My Viking 44 motor yacht has been running it’s DD 6-71TIBs since at least 2000 on Rotella T1 40w The oil is changed every year except on a year I...
Canoe sterned
A friend at our Marina had a 110 that she bought on the East Coast when she live there. She then brought it to the Great Lakes thinking she would...
I hate 1st hand knowledge. It usually comes with a high price tag attached.
Good news about the sender. Hopefully if there is a pump issue an alarm will go off but I don’t know if it would be in time to shut engine down.
I looked on used 1987 and pics show same at helm. I’m sure they used the same in that vintage. I am well. Actually in the North Channel right now.
My gauges are VDO. Make sure you get the right sender and for a single station. I had a trawler that always read high without thermostats in....
The black float goes up and down and can get stuck. There are other types and brands of senders used.
This is a picture of the type of Rochester senders I have on my Viking for both fuel and water tanks. [ATTACH]
If they are stuck sometimes they can be cleaned and will function again.
Depending on the type of sender they can get stuck or in some cases a float becomes saturated and no longer functions. You need to find the...
Alien Tape might be substituted?
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My J & T engines are the 485 hp 6-71 TIB I have the original spec sheets and J & T manuals.
Add this diagram to the Ideal instructions. Just found it. I think it matches the numbers on the instructions.
Should have sent this part of instructions about the wildcat operation.
I think you are correct. Loosen or tighten the clutch.
I think this answers your question. If you would like pm me your email and I will send you the pdf of the instructions on operation and...