Batteries? If you find it safe to turn over... Check battery voltage? If you have a parallel switch, check with that too? Load test battery?...
FWIW... with practice, I've eventually gotten to the point where I can anticipate gear engagement, and I can (usually) even move the control out...
We had manually-controlled trolling valves on our previous boat with ZF gears. We trolled a lot at idle RPM and between 2.5-3 kts, no issues over...
Think I've lost track of what boat is which... But at least it sounds like good progress. -Chris
We use Aquamap Marine -- on Android devices, but they also do an iThing version -- as one of our several backups. We use this one specifically...
FWIW, after an oil change our manual (V8 engine) says to run the engine "for a few minutes at low speed," shut down the engine, wait "about 20...
I need to fashion some kind of solution like that, too. The starboard filters are easy to manage, with just a 5-gal bucket immediately underneath...
And it turns out TAP TAP TAP worked like a champ. -Chris
Thanks. I didn't mean MAN recommendation, just meant their "approval" for a given standard. 3277 in our case. Despite the "2022" filename I...
Well, turns out I did find a 17mm socket for a 1/2" drive... but it's a 12-point so not great. Had to make a trip to bring the oil over, and...
Yeah, working on filters today. And sure enough I can't budge the drain plugs yet. Turns out I see I don't have a 17mm socket for the 1/2"...
I can imagine. I just started an engine oil change, which will end up spanning several days. Yesterday was the "heat the engines (boat ride),...
Aftercooler and heat exchanger service is off-engine. Remove, let the radiator shop (for example) do their magic, reinstall. Don't remember...
Would likely have seemed under-powered anyway. Most 43MYs had 8.3CTAs or Volvol TAMD 480s or some such. Rust stains on thru-hulls are often from...
I think we have the electronic/common rail V-8 "little brother" to those -- D2848LE423. AKA V8-900 CRM. So far, so good. It was expensive to...
We could have considered a 459, but there never was one for sale while we were shopping. If it's got Zeus pod drives, you may want to read up on...
Tricky. Sometimes you can get a (n electric) pressure washer wand in the crevices, and sometimes you can suck up the water with shop vac...
Shower/AC sumps and sink/shower drain hoses and pans can be an odor source... and permeated sanitation hoses. Mold. Gross bilge. Et cetera....
The 480CE was sort of a Diamond-series 450C (6CTA) with added electronic controls of some sort. I thought the lowest/original horsepower for the...
BTW, Ross, that "one owner" part would likely be a plus, in my mind. -Chris
