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Hopefully your "installer" is much better at rigging an engine than propping one. It isn't rocket surgery. Since your installer appears to be clueless, do yourself a favor and do a little reading about boat props. Prop pitch is determined by your desired max rpm, and your lower unit gear ratio...

Worth a shot. The worst that can happen is they tell you no.

I don't have experience on the 282 but have experienced 1st hand that GW tends to bury props to make for a more 'robust' set-up at the sacrifice of efficiency and top speed. I think the trade off is typically worth it for most, but if you are the type of person that wants to get the most out of...

Power tech LFE3. Get it thru Ken at Propgods. 2nd choice would be a Mercury Eco Enertia.

The mounting point for the last photo is about 17" ahead of the tip of the vinyl covered window trim.

The yellow lead for the marine stereo is a feed to keep it's memory and sometimes settings when turned off. The red wire is the switched power feed. Sometimes the yellow lead will be spliced into the red. In that case the stereo works when the power is turned on but your memorized station info...

I'll get another photo for you in the next couple days.

Correct. I have another boat that the radio is setup like a car. You have to turn ignition switch to acc or run to turn the radio on. Only took me a 1/2 day to figure that on out! I'm shocked by this. Granted it probably draws milliamps, but it is a draw. I also noticed the radio goes to sleep...

Looks like they are unchanged from the 268 to the 270.

It's alive! Brought the old KDC-225MR into the 2020s for $17. Works great. Turns out the yellow is actually continuously providing power and the red only has power with the battery switch on.

Why? I almost never use the radio; the receiver was $16 - if it works; I don't have the time or interest to change out the entire audio system ( see point 1); my boat and radio spent most of its life indoors, so no corrosion. Juice ain't worth the squeeze for me. I'd be happier if it didn't have...

Thanks. That's what I suspected. I don't think the yellow is being used. I think the red is only energized when the batteries are turned on. I suppose I could grab my meter and check now that I know what the blue/white wire is.

I have them, but I won't have an opportunity to get you photos and measurements till later in the week or next weekend. The 268s look similar, if not the same.

Thanks Hookup. Looks like the blue/white wire is for the remote as I had suspected. I get what you are saying on the wire taps. So the question still is, do I tap the red wire or the yellow? Based on the wiring diagram yellow would make the most sense, but considering there is already a tap on...

Im attempting to add a Bluetooth receiver to my old radio. The KDC wiring diagram shows: - Red is ignition - Yellow is power There is a second plug that has a blue and white wire that is labeled Grady White, a black, and a red. I'm thinking this has something to do with the wired remote, but...