I'm almost finished re-powering my boat. My outdrive has a power steering cylinder that looks like this:
The engine is a Mercruiser 233 without a power steering pump. I don't plan on installing a pump and i was wondering if I could just manually steer the boat without hooking up the cylinder...
I just installed a used trim pump for my alpha drive (the outdrive is off). I got all the hydraulic lines bled (i think), refilled the reservoir and hooked them up to the arms (old, but they seem to be in good shape). When I trim up, the motor whines/dies down and the arms move slowly. I thought...
Im putting a used trim pump in my boat and i believe the solenoid that came with it is either bad or its the wrong one for this pump. I can get the pump to run one direction if i wire it through the solenoid and when i hardwired it i got it to run both directions. I pulled the solenoid off and I...
1978 Glastron Aventura
pic: http://i.imgur.com/8ehpUWO.jpg
We got this boat pretty cheap because it needs work, and I'm thinking its more work than we expected. When we pulled out some of the rotted floorboards on the rear starboard side next to the engine compartment, we noticed this...
