I have a Mercruiser 260 in my 89 Carver Montego.

Im being told to replace my batteries by a marine mechanic or "Upgrade" the batteries . He's trying to "upsell" me.

I believe the batteries I currently have in the boat are the specs that Mercruiser suggests.

Can anyone confirm the batteries and specs One should have in the boat or for that engine?

Thanks in advance for your knowledge and opinions!!

Hello folks,

I have a 2001 466 Carver that needs to have the vinyl/rubber glazing strips replaced. Do you have a source for the vendor that Carver uses for these extrusions? I need the continuous strips that fit between the glass and the aluminum frames/extrusions. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Victorboat

I would like to remove the painted on name from the transom without damage. Anyone have a sure fire bullet proof method for this that will leave no damage?

Thanks for any and all help

Hi, Currently on the East Coast of the USA looking for a Cummins DockCommand joystick Pt No 5446312 without success. Can find the 5446313 and 5446314 Any help would be appreciated as Cummins wants USD 11K for the superceded model!! - Thanks

I have an 83 3607 Aft cabin with a non working windlass anchor system. I am considering replacing. Does anybody have any recommendations on either replacing existing or other styles? This is certainly a work in progress as the previous owner was a notorious duct tape type of guy.

Any advice will be welcomed.

I appreciate it,
Blair

I had the chance to run our genny while in the islands and it was flawless. Met another boater who had the same genny and you could hardly hear it. He installed a Vetus muffler in-line with the water/exhaust hose, noise level was near 0. Anyone here have any experience with type of product? And I investigated my system and yet there is an exhaust muffler on it. So I’m guessing, that, he put one in front of the original muffler.

I am making a a deposit on a 2004 36 Mariner this week. Is there a good source for owners manuals or crusader 5.7 service manuals? I looked for a files section and tried to search but was unable to find.
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I am making a a deposit on a 2004 36 Mariner this week. I'd like to do engine oil and transmission oil samples. Is the Transmission fill tube easily accessible or do I need to have the marina do it?
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I am making a a deposit on a 2004 36 Mariner. We went through the boat pretty well but could not find any A/C registers in the master berth. Does it have them? If not, how does it get cool with the doors closed. I'd like to know the answer before the survey.
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When do you rebuild or replace a water pump. The one in question is less than 4 years, low mileage. Impeller looks good but realized yesterday the sea strainer was backward, and engine over heating. Took apart the pump to check impeller but the pump metal looks awful impeller fine ther is probably rusted grit in the bearings? I replaced the port side last year, just wondering if there is a rebuild option rather than new pump. Mechanic had put the pump on backward, makes me wonder about the ...