into limp mode after 30 seconds above 3000 RPMs, oil fill rate is good. None of the sensors are bad, I'm stumped. It can only be a few things and I've ruled...