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When I acquired my boat it came with a Xantrax inverter/charger and 4ea 6 volt golf cart batteries. The batteries were run dry for who knows how long so I replaced them with 4ea 100aH lithium batteries. Since the Xantrex didn’t have a lithium charge profile I replaced it with a Victron Multiplus...

First off thank you all for the replies. Boat overall and engine ran great. The week before I was running the engine at the slip to make sure everything was running smooth and no leaks. I started the engine and ran around to check the water flow at the exhaust, flowing great. Every 15 min I...

My chain steering runs in two plastic tubes inside the wood tube. I added 2 two 1/2” pvc conduit pipes on either side of the chain tubes for added protection. Both of the new electrical conduit pipes are full now so I am adding a 1-1/2” stainless tune running parallel to the wood one. This will...

Thanks for the replies. Yes I have SeaTow Gold.

Going on my first real journey in my 1975 Marine Trader 34’ Sedan. The trip is only about 25 miles in the ICW in Florida from my slip in Sebastian to my Sisters house dock in Satellite Beach. Engine: Ford Lehman 120 w/800hrs on rebuild New raw water pump and hoses, coolant and coolant hoses...

I too have a wood chase/tube about 4” diameter to carry my chain steering and wiring through PVC conduit within it. I have run out of room in the wood tube so I am adding another chase/grab rail made from 1-1/2” stainless steel tubing and surface mount railing flanges. This will be mounted...

Fly station.

Sorry these pictures are all sideways. Not sure how to correct that. Status of the 49 year old Marine Trader wiring….complete!! Well you are never completely complete. 1. DC panel, wire and loads are all complete and labeled 2. All 3 bilge pump controllers, pumps, wiring and plumbing are...

Any chance this would work with a GARMIN chart plotter?

What is the condition of your existing manifold? I just machined and brazed mine up the other day at my home shop. Not too hard of a job for a local machine/fabrication shop.

Been a while since I updated this thread. Been a bit busy.

I called Brian at American Diesel and he said they are backordered over a year and at a price of $3500 I decided to machine out the bad metal and braze in a new piece. By the time I chipped out the rusted out section it made sense to square off the repair in the mill and fabricate a new piece...

I am in need of a decent Ford Lehman 120 exhaust manifold. Thank you, Jeremy

If you get me the dimensions you need I will turn an aluminum spacer on the lathe for you. Free of charge, because….trawlers!

I just fabricated one for my Flybridge out of white 3/8” Starboard. I released the bends with a router table to the proper complimentary angle at a depth of 2/3 material thickness (1/4” in this case). I based the design using angles easy to reproduce like 45 and 90 deg. Heated the starboard with...

My Victron Multiplus II came in yesterday and the box was in pretty rough shape from “shipping”. I informed Amazon. They are picking this one up today and express sending out the replacement. Well…it gets worse! I cut open the box to get it squared back up and re-tape and to my surprise found...

Ordered all and received most of my Victron equipment. Multiplus II 3000, Cerbo GX w/7” screen, 30A B to B charger and a Smart Shunt. Pulled the 6v lead acid golf cart batteries for the house and replaced them with 4 Dakota Lithium 100Ah batteries (more to come).

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It’s been a pretty productive couple of weeks. I finished running all the cable tray track for AC and DC loads behind the helm and down below decks. All new AC cables from main helm panel to outlets. This includes new outlets, boxes if needed and SS covers. Shore power is just temporarily...

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Update: Sorry it’s been so long since I posted. I currently have 4ea 5 gallon buckets full of wire stripped from the boat. I removed the old ac/dc panel and hooked up a simple shore power circuit to get me by until I finish the new AC panel. I installed 3 sets of oil pressure and water...

I run Delo 15w40 in my 120 Lehman. All three gauges read 53psi at startup. The pressure remains the same even when the engine is warmed up. Engine has 720 hrs on it since the PO rebuild. I also changed out the old oil cooler/filter lines from 3/8” to 1/2” per Brian’s suggestion.

I just made this to replace the old one in the boat. It’s made from 1/2” 10 layer Vietnamese plywood with pine trim. Stain is Minwax gunstock.

I am running 2 separate 1/2” pvc conduit into the wood tube. It is a tight fit but certainly adds more protection to the wires and chain (the wood tube surrounds a fiberglass tube…the chains run in separate plastic tubes inside) I am planning out my circuits now and I think I can get away with...

Sorry for the dark pictures. I found it interesting that the PO used a wood screw, screwed in the back of the panel to tie together the the “ignition” from the upper and lower helm. I filled three 5 gallon buckets with wire so far (approx 100 lbs)