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Acquired a new to me Honda 2000i today. Will use it on my 2000 272 Sailfish to power A/C, battery charger, etc. Have read the posts on reverse polarity, etc. Need some specific info. I plan to place the genset on the S/B transom behind the fish door. What are the thoughts concerning...

After modifying a battery tray so that the tanks would be very stable fore and aft, could not satisfy myself concerning restraining the lateral movement possibilities. Abandoned this approach and found a local boat yard parting out various boats. They sold me two of the brackets for $12.50...

Finally accessed the oil tanks on my 2000 272 Sailfish. Removed them and found that the holders(brackets) are completely rusted through, the S/B tank was sitting with no hold down bracket or damper in place. Changed filters, cleaned tanks, tightened fittings, cleaned area and removed...

Need to access the two remote oil tanks on my 2000 272 Sailfish. Removal of the livewell seems straightforward except I can't reach the bottom outlet for removal from inside the battery compartment. Any thoughts, can the outlet fitting be removed from the tub interior? If so any tips on...

I am with ahill, I can't see how to access the S/B rear thru hull drains. I have a 2000 272 Sailfish. Any thoughts?

I'm missing something here. If the purpose of the exercise is to remove water from the tank, why drain the tank? The water is on the bottom of the tank. If you can access the top of the tank via the fuel sender, use a length of copper tubing connceted to a hose to a primer bulb to a hose into...

Removed the fuel tank cover and bilge cover today expecting to see a shifted aux tank. Richie Rich and BobP are correct, there is really no way this tank can move forward or sideways unless there is a major event. I had assumed the tank must have shifted since the fuel sender was not in...

Went down to boat today to use primer bulb & hose to take out some water/separation in my aux fuel tank. 2000 Sailfish 272 with a 150 gal main and a 52 gal aux. Surprise....when I opened that aux deck access plate found that the fuel sender is now forward and to the port of the access port...

I have a 2000 272 Sailfish. Installed Mermaid A/C myself in 2002 with some suggestions from GW. Unit is inside step compartment, plenty of room behind the refrig. Had to slightly modify distributor T on top of unit for height. Built(screwed in place) in a 3/4" plywood base plate to level and...

Thanks....The motor is in the up position. Have put both tilt locks into place and tried to lower motor onto locks. Trim motors run, however tilt rod and trim rods appear to remain fully extended. Removed hydraulic reservoir cap and no oil leaked out. Will now go to get some Dexron II and...

2000 272 Sailfish twin 200 HP OX66s.....after flushing engines this afternoon, the S/B engine will not tilt back down. Electrical motor sounds like it is running, no motor movement. Tilt lock is in proper position. Boat is on a lift so can access only from top. Any thoughts as to where to...

Just finished the yearly service(137hrs) on my 2000 200HP OX66s. On the cooling side I have rebuilt the water pumps(impellers,etc.) and replaced thermostats. Have not yet cleaned or replaced the poppet valves. Noticed during the year that one engine telltale became substantially weaker(no...

Hi BobP....when using a standard household snake(not a power auger) the chances of him getting the 1.5 -2.0 inch long spring with a rounded knob on the working end through the 90 degree ell into the standpipe on a scale of 1 - 10 is probably about minus 800,554. If he does get the snake into...

You can use a standard household snake to try to clear the "clog". There are no valves in this portion of the system. The line simply goes from the deck fitting to a standpipe in the tank. The standpipe ends approx. 1/2 inches from the bottom of the tank. The problem with using a snake is...

Have dual fuel sensors on OX66s. The FMM LCD is fading and is almost becoming illegible. Any thoughts other than replacement? Does the single sensor system use the same gauge as the dual sensor system?

BobP is correct, put the test light away. If the sender is a cylindrical tube with a float/element inside which slides up and down, the measurement recognized by the bar gauge is ohms. The correct resistance reading for the sender is approximately 30-240 ohms (full to empty)I think. Will...

Glad to hear that the problem is not the pump. Have you contacted GROCO directly? We use a lot of GROCO pumps and equipment on our tour boats. Have always found their tech service reps(not the sales group) to be very helpful. If not there, check out NAPA. They can always seem to find...

Let me take a try at this. My 2000 Sailfish 272 has a GROCO system. The level probe consists of three different length wires with floating float switches on each. The three floats represent Green, Yellow, and Red on the display panel. The panel has a power toggle switch, a pump-out button...

At the advice of GW tech service, bought 3 new Grp 24 starting batteries(800MCA) for my 2000 272 Sailfish (200 HP Yamahas 2-strokes) today. Nice people loaded the batteries into my van for me. Arriving home, found that one of the batteries is a deep cycle Grp 24. Am thinking of using it as...