Carver Owners Forum

If you decide to change the vinyl windows, simply sew the new vinyl over the old vinyl at the original thread line. Then, take a razor blade and cut out the old vinyl. Makes for a perfect fit.


572s=900hp each at 5800 rpm. 1.5 reduction. 33" cleavers. 18,000 pounds wet.

Does your fuel gauge look like this?

I dunno about his, but mine goes the other way!

Ahh. Not only did I fix the magic fuel gauge but I found a better way to do it.

You know what, it certainly burns more fuel an hour than my Carver, but, it still takes about the same amount of fuel to go across the lake. One takes 3 hours, the other 30 minutes. About the same amount of fuel though.

Pulled the port side motor out today and tore it down. Remember when I said I tried to start it and the motor went "RUH RUH RUH Hickup... tink"?




Ouch. And this was supposed to be the good motor. The piston was kissed pretty good too but a quick check didn't reveal any cracks. The bores all look fine with no real signs of rust. There must have just been a little bit of water sitting on a couple valves and rusted them out. The exhaust runner looks pretty bad, I'm hoping the head is savable.

There's always a bright side though.



SO MUCH ROOM FOR ACTIVITIES!!!

While the motors are at the machine shop I'll be cleaning the bilge, pulling the fuel tank, prop and propshaft as well as doing some cable/hose management. I heard back from the prop shop yesterday and both the shaft and prop were pretty bent. He said the run out on the shaft was .16". At this point with both prop shafts out I'm going to change the cutlass bearings as well. I noticed on the survey it noted that they were approaching the end of their life. The goal here is to do EVERYTHING that would require a haul out now while its out.

I got tired of lifting the generator hatch on and off and decided to pull the FireBoy off to make it lighter. I'm sure it wouldn't have been much longer before I would be cleaning that out of the engine room

Did the shop make any recommendations for the shafts? In my experience, if they are out that much, I wouldn't bother straightening them. They have a tendency to kreep back some after a while. Understandably, I doubt they'll warranty the straightening. Pricey to replace with new, but it's likely a vibration will show up eventually, and it'll mean another haul out later anyway.

He didn't say anything about the bend creeping back so I dunno.

Took the second motor to my rebuilder today. The head with the broken valve is toast. At this point he suggested I pick up a couple rebuilt engines from one of his suppliers. We crunched some numbers and it just makes more sense.

Does anyone know where I would find a battery charger or inverter for this thing? There's a charger under the bed for the battery connected to the bow thruster but that's all I have found so far.

Here's a picture of my 1986 Carver Santa Fe

I really enjoy following your story here. I think I will be just as happy as you when you launch. We all can learn much from you as you progress with your refurbishment of your yacht.