Hello boaters. I have a quick question. I have a 2017 Hurricane CC19 with two Deka Marine Master (24M7) cranking batteries with a Perko switch to separate them. I went to tender the batteries since we are in dead of winter, and found the 2nd battery will not take a charge. My Schumacher...
Hello. Thank you all for the advise over the years. I have really enjoyed using this site to figure out issues. Here we go. I just bought a brand new 2017 boat and picked it up Saturday. I get home and reinstall the seating and notice a broken section of the boat mold near the seating. I...
Hello. Thank you all for the help in the past. Here is a new one. Any help would be appreciated. Boat: Mercruiser 3.0 Serial: 0M69xxxx. I believe the motor was rebuilt. The boat is a 2004 Maxum 1800MX. The spark arestor could be the original for that motor or a replacement. The spark arestor...
So I have been working on a vibration issue with the mercruiser 3.0 in our 2004 Maxum 1800. I tried to set the timing. I went through the proper steps of attaching the jumper and bypassing the shift interrupt. I set the timing to 2 degrees ATDC (as the directions show for my model). the boat ran...
Hey there. another quick question. I have a 2004 mercruiser 3.0 with the 90 degree breather elbow on the valve cover. I have noticed that after running the motor all day at the lake pulling the kids on the tube that there is a small amount of oil blowing out of the breather. Does anyone else's...
Ok. thanks for the responses. I have a 2004 Maxum 1800 with the mercruiser 3.0. We purchased 2 months ago. First time out we broke the large power steering bracket. I replaced it. Had to pull the power steering pulley, but I got it. Next we broke a starter bolt. I had the shop extract the bolt...
First post, but I have been following the forum for a while and appreciate all the insight. Here is my problem. We just bought a 2004 Maxum 1800 with a Mercruiser 3.0 MCM Alpha One Gen 2. The previous owner hit a stump and had $7,500 worth of insurance work done on it. They replaced the...
