troym
Advanced Contributor
"...is the average life expect
"...is the average life expectancy of a Group 27 dual purpose marine battery from West Marine. Glad I have two.
Everything else, after the longest idle period since I've owned the boat, worked great.
One thing I did fix, aside from the routine PMs, before putting her in the water was to replace the mounting bracket for the hydraulic pump. Seems a number of manufacturers mount the pump on a horizontal surface instead of a vertical surface, like the transom. Having it mounted horizontally, especially in the case of my Searay, didn't allow any water to run off from underneath it, and the thing corroded catastrophically. It's not the easiest thing to get to, can barely see it, let alone touch it.
My advise is to take a look at how yours is mounted and move it to the tansom, or at least lift it up a bit, if there's room, before it rusts to oblivion... might save you $100 in a few years."
"...is the average life expectancy of a Group 27 dual purpose marine battery from West Marine. Glad I have two.
Everything else, after the longest idle period since I've owned the boat, worked great.
One thing I did fix, aside from the routine PMs, before putting her in the water was to replace the mounting bracket for the hydraulic pump. Seems a number of manufacturers mount the pump on a horizontal surface instead of a vertical surface, like the transom. Having it mounted horizontally, especially in the case of my Searay, didn't allow any water to run off from underneath it, and the thing corroded catastrophically. It's not the easiest thing to get to, can barely see it, let alone touch it.
My advise is to take a look at how yours is mounted and move it to the tansom, or at least lift it up a bit, if there's room, before it rusts to oblivion... might save you $100 in a few years."