RE: 1996 Carver 325, 5.7L Crusaders, duel helm.

While underway, driving from the flybridge, 1600 RPMs (but I don' think that matters) the starboard oil pressure went full scale high. I checked the lower helm, starboard oil pressure at 25ish psi. My normal is 40 psi at idle, slightly higher with increase in RPMs. All indications on the port engine remained normal. Tapping the upper gauge caused the needle to jump all over, with no change at the lower helm. No low oil pressure light, and no check engine light illuminated. I believe this to be an indication problem, not a problem with the actual oil pressure.

My boat has VDO gauges. I worked with a VDO dealer, with the 30 year old gauge and part number in hand. My gauge is out of production, but they have the replacement which looks nearly identical and has the exact same spade type connectors on the back. So as to not cause a mismatch problem, I purchased 2 of the new VDO gauges. Installed both gauges, turned the key on and both gauges moved to full scale high. Thinking perhaps I also had an oil pressure sender problem, I purchased a new oil pressure sender from the marina parts counter. Although I have duel helms, there is only one wire to the sending unit. I did verify that the new sending unit is the unit for a duel helm application. With the new sending unit installed...same problem, both new gauges go full scale high when the key is turned on. With either the new, or old sending unit installed, the oil pressure indicated lower than normal at approx 25 psi. at both helms. Increasing RPMs the gauge would go down to about 20 psi, in stead of going up with increased RPMs. Thinking I may have crossed the wires when installing the gauges, I tried swapping the two leads on the back of the gauge (the third ground lead was obvious correct location) and the indications remained the same.

I'm stumped. From what I hear, duel helms can be tricky with some of this stuff. What am I missing. I value any input from the forum.
Regards,
Jeff

Hi y'all,

I've got a 36M with the factory 12,000 BTU AC unit under forward stateroom bed (Picture of it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/V5sdRhVm9bnfR1n49), and the blower motor is breathing it's last breaths as we speak. I was looking to see if anyone on here has done a blower replacement on one of these units, or something similar, and had any advice on what direction to go.

It appears to have some rivets holding the outlet into the rest of the assembly as well as some hex bolts on the edges. Is that all I have to remove in order to get the motor out?

Or would it make more sense to just replace the entire unit, given it's age?

Any input is greatly appreciated, thank you!

Here's a listing of what looks to be the same thing for reference: https://maxmarineoutlet.com/product/tay ... nditioner/

Please someone tell me I don't have to remove all of this to remove my shaft struts... The previous owner may have hit something under water. The shaft was slightly bent and I had the props refinished.. The new shaft went in but I had to lift it slightly to get it to align properly... Long story short it wobbles and shakes at anything above 1k rpm... This means there's an alignment issue

I did not change the cutlass bearings, I'm assuming since I had to lift slightly to seat the coupler to the transmission that something is out of alignment and since the engine never moved this has to be it... Im going to say possible the struts are possible bent. Unless this drama is caused by bad cutlass bearings. Anyway I'm going to assume the new shaft is probably bent again.. This time I'm going to replace the struts the bearings and the shaft. Getting to the strut bolts don't seem to be easy like the other side...

Please someone tell me I don't have to remove all of this to remove my shaft struts... The previous owner may have hit something under water. The shaft was slightly bent and I had the props refinished.. The new shaft went in but I had to lift it slightly to get it to align properly... Long story short it wobbles and shakes at anything above 1k rpm... This means there's an alignment issue

I did not change the cutlass bearings, I'm assuming since I had to lift slightly to seat the coupler to the transmission that something is out of alignment and since the engine never moved this has to be it... Im going to say possible the struts are possible bent. Unless this drama is caused by bad cutlass bearings. Anyway I'm going to assume the new shaft is probably bent again.. This time I'm going to replace the struts the bearings and the shaft. Getting to the strut bolts don't seem to be easy like the other side...

Hello all!
I am pretty sure I need to remove my salon window frames on my 93 350 ACMY to rebed them. Is there anyone out there that has done this? I have rebedded the frames in the aft cabin as well as two hatches. Not too hard of a job. My questions with the salon windows are : is this job possible, if so, how heavy, are they just bigger versions of the aft windows construction wise, do you need to support the bridge to take frame out, how does the frame connect to the forward side window? If anyone can answer these questions or give any advise, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Rich

Hello friends,

This is my first boat ever. Does anyone know of this is a “support” pole as I’d like to take it out….




Kindly,

v/r,
Stephen

I recently purchased a 2006 46 MY and evaluating tender lift options for my Highfield 310 FCT. The "Dingy Butler" seems like a good option for my configuration. Has anyone installed a Dingy Butler? I think I will need to drill 6" inspection holes to install the backing plates to the underside of the swim platform deck. I assume the swim platform is hollow?

Anyone using another dingy lift they like thats reasonably priced?

Hi everyone,

I have a 1996 325 with twin crusaders. Last season, the oil pressure was reading low on the port engine, but still within spec. I asked my marina to take a look at it and then said they would when we launched this spring.

They said when they launched, the port engine fired up fine and oil pressure was within spec when they first checked it, but then they moved the boat, checked it again, and it was reading zero.

They said they pulled the gauge and put in a manual gauge to make sure it wasn’t a gauge issue, and it was still zero.

They did some further testing this week and said that the oil pump and pickup need to be replaced. Since it is on the bottom of the engine, they said they will need to pull the engine to replace it. They quoted me $10,000. I’d imagine this is mostly labor.

I knew if the oil pump needed to be replaced they would need to pull the engine so I was expecting a big bill, but this was still a shock. Does $10k sound reasonable?

Also, while the engine is pulled, is there any other preventative maintenance we should do in order to make sure we don’t have another huge repair bill in the future?

They said that there wasn’t any blow by, but I’m a bit worried if the oil pump was failing that there could be some excessive engine wear. Would it be worthwhile to get a compression test?

Both engines were replaced in 2021 which was a big selling point for this boat. I was hoping we’d be able to avoid major engine repairs. However, my understanding the previous owner replaced both of the blocks and reused some original engine components so I’m sure the oil pump was original.

Any advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Afternoon everyone

Hope everyone is enjoying the boating season

My oil pressure gauge (port) keeps jumping up and down which makes me think its the oil pressure sensor. I can't seem to find the part number in any of my manuals.

I tried calling Diesel Parts Direct and gave them my engine serial number but no luck.

Anyone know know where or how to get the part number?

Thanks
Kuya

A friend has a 2005, 360 Searay. Lost all power to 12 volt gauges (amps, fuel, temperature etc.) Has power to engines, windless, engine hatch. Seems as though he has power to electrical distribution center input but nothing coming out. Anyone experience this and is there a replacement part?