Hello friends,

I hope everyone is well. I love cars and guns and just recently purchased a new toy.

Not quite sure which forum I should start with. I do have a quick question…I did purchase an aftermarket steering wheel to replace that God awful one that’s in there now…are the steering wheels easy to replace on the Mariner?

Thanks for everyone’s patient as I learn.

Kindly,
v/r,
Stephen

I have the two water lines that go from the motor to the hot water tank. They get warm when the engine is running. I want to stop that system. Should I make a loop without the hot water tank or just cap the two lines?
1990 carver 34 Santiago

Hello all

Synchronizer Gauge wasn’t working, so I tossed it, only lately to be told it could have been serviced, my bad !!.

2 inch gauge but no mfg’r name. Any info from you “smarter than me” boaters on where to get one. Module is in place, working or not is an unknown. 1989 santego with what I think is original dash.

Any ideas greatly appreciated

Guy

Winterizing is there a good video or long checklist I can see to help me winterize my boat for the first time, 1990 34 santego.

Hi, I recently bought a carver 3007 AC circa 1985, and it has 3 broken rectangular portholes.
the dimensions of the portholes are 450mmx250mm, but I can't seem to find replacement parts(carver made or not) in the correct dimensions.
I was wondering if anyone knew a seller who can supply these, and ship to the UK.
any help would be greatly appreciated,
Steve

Hey guys
I am new to this forum and in the process of purchasing a 2002 Carver 346 6.2 MPI Mercruisers and looking for some info.
As with any purchase I make, I always start off with changing the basics. Oil, plugs, filters, that way I know it has been done and I start with a fresh "pallet". What do you guys recommend for the following?

Side note: I believe I only have a few days to get this stuff done as the boat will be put in the marinas storage yard within the next week or so for the winter and would at least like to change the oil and filters.

1. Oil. Not knowing what has been used by the current owner, what oil would you guys recommend? (I am a fan of Amsoil and Mobile)

2. Oil filter.

3. Spark plugs (NGK)

4. Fuel filter

What is your favourite oil extractor?

Any help would be much appreciated as I am short on time. I normally enjoy researching this type of stuff but with limited time, I feel it would be of great help to reach out to this forum for help so I can get this stuff done in a timely manor.

Cheers

Just bought my second Carver aft cabin. Went from the 1992 “33” (which was really the 350) to my new to me 2004 366. I expected most things to be roughly the same, just newer. One thing has me puzzled more than most changes…the shore power cables are hardwired in. No connector plugs. Just two long-ass cables that store and come out of the aft steps. WHY? Why would they not put in connection plugs like every other boat? How the heck am I going to replace those cords that no doubt wind through completely inaccessible areas of the boat and probably zip tied every foot along the way? I’m open to all thoughts and suggestions.

Hello everyone, hope everyone had a great boating season. I am looking for a company that can manufacture a wedge for housing my Garmin 8612xsv and a VHF radio like the picture I found on the internet, but no reference or way to know who made this wedge that looks perfect for what I want to achieve. My Goal to eliminate sun on my 8612 when traveling with the sun on that side of the boat. I will chase down any lead as I have been looking all season. Like most things boating knowing the exact terms for something gives you the best advantage to being successful.

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Thanks in advance.

I have a 1987 - 3807 carver aft cabin. For a few years now, I have had lake water getting into my forward billage located at the entrance to the forward cabin. When the boat is sitting there is approximately 3 to 4 quarts of water per week accumulating and when the boat is in motion in motion it's considerably more. The billage pump automatically removes the water when it gets too high. I can't say for sure the directon the water is coming from there are no obvoius signs of a leak other then the billage. There are 2 holding tanks to the aft of the pump.
I had the water tested to determine if it's from the holding tanks or lake water and it's definitely lake water. I checked for leaks at all 7 seacocks and everything is dry. The water from the stuffing box (very little) goes into the aft bilge.
The boat comes out of the Water in a few weeks and I'm hoping to figure out where the leak is coming from so that I can fix it on the hard.
Any thoughts of how I can diagnose this problem or where it may be coming from would be greatly appreciated.

I can't find the external HIN plate on my 1977 26' Santa Cruz. It may have been removed when I had the gelcoat redone on the transom. Is there an internal location for the HIN as well?

On a related point, all of the documentation I have on the boat reflects a 14-character HIN rather than a 12 character HIN, with the difference being that the date of certification is represented as a two digit month followed by two digit year rather than the standard 1 character month (A-L) and the last digit of the year. Specifically, I have: CDR56281067777 instead of CDR56281F777.

This matters because I've received a notice from the California DMV saying that I my HIN does not confirm to US regulations and as such, is considered invalid and my registration subject to cancellation.

I'm going to call the DMV, but I'd like to be able to reference something that documents this format or Carver's exception to it. I found this online which mentions some boats having a four digit certification date, but not both a four digit certification date and a two digit model year. https://www.usps.org/national/safety/HIN/HIN.pdf

Does anyone else have a 14-character HIN on their Carver?