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    annual engine maintenence for my new to me twin 270 crusaders

    Its been a year since I purchased my boat. Thanks to all who have helped me so far - the advice here has been great! Boat is 1987 36' Mainship with twin 270 crusaders, velvet direct drives. About 700 hours total and I put on about 30 this past year. I keep it in the water year round in the...
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    Velvet Drive ATF Fluid loss

    I'm looking for advice on troubleshooting a sporadic fluid loss from my starboard bw velvet drive (direct drive) transmission. Engines are crusader 350ci/ 270hp in a Mainship 36dc. I usually run about 50/50 each outing between 1000rpm (8knots) and 3000rpm (18knots). I only have 50 hours on the...
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    seeking advice re: new Parallel start switch and solenoid

    My new-to-me 1987 twin engine mainship has a momentary SPDT parallel start swtch controlling an intermittant 750A cole-hersee solenoid to combine my start batteries (each engine has its own group 31 starting battery which also supplies 1/2 the house load). The parallel system is not currently...
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    Voltmeter gauges - different types?

    I'm replacing all the flybridge gauges of my new to me 1987 36' Mainship (twin crusader 270's) because the years of exposure have taken their toll. I bought "Coral" style Faria gauges which are a decent match for the obsolete medallions. All the gauges have been easy to install with identical...
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    Using Phototach on Crusader 270s

    Thanks in advance for anyone responding to my very basic question regarding use of a phototach on my crusader 270s which I am doing to better calibrate my tach gauges. I need to attach the reflective sqaure to one of the front center pulleys - i think the top center pulley runs the FWC pump and...
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    Mystery solved perko switches - Thanks!

    Thanks all especially ricardo Marine and fastjeff - fastjeff you called it right. In spite of the perkos being 4 position switches (1,2,all,off) , when I took them down to check the connections I found both switches were being used as on/off with each taking a lead from a separate battery to...
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    Need to replace sticky faria temp gauge

    I have one sticky temp gauge on my 87 mainship with twin 270 crusaders. The engines run at 160+/- and both gauges do read Ok but one is sticky and needs to be tapped quite a bit which makes me nervous. I'd like to replace it. Its a Faria but I can't find an exact one anywhere on the internet...
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    Best Cruising RPM for twin 270 crusaders

    I can plane at 2000RPM in my new to me 1987 36' Mainship 20K semi-displacement hull which will produce about 16mph. The boat seems to run well there but I've had advice that the engine is working too hard cruising at such a low RPM. The prop is OEM. Original mainship manual suggests a cruising...
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