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  1. carl_jarrett

    How do my risers and manifolds look?

    Yeah the boat lives in salt water year round. Pacific Northwest. Put them back on, cleaned the heat exchanger and repainted it, this engine now runs 4 deg C cooler than the starboard engine!
  2. carl_jarrett

    How do my risers and manifolds look?

    I'll be cleaning up the mating surfaces and repainting the outsides before reinstalling, that was just a quick cleanup of the insides.
  3. carl_jarrett

    How do my risers and manifolds look?

    My port engine was overheating slightly, figured it was time to replace the manifolds and risers as I haven't done it in the 2 years I've owned it, and previous owner (3 years) hadn't done them. Once I cleaned out the gunk, this is what they look like: Seems like there isn't any significant...
  4. carl_jarrett

    Help diagnosing fuel/electrical issue

    The zincs on the trim tabs were on the boat when I bought it, but get to about 50% or less the last 2 years I've replaced them, cheap enough so I don't mind. Interesting how different and how similar our boats were. I prefer that more modern badging on the side there, will probably do that on...
  5. carl_jarrett

    SX outdrive maintenance.

    FWIW, just had my 08 290 Sig out of the water, pulled both drives (DPS-B replaced under warranty around 2012), and I believe they were the original bellows. The boat has been in the salt water since 2017, and I pull the drives up a few times a year to clean the props in the water from the...
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    Help diagnosing fuel/electrical issue

    I decided to just bite the small bullet and replace the starboard fuel pump again. The one I bought from Amazon had the painted internals (I assume) and its much louder/whinier than the port side pump. Ordered a paintless pump from mancavemechanic and hopefully be done in the next week. Just...
  7. carl_jarrett

    Help diagnosing fuel/electrical issue

    Will give that a go! Will also be keeping spare relays on the boat still, just in case...
  8. carl_jarrett

    Help diagnosing fuel/electrical issue

    Thanks Iggy. What is the voltage I should be getting at the pumps? 14? I'm thinking I will just replace with the good/new Volvo pumps without the painted insides.
  9. carl_jarrett

    Help diagnosing fuel/electrical issue

    Boat is a 2008 Chaparral Signature 290 with Volvo 4.3 OSi-JF engines. This has happened to me twice now. Where my starboard engine dies and will not start while out on the water. Both times it was the fuel pump relay. Both times you could tell the relay was scorched as the plastic had some heat...
  10. carl_jarrett

    Getting to know each other: What do you do for fun in the boating off season?

    Skydiving and motorcycles, awesome. I mountain bike a lot, some freediving in the winter, hikes everyday with my 2 Belgian Malinois, have a modern classic 911 I like working on as well. It's actually really enjoyable peice of machinery to wrench on, well engineered and meant to be disassembled...
  11. carl_jarrett

    Scoop Strainer Thru-Hull?

    Interesting. I ordered 2 new Groco seacocks and mushroom fittings and will be putting those on shortly.
  12. carl_jarrett

    Scoop Strainer Thru-Hull?

    Ordered a pair of new bronze seacocks to replace mine. One is bad, but figured I'd do them both. In my Chaparral 290 Sig, one goes through to the Generator, its a standard round thru-hull, bronze. The other is a scoop style thru-hull with a strainer and it feeds both engines raw water system...
  13. carl_jarrett

    Bottom paint - Every Year? PNW Saltwater

    Making me jealous! Wish I could. Keep the boat that clean, but that only exists for about a day before she goes back in the water yearly!
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    Bottom paint - Every Year? PNW Saltwater

    Oh interesting. Yeah all good points. I'm. Not familiar with that paint. I'll have the boat out in the next 6 weeks or so to have another look and do the painting. Gotta replace my seacocks too unfortunately.
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    Bottom paint - Every Year? PNW Saltwater

    Thanks! The props I don't mind keeping raw, as I can lean over even in cold weather with a scotchbrite pad and get them pretty much polished up within 30 minutes or so. If they were painted, the paint would just come off I imagine when I do that.
  16. carl_jarrett

    Bottom paint - Every Year? PNW Saltwater

    The growth is all mussels, and they don't seem to grow on the Micro CSC on the hull, just the drives and trim tabs
  17. carl_jarrett

    Bottom paint - Every Year? PNW Saltwater

    This is what they look like after 12 months in the water. This year will be better as I got in the water and cleaned them up a few times, but still.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DBV_bZc1npGpcBKSOvIUpsV3ajH5N1_0/view?usp=sharing And this is what they look like after a bottom paint and drive...
  18. carl_jarrett

    Sea cock replacement?

    Has anyone had to replace the seacocks on their Chap? Went to change impellers yesterday and clean the sea strainers, and the seacock that feeds the engines will not shut. The one going to the genset seems to close fine. Will be taking the boat out of the water soon, and will replace both...
  19. carl_jarrett

    Chaparral 290 Oil Pressure Issue

    Confirming that the part listed above is the right part. On my newer 4.3 OXI-JF, it's a singular sensor that is both the oil pressure sensor and alarm sender. Replaced within a few minutes when I got the part, oil pressure is nominal!
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    Bottom paint - Every Year? PNW Saltwater

    WIll be pulling my Chaparral out of the water again this winter/early spring for drive oil change and a bottom clean. I did a full coat of ablative paint last year in may, and painted the drives with their special paints as well. I figure the drives will need touchups as I get a fair bit of...
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