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So I don't see that PGN however I see that Maritron supports it. Looks like an optional PGN that I need to enable on my actisense NGT-1 gateway. I will try enabling it this weekend and see if I get any luck. You can double check if it is your gateway if you have the use the Maretron software...

Thanks for the input everyone! I appreciate it.

Hi we have a John Deere 4045 engine in our boat and is setup to route the engine coolant through an external water heater that has a heat exchanger. Our existing water heater died this week and I put a replacement one in. The problem I ran into is that the replacement water heater has a heat...

So we looked at a few options and the hardtop project kept getting bumped for other projects. The reason for the hardtop would be for solar panels exclusively. Our bimini structure is in great shape and the material looks like new after 7 years. I decided on an alternate solution for us this...

Took some sleuthing but, here was the technical sheet that showed the CCA. Thanks everyone.

Our is a 4045TFM75 model. Thanks for the feedback.

Hi folks, Our boat currently has two John Deere 4045 145hp engines. Currently the system is setup that the engines start off the house bank directly which is a bunch of 6V AGM. Well it's time for the original house bank to be replaced and I want to switch to individual start batteries for the...

Success! So appreciate the great advice and some OTJ training by Lepke around how to bleed the injectors. I went through and did the annual maintenance and replaced each of the Racor filters and gaskets. I pumped fuel into one of our 100G rear day tank which sits higher and that got me the head...

Lepke, Thanks for the advice as always. Especially the soap on rag. We had to air out the engine room after the first diagnoses due to diesel fumes and the admiral was not happy! Because I have a good working and not working engine. I think I will slack the injector nuts on the good engine to...

Hi folks thanks for the great suggestions all around. I try to approach these issues as a way to learn more about engine troubleshooting. Hell of lot easier to do on the dock then floating out in the middle of nowhere :) Some thoughts on the feedback. Fuel manifold is stock from the factory...

Irene this seems like a great idea. I need to work on how to troubleshoot each sensor for a good/bad with the voltmeter. I will add those sensors to my next spare parts order to John Deere!

Hello peeps, Happy memorial day. Looking for advice on a JD 4045 engine that started having problems over the winter. Dual engine setup on our boat with engines at 430 hours. When returning from the yard this April our Starboard engine died while coming into the dock and would not...

Ordered up replacement pressure switch. I took apart two of the old pumps that had failed and at least one of the pressure switches were suspect. Ordered part V7-6C17D8-000-2 from newark.com and going to swap each pump back into rotation for a few weeks and confirm if that fixed each pump. In...

Thanks John appreciate the post. Saw that. I figure I will pick one of these metal connectors and have a stainless steel cover plate made. Not cheap but, I will redo the plumbing that is my Portuguese bridge locker and add in some extra gizmos like a real pressure regulator and valve to allow...

Thanks Peter & PSneeld! This looks like a good option. I would need to fabricate a mounting plate to cover the original hole. I was thinking I wanted to add in a a high quality pressure regulator anyways. I use a cheap RV one at the faucet but, it would be nice to have a regulator plumbed in...

Yup. I get people have different opinions on this topic but, I am looking at a solution to get this replaced / improved in this thread. Cheers, -R

Yes when I ordered the replacement from Defender I did not look close enough at the description so yes I was shocked when the one that showed up was plastic. The one installed on the boat is definitely stainless steel. My guess they switched at some point in the past from stainless to plastic...

Well our original city water inlet had an internal component fail on me. I went to look for a like for like replacement and cannot find one. The original had a stainless steel mounting plate as seen in the picture. The replacement I found from Jabsco or Shurflo is a cheap plastic mounting plate...

Pressure Switch It was pretty easy to open up the pressure control on the Johnson pump and find the part number for the actual two pole switch ($4). Curious what you used for external control as that would work with these pumps as well? It would be easy to bypass the cheap pressure switch...

SPX Aqua Jet Pressure Switch I know this is an old thread but, I have had two SPX Aqua Jet 5.0 pumps fail in the last year. I still have the old pumps and wonder if it's possible to cheaply repair them. Mine fail by starting to have the pump cycle randomly more and more frequently until it gets...

Maretron FPM100 We pulled out the float switch type monitor in our current boat. The floats have an issue over time they will get stuck with debris and it's not fun cracking the tank open to clean the sensor. Replaced with a Maretron FPM100 over a year ago. Could not be happier with the setup...

This is were getting a N2K gateway really helps in the troubleshooting. I have both an Actisense and Maretron. I mainly use the Maretron with their PC software and it gives me a nice view of data on the network. You could actually see if your MFD were sending out either conflicting device ID OR...

Several companies can make a custom laser etched panel to your exact design. You can have patterns or switch labels etched into the panel itself. Also, there are companies that will make custom rocker switch covers with custom text or designs. I did a complete helm station design on our last...

I would suggest you use the Cerbo screen as that is what it is designed for. You can hook up the Cerbo over ethernet or WiFi to your peplink router and that would allow you get push your Victron data to the cloud for remote monitoring OR you could also access on boat from any device with a web...

For anyone in the future that wants to instrument their John Deere engines here is a write up I did of the process. https://mv-adventuress.azurewebsites.net/2022/01/08/mv-telemetry-part-4-engines/