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My master switches have four positions: Off, 1, 2, and "Both". Isn't the last position supposed to do the same thing as the battery parallel switch. BTW, the guy who was showing the boat for the previous owner's daughter told me that he had been told to start and run the boat with both master switch...

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Bruce, Any suggestions for a tool to adjust the belts? I remember that J. C. Whitney used to sell something that pushed against the two pulleys and allowed you to adjust the tension by turning a nut on the threaded part. Most everything that shows up on Google seems to be designed for adjusting serp...

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What is this switch supposed to do? Checking it with a test lamp, I can see that it is a momentary switch with an inputs from the port and starboard batteries (before the ignition switches). When I hold it in the on position it connects both inputs its output. IIRC, the wires are all #10 AWG. Althou...

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My boat has a panel which encloses the area under the dashboard on the flying bridge. Whoever built it cut openings a about a foot wide near the port and starboard sides with hinged doors. Post side is for storage and the starboard side for the VHF. I bought a bus bar with spaces for eight positive ...

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Thanks for all of the advice. I have everything on the flying bridge working now including the starter buttons (which were the original reason I started this project) and the volt meters which I added to replace the ammeters. My next step will be to run a direct feed from the main panel to a bus whe...

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I should have added that for most things like this, my product of choice is Boat-Life Life Caulk. Is that a good thing to use here?

thanks,

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As you all can see from my previous question about grounds on the flying bride, I have been working around the instrument panel. Among other things I have been trying to get the starter buttons up there to work and replacing my ammeters with volt meters (per Bob Lico's suggestion). As part of the pr...

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After spending two days poking around I found that there is a white wire coming in from the harness, presumably from the panel. That wire is connected to the back of each of the gauges under one of the nuts which hold the bracket. I have added a buss and tied it to that wire so that I will have grou...

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How are the instruments and accessories on the flying bridge supposed to be grounded? A quick test with a test lamp shows that the aluminum(?) panel itself makes a complete circuit. Is there another place where the negative side terminal of the instruments, radio, fishfinder ... should be connected?...

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The alternator belt on my port engine still slips even after I tightened it, so I am assuming that I need to replace it. Of course, I need to remove the one for the raw water pump in order to get at it, so I will be replacing both. The alternator belt adjusts just like one on a car, so that will be ...

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The cap on my anchor rope pipe got lost sometime in the forty year history of boat. Does anyone sell these separately?

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What’s behind it?

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Has anyone here tried this? A quick search of this forum has given me a sense of how much work is involved in removing the original carpet, so I am looking for alternatives. The carpet has a lot of black stain on it, especially next to the overhead, but it feels dry to the touch and the cabin does n...

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Pete,

Thanks. Apparently one of my boat’s previous owners moved that switch to a spot near the electrical distribution panel.

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On my boat the battery parallel switch is a toggle switch on top of the instrument panel.

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On the control panel of my lower station there are positions for eight switches. The one on the lower right hand side is missing. just an empty hole. Any idea what was supposed to be there ?

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Thanks for all of your ideas. We have all few things to think about now.

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We are looking for some simple, light-weight chairs which will not take too much room when we fold them up and store them in the cabin.

My wife was thinking about using a couple of those folding chairs that the caterers use for outdoor events like weddings.

What have others used?

Thanks,

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Does the head in the B31 Sport Fisherman (the one which sits between the v-berths) draw its flushing water from the fresh water tank or is there a through-hull fitting that allows it to use seawater? (So far, we have only done short runs across the bay to Sailors Haven and Watch Hill, so we have not...

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Thanks for the advice. I ended up dropping the overhead, not an easy task but an educational experience.

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I am trying to replace the hand rails which are bolted to the sides of the flying bridge. The ones that I am talking about are the ones which run about 4" above the top of the cabin, not the safety rails which keep you from falling off of the flying bridge. The end pieces for these rails are held on...

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Peter You will need something like this to fuse the engines at the battery, https://www.bluesea.com/products/5191/MRBF_Terminal_Fuse_Block_-_30_to_300A What size fuse should I use at the batteries? One other question: The wiring diagram in the owner's manual says that the wires feeding the box from...

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Thanks for all of the suggestions. I have not had the stalling problem since I replaced my nonworking hour meters about four weeks ago. I have put about six hours on the boat since then including two round trips across the bay (Oakdale to Sailors Haven and Watch Hill).

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Thanks for all of the suggestions. I am working my way through the relevant sections of Nigel Calder's book and starting to plan my attack on the distribution panel replacement, trying to keep the project as simple as possible. I believe that I have circuit breakers in line on the wires which curren...

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I bought and installed a cable brake from Jamestown. Works as expected.

Makes the boat much easier to drive at cruising speed.

Thanks for the suggestion.

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Bob and Stephan, Thanks for the clarification and advice. Right now I am taking an incremental approach since I have not run into any reliability problems. What I have seen of the wiring so far looks like it is in decent shape and basically unmodified. I will have a better idea when I replace the di...

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Stephan, Thanks for the feedback. The picture does not show it very clearly but there is a yellow lead connected to one end of the shunt and a red lead connected to the other end. Each of the leads runs through some sort of black rubber object which looks like it might be a fuse. This picture is fro...

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I fixed the permissions on the picture. You should be able to see it now.

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Apologies in advance for the blurred picture. Are the two black objects at the bottom with the battery cables connected to them circuit breakers and is the part with washboard surface above the "breakers" the shunt for the ammeter?

http://www.ipernity.com/doc/307687/47038604

Thanks,

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I have the Blue Sea 8082 panel in hand now and it looks like it has no provision for a feed from the second battery. For those of you who used this model did you simply feed the panel with one battery? My existing panel has a separate breaker for each engine. The way this one is set up, I would be r...

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Peter, Thanks for the offer. My boat appears to be wired for 120 and it is available where I dock if I absolutely need it. I have not hooked up to shore power because I didn't know for certain if I had a properly functioning isolator. I am hoping that I can just to a one-for-one swap with the new pa...

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West Marine also lists a butane fired heat gun made by Ancor. Is that one any good?

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Do I need 110 V shore power for a heat gun?

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I suspect that mine are original. From the outside, the only adjustments are the high and low stops. There is an extra scrip in each handle about an inch from the screw which holds the handle to the shaft but it looks like its only function is to fill the hole.

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I have ordered an new Blue Seas 8082 panel. I am thinking about installing it this fall while the boat is still in the water so that I can fully test everything. I am hoping that I can simply pull the old panel out and connect the existing wires to the new one. If I have to make any repairs, however...

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Thanks for the link. I have ordered the cable brake. For now, I only plan to put it on the cable for the flying bridge. I will let you all know how it works out. I suspect that the difference in drag between the port and starboard controls is due to the fact that the cable runs from the flying bridg...

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When I run my boat at cruising speed, about 3000 rpm, the throttle control lever for the starboard engine tends to slip a bit, down to about 2800-2900 rpm. The control for the port engine tends to stay pretty much where I put it. Is there any adjustment on the throttle controls to prevent throttle c...

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I actually was about ready to go after the coil but I wanted to collect some data to make sure I knew which engine was stalling and how long I had been running when it stalled. Of course once you start watching, it doesn't do it again.

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Whatever the problem was it has not recurred since my original post. I installed new engine hour meters last weekend to replace the nonfunctioning existing ones. I have put about 3 hours on the engines since then. I guess it is conceivable that intermittent short in one of them might have been causi...

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No rush. Replacing the panel is going to be a project for next winter. All of the essential functions on the boat are working so far.

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Yesterday afternoon I took my first run across the bay to Sailors Haven with my wife, daughter, her two children (10 and 2). It took my about 10 minutes to get out of the Connetquot River (no wake zone) and another 10 to get across the by. That's a good bit faster than I could ever do sailing my ODa...

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Here is a better picture: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/307687/46948288 Tony, Thanks for the suggestion on the Blue Seas panel. I was thinking that the panel does look a bit scary. Is it possible to replace the panel without redoing the entire electrical system? So far, everything I have tested works ...

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I realize that the picture does not show it very well, but I think that it sticks out too far to function for that purpose. Also, the off-center circle scribed around the hole suggests that there once was a knob attached to it.

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Any idea what this switch in the center of my breaker panel is for? My boat is a sport fisherman with controls in the cabin and on the bridge. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ulcn41vbgx8uucd/Photo%20Jul%2003%2C%2007%2033%2008.jpg?dl=0 This is my first attempt at posting a picture from drop box, so I apolo...

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How much chain do I need for a "lunch hook" in Great South Bay. Depths are mostly in the 6-10' range?

Thanks,

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Thanks for all of the suggestions. Getting at the sensor on the port engine was much easier than had expected. All I had to do was remove the cowling between the engine cover and the port side of the boat.

There was no sign of tape on the old sensor so I just put a thin coat of anti-seize on it.

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Since the purpose of the Teflon tape is to make certain that you can remove the sensor at a later date, is there any reason I can't use an anti-seize compound instead?

Thanks,

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What kind of tape did you use? I would be concerned that Teflon tape might melt.

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I bought a new oil pressure sensor for my port engine because the oil pressure gauges for that engine (both upper and lower stations) are reading about 40# with the engine off. With the engine running, the gauges are pegged. It looks like it should be a simple matter of unscrewing the old one and in...

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Tony, Thanks for that information. I will take another look. When I stopped to check the boat on my way to work this morning, I discovered an unlabeled push-pull switch above the circuit breaker panel which turns on the bilge pumps, overriding the float switches. So I have some level of comfort know...

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