My boat, 2004 Rinker 312 with Bravo 3 drives, does have corrosion on the drives and I want to do my best to preserve these drives because replacements are very expensive as we all know. So I have confirmed both drives have the Mercathode puck under the drive. Whether it's working or not I do...
I need to replace the trim cylinder on the port side of my B3 drive. All I can find is new ones for over $300 and was hoping to find a working used one around. Any suggestions on where to look for one??
Surveyor said he did not see the Mercathode system on this boat. Could that be? I thought by 2004 Mercruiser, especially with the B3 drives, had the Mercathode on all boats.
Checked fuel filters and even ran on a tank on clean fuel with no issues. There is a drop in pressure though. Am I correct in thinking this issue is fuel pump related? Any fix to this or do I need to replace the pump?
Been a long time since I've had a gas marine engine other than outboards. My most recent boat had twin diesels and now I am considering a boat with twin 5.0 Mercs, Bravo 3's and a 5kW Kohler genset.
So, this is a 2004 boat with 180 hours on the engines (50 on genset). Been on the hard since...