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TURIZZIANI



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Posted - 06/13/2009 :  07:08:34 AM  Show Profile Send TURIZZIANI a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Brett looks like I tried to get a good answer for the switch back in 2006 did not get one that states exactly what its for....if anyone out here knows please jump in......Brian

Posted - 08/27/2006 : 10:31:18 AM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Topic Send TURIZZIANI a Private Message Reply with Quote
Hi everyone I'm new to Carver this season with a 1974 Express 2885 quick question what does the FUEL switch really do at the helm??

Brian
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monterey74



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Posted - 06/14/2009 :  01:12:57 AM  Show Profile  Visit monterey74's Homepage Send monterey74 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by rockmeister

Hey Guys,

Have a place you could drop off & pick stuff up near Toledo if that would help.
Would keep ya from having to meet at a particular time.
If this would help, let me know.

79 28' Mariner twin inboard V-drive.
Western Lake Erie: Maumee Bay & The Islands


Rock,

Thanks for the offer. I will keep it in mind if there is anything that is prohibitively expensive to ship.

Brett

1974 2885 Monterey
1978 2896 Mariner (Stripped down to the gunwale and ready to cut)
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Rockmeister



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Posted - 06/16/2009 :  09:36:16 AM  Show Profile Send Rockmeister a Private Message  Reply with Quote
On my Mariner, the fuel switch selects which tank level is displayed on the fuel guage. (Port or Starbard).
(It also switches the voltmeter between 2 battery banks.)

Mine also has a center OFF position, that way the fuel and voltage guages don't help drain the battery when the main battery switch is on and the engines are not running.

Hope this helps!



quote:
Originally posted by TURIZZIANI

Brett looks like I tried to get a good answer for the switch back in 2006 did not get one that states exactly what its for....if anyone out here knows please jump in......Brian
Hi everyone I'm new to Carver this season with a 1974 Express 2885 quick question what does the FUEL switch really do at the helm??


79 28' Mariner twin inboard V-drive.
Western Lake Erie: Maumee Bay & The Islands
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Rockmeister



USA
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Posted - 06/16/2009 :  10:34:34 AM  Show Profile Send Rockmeister a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Knew I had seen Rub Rail at pretty good prices, here is where I had seen it:
https://www.surplusunlimited.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=5000

You would need one of the 70 foot kits. (They will have a 70 on the later part of the part number.)

79 28' Mariner twin inboard V-drive.
Western Lake Erie: Maumee Bay & The Islands
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monterey74



USA
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Posted - 06/17/2009 :  04:32:15 AM  Show Profile  Visit monterey74's Homepage Send monterey74 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by rockmeister

On my Mariner, the fuel switch selects which tank level is displayed on the fuel guage. (Port or Starbard).
(It also switches the voltmeter between 2 battery banks.)

Mine also has a center OFF position, that way the fuel and voltage guages don't help drain the battery when the main battery switch is on and the engines are not running.

Hope this helps!


79 28' Mariner twin inboard V-drive.
Western Lake Erie: Maumee Bay & The Islands


That is interesting that the fuel gauge circuit is powered on whenever the main battery switch is ON. On my Monterey the fuel gauge switch gets its power from the starboard engine purple wire (switched ignition power). It seemed kind of redundant to have the fuel gauge be on the purple wire _and_ to have its own switch. It sounds like a previous owner of my boat may have changed the wiring on the fuel gauge.

The Mariner that I just stripped had a switch that had 3 positions "Fuel / Main" - "Off" - "Aux". Unfortunately I disassembled the wiring before I bothered to check out exactly how it was hooked up. The Mariner had a single Mercruiser/TR-II and hence only one fuel tank. The switch is a DPDT with center off, so likely one pole of the switch was for the fuel gauge and the second pole was to switch the Voltmeter from Main to Aux battery banks.

I think my question(s) have been answered.

Thanks Everyone.

1974 2885 Monterey
1978 2896 Mariner (Stripped down to the gunwale and ready to cut)
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