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Couple other tips. Some of the more fancy chargers will not work on a really drained battery. I pull out a really old charger to get things going when this happens. I assume marine chargers would...
You need a volt meter. I would unhook all the cables and just hook up the chargers. Take baseline measurements battery volt measurements. Then turn on the charger measure with charger ON should be...
I cut the inline fuse out and replaced with butt connector in new bigger gauge wire and fuses on the 4 2005 Dual Pro chargers I have. My 2005 boat had issues every time I took it out this year. ...
Dexter Axle. I had a axle crack and after a few calls we had the details worked out what I needed to order. I ended up welding what I already had as it was just a crack nothing was out of line yet.
Dawco covers are breathable. They seem to breath a little to much and let water in too. I took my worn out dawco to a Amish guy and had a cover custom made it fit as good as the Dawco but does not...
I bought a quad of Maxxis 2 years ago. One looked like it was out of shape like it was stored wrong in storage at warehouse. Since I mount my own tires I seen the issue before mounted and returned...
HDS Gen 1 use to have a hard button for stop sonar. I just upgraded to a carbon. Now its 2 menus deep. Seems like a fundamental mistake. Maybe you can spend some more money and make the optional...
I cut all mine off and replaced with 10 GA blade style and crimped ON new marine grade spade lugs. Darn lugs seemed to be softer the originals. My Dual pro are so old the wire was stiff etc.
I have a original 36 V Terrova salvage from sunk boat. It never was as good as newer ones as far has holding power goes. That darn prop fixed that. I talked with the inventor guy for a hour...
"Will I be bouncing around or "feeling" the boat like I did in my 1997 Sierra 1500? "
Tires can make a difference too. BF Goodrich Load range E All Terrain in my opinion run smoother with the...
I have a Tie Down Engineering version (2007) of zerk fitting on axle grease system. I disassembled cleaned and hand repacked bearings this summer. Its been 5 years or so. I was maintaining the...
You may want to take the top off and clean the reservoir out with a paper towel. My reverse solenoid was sticking this year and to remove it I had to take cover off and was surprised how much gunk...
I had this happen again except it was 5 Miles out of water after engine was not started for a few hours. So electric and gas trolling motors were used to attempt to get to ramp and it started about...
The battery cables did show green corrosion in the insulating cloth. So cut out the green cloth portion and installed new battery connectors . Yes the crimp is not the best as the factory was much...
I ended up putting new connectors on the battery cable $7 from Lowes. I crimped the 4 GA connectors with vise grips. New $15 relay on order but old ones swapped out with trim relay. See what...
I had another person suggest a battery cable. So cut off heat shrink on ground cable at battery and thought I observed green corrosion but on further inspection it was a green cloth covering.
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Yes the relays appear to be the same. I pulled 2 off and same part number (882751) and has a few other numbers that are different and appear to be date of manufacture numbers I assume. Both relays...
2006 Optimax 225XL OPT SN/1B274104
Clean fresh water engine.
10 Year Old dedicated Cranking battery with a on board charger and no other circuits died this summer.
I replaced it with the...
5 of the 6 look perfect to me. My best is like your worst from memory.
My 2007 Tracker has 6 batteries. One is for electronics only (house battery). I was having a few issues with low voltage upgraded the wire from battery to fuse box from 10 GA (Was old and stiff) to...
Why did the Blue seas fail? Was gong to add a auto switch Blue Seas to a 2007 boat that has a house battery hooked to a onboard charger only ended up buying a new house battery rather then risk...
Well I guess I like to tinker. For $13 for the 12 Oz can of power tune and add 2 Oz of gas I will see how it goes. Boat does 50 Mph fully loaded so no problems now for sure. But I did pay $800 to...
I'm looking into using the OTC 7448 fuel injector cleaner since I already have one and requested the service instructions for the Mercury injector cleaning tool 91 898263A01 from Mercury Marine. I...
How old were the tires? Did you look for dry rot when you inspected them every were on the tire? I like Good Year Marathon there a tread design that has been around for a long time and that use to...