starting

Hi, Have you ever had a strange feeling that what you were about to do was probably not a good idea and then went ahead and did it anyway ? and sure enough you should have listened to that niggling feeling you had. Well that happened to me on Sunday. I was about to start my engine (Penta...

Injectors and glow plugs Just yesterday I replaced all 4 Injectors and glow plugs on my Universal 5432. I started and 7:45am and was done by 11:30 am. It’s fairly easy with all the right tools. I removed the intake manifold as it makes the job much much easier. I bought 4 brand new injectors...

I'm almost done with my Frigoboat install and my next step is to add a starting battery so I can wire my existing two batteries in parallel to increase my house bank capacity. I've read Nigel Calder's book as well as all of the excellent articles on the Blue Sea web site. But before charging...

Hello All, I replaced the engine in my E38 with a used 5432 this winter and although the "new" engine runs great there is one small problem. It starts instantly when cold, or even hot if I just shutdown and restart in a few minutes. If I go for a 2-4 hour sail and then try to start the engine...

If you have a Garmin chartplotter, your date may be wrong which will affect tide/current data. Here is a temporary fix until Garmin can permanently fix the firmware for these units. If the date displayed on the GPSMAP 21xx, 22xx, 3xxx, 4xxx or 5xxx series is displaying December 31, 1989 or...

We have a Universal M25XP, with glow plug button. It's common when pushing the starter button (after holding the glow plug button in for about the right amount of time, and continuing to hold it) to get no response-- engine doesn't turn, no noise. Then, a few seconds, or minutes later, doing the...

Just pulled off the forward hatch, main hatch and the hatch boards. Here they sit on my workbench. What next ??? I have 0 wood on my Mac so this is all new to me. Any advise before I start sanding ? Tim

Hello all, I am new to this, not to sailing, but sail boats with batteries, engines etc. So..... I have a 25+. The PO did nothing as far as up keep, maintainance. I want to be as self sufficient as possible. Solar power etc. Right now there is a sears marine batterie. Doing some research I'm...

My batteries need replacing, and I'm considering using a Deep Cycle battery for the house battery, and one of those combination deep cycle/starting batteries for the engine battery. I charge off the engine, and use a battery combiner. Thought I'd throw this out to the electrical gurus and...

Ok Folks no laughing haha...k I am almost ready to put my new to me Ericson 27 into the water. I have never started the engine as the boat has been out of the water the entire time. The boat was started for the surveyor and he stated that it sounded fine to him. The problem I have is the boat...

Does anyone know where I can get a handle to crank start my M-50 that would fit on the fixture shown in the picture? thanks, Chris

After nay years and many suggestions ( even from the Mfg) I have finally solved my starting problems! From new batteries to new cables and upgraded wiring as well as a solenoid replacement, nothing fixed the problem of starting my MD 12 ! Finally a month ago I replaced the start and glow plug...