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If you have the square gauges: Next time the 'check engine' is flashing, hold down the Mode button on the tach for that engine for ten seconds. That should give you a number. From there you can look that number up and learn what the ECU thinks the problem is. If the engine is dropping rpms, it...

Thanks to everyone who commented. Actually, I felt the same way as Trapper we I did the Great Loop and got to see so many other's "boating back yards". We've been so busy with family travel, I haven't had a chance to run the boat to see if that second "check Engine" / Cam Position Sensor code...

Wow. You do nice work.

JLR: Sounding like you're the only person on the forum with a 283 with power steering! Just writing to say that you can replace the two ten-year-old pumps, when you find them, with one unit made by Dometic that serves both purposes. SeaStar PA6010 Hydraulic Steering Power Assist and Autopilot...

Ekea: When you get to planning that trip, many people here can give recommendations on where to stay. Typically, the last week in July is Lobster Mini Season followed by the opening of the regular season. You most definitely want to avoid mini-season. It gets crazy and prices triple. We used to...

Congrats! You're half way there. How do hoses, clamps, wiring and duct-work look?

Thursday: Bill Clark Marine is a Yamaha dealer located within our marina. So I tell them about the starboard engine saga, which began with a Cam Position Sensor Code and ended up with both engine's cooling systems being thoroughly cleaned. Then the port 'Check Engine' flashing at 4,000 rpm...

Tuesday: Not quite O-dark-thirty, but we get a sunrise start. I love the boat ride up Barnes Sound and Florida Bay at sunrise. Unfortunately, I didn't think to get any pictures. We have a long ride home, so I'm cruising at 4,000 rpm and 30 MPH up Florida Bay on a pretty heavily loaded boat...

Monday: We've been looking forward to today since we've been in the Keys. Today we go out to Molasses Light. We have made many family trips from our home in West Palm Beach to Key Largo by boat to snorkel and dive Molasses, usually with our daughter who is now a grad student at Clemson. When...

Sunday: Continuing our progress up the Keys, we left our luxurious villa and headed for 'Hens and Chickens'. It is another, larger patch reef, also near shore, at a similar depth and structure as Cheeca Rocks. Only nicer. There was still a breeze, but the visibility was very good. and although...

Saturday: We got an early start to make sure we would get a mooring ball. The closest site to Chesapeake is Cheeca Rocks, much nearer to shore and shallower than Tennessee Reef. Well, we got there early enough. We were the only ones there! Our first thought was, what's wrong with this site...

Friday: Water depth getting to the Long Key Bridge was mostly good as the Fishing Lodge owner said. But we did have to lower the antennas to pass under. Once on plane in Hawk Channel we could see Tennessee Reef Light. Navigating to the light was pretty easy. We tied up to one of several...

An idea suggested by our Grady dealer. That's how we did the Great Loop while still working. Tony would drop us off at a marina with a designated pick-up marina (or boat ramp) 2-3 weeks from then.

Wednesday: We head 120 miles south for the Keys. Turns out the back way around Marco Island works out well. We get an early start and are lucky enough to follow another boat nearly the whole way around. Once we're in the recommended 12' of water and headed south, we still see a few fish...

So you went from Kissimmee to Lake O and out to the East coast? Wow, what a trip. Must have taken at least three weeks? When I was in high school the 17' Aquasport was the boat of my dreams. I'm guessing about a 12 degree deadrise and you took it about 700 miles!? Probably not as many no-wake...

Thanks for the Likes and the comments. My wife is the one to "Make Lemonade" as it were. Its her vacation time and she is not to be denied. Tuesday. We get to enjoy the breakfast spread at Tarpon Lodge before taking on the several-mile channel back out to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway...

Monday. We take a leisurely breakfast and make our way to Ingman Marine with some trepidation. Mike has the starboard engine still apart. On a nearby workbench is a pile of crud. I realize the engine is apart for my benefit. Mike explains: "Some of the the cooling passages were clogged with...

Sunday. Becky wants to see Sanibel Island as we make our way back north. While we're there, I'd like to check out Sanibel Marina to see if it is up and running and might be a good jumping off place for our next run. Sanibel Light has a bit less sand around than Becky remembers from family trips...

Day 3. Saturday. We continue with our planned itinerary except by rental car. We make our way down to Everglades City, a portion of Florida I have never seen despite living here for about 45 years. The Rod and Gun Club is another historic building, the main house being built in 1926. If you go...

Ed: Great that you found a direct replacement. But foamed in!? I'm not sure my body would be happy tackling that!