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The boat is wet slipped and I had to haul it on a trailer to clean the actuators. Fortunately at my club, we have a ramp. Most of the assembly is composite fiberglass. SK states not to paint the metal parts that make up the blade and blade edge. The rest of the assembly should be anti fouled. I...

In your photo you show a green wire connected to one of the negative battery terminals. Where does that wire go? I ask because typically green wires are earth grounds and i don't think that earth ground should be connected to your batteries That ECLI breaker is both ground fault protection...

I have the 450s on my other boat. I don't have a lot of experience but they do significantly improve the ride . My hull is 26 ft and the weight of everything is about 7200 lbs. I did and may still do have an issue with barnacles. I just redid the treatment with different primers and antifouling...

If you have a displacement hull, what difference does it make if the article refers to getting on plane at lower revs?

Are you saying that only one battery is wired to the charger? I would think that if there is a breaker reset for the charger, both batteries would not be charged. Perhaps your house bank was not charging during normal running, not shore power maintenance charging. In that case I would suspect...

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all else aside, did it occur to you that if there were blockages in the exhaust cooling plumbing, the telltale stream pressure would be higher. Not that I think that is going on here but the fact that the stream runs like a race horse could be a bad sign:)

2 stroke to 4 stroke in line 4: Better fuel economy, much quieter, less smoke and smell, I don't know what the motor is taller is all about but the key factor is where the LU sits. What's to worry about

Some boaters have cleaned the control trim switch and it resumed working. I am not sure if that is your issue since in the above case the switch acted up and would work some times if you played with it. In either case, checking the wiring to the control and wiggling things while you hold the...

The fact that the receptacle doesn't accept the thicker gauge wires also means that it isn't rated for the max current carrying capacity that those wires could carry.. If 4G was needed to meet the requirements for current demands, let's say multiple loads, but an individual load would be...

I dont know what 'pure' crap means. Was it water, ethanol, other gunk? Which filters get gunked up? Do not cut the pickup. That won't fix the issue and will limit how much usable gas you can have in the tank Remove the sender and use that opening to manually pump out from the bottom of the tank...

I got 4 gauge and am not sure why the difference

Often the in-line fuse isn't blown but the fuse holder has failed. That was common with certain models but I can't remember which ones. I had a Guest 2 bank 20A charger in one of my previous boats and the fuse holders in that one did go bad, fuses looked fine.

MIne were plastic also but used a steel internal spring. That is what rusts and binds up

ABYC does not allow soldering for marine applications. The reasoning is that soldered connections are more prone to failing when exposed to mechanical vibration. So, it's not an option. Although there are manual crimpers for large gauge conductors, the easier way is to use a hydraulic crimper...

That is what I use. They work fine for 2 or 3 seasons. Over time they rust up inside and get stiff when operating.

Don't forget that the cable run that you use to determine cable sizing is the total back and forth length which is typically twice the physical distance from the battery bank to the trolling motor. You do raise an interesting question for me. The allowable voltage drop for a mechanical or non...

Its not so much the pressure as it is the volume. Long hoses, small diameter hoses, and contracting, crinkle hoses) may not supply enough volume. One motor may be on the edge and other have a bit more wiggle room. Of course, one motor may have more salt buildup in the cooling chambers. In...

I think I am off base with my answer based on others responses. I should have known that the shear pin or mechanism is not in the prop hub. Bad dog , no biscuit

The water that pumps out when launching the boat but didn't seem to be in the bilge is most likely water in the forward bilge area. This is very common for V hulls. That is normal but annoying. That said it would typically be symmetric and not cause listing. The gas tank coffin may be filling...