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    Penta 2002 battery shorting on start

    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...
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  4. R

    Universal 5432 starting issue....

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    • Forum: Maintenance & Mechanical
  6. M

    Start/Start Button Troubleshooting

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    • Mike Loft
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    • button fuse start or start starter button starter troubleshooting starting troubleshooting
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  7. T

    Just starting

    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
  8. T

    Batteries, Batteries, Batteries, Hmmmm.....

    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...
  9. D

    Starting vs. Deep Cycle Battery

    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...
  10. J

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  11. Chris Miller

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  12. F

    UNiversal starting problems resolved!

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