1980 Center Console repower

phatdaddy said:
do you have the smart gauge for the merc?
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Yes. Analog tachometer & speedometer, the 5 inch Mercury Vessel View display, plus a Garmin unit- run by the Smartcraft Connect device.

Btw, my brother has the older Vessel View Mobile on his boat, and he could get a lot more info out of it, including PDFs of speed/rpm/mpg. I can't seem to get that out of the newer Smartcraft devices.
 
Hey Invisibill. Did you get your 200 to turn up yet or figure out what the problem is? I’m working on finishing some work on my v20 and have a 200 merc 3.4 ready to put on it. I was thinking of starting with a rev 4 17. Curious what prop you ended up with
also have sea keeper ride tabs ready to install. Is there a noticeable difference if you try to turn it on and off in difficult seas?
 
phatdaddy said:
Was wondering because my Garmin’s voltage is usually 1-1.5 volts lower than the Mercury gauge.
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Garmin voltage isn’t the input voltage as you would have at the fuse or plug going into the chartplotter. They measure voltage after it has left the processor. At least that’s what they have told me.
 
Johnsonboat said:
Hey Invisibill. Did you get your 200 to turn up yet or figure out what the problem is? I’m working on finishing some work on my v20 and have a 200 merc 3.4 ready to put on it. I was thinking of starting with a rev 4 17. Curious what prop you ended up with
also have sea keeper ride tabs ready to install. Is there a noticeable difference if you try to turn it on and off in difficult seas?
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I have it on the wait list at the Mercury dealer, sitting in their yard. Since the engine was new to me, I figured it was better to let a professional tune it up, than me just changing spark plugs this week, an oil filter next week, etc. Currently, they are hoping to start work on it next week. Hopefully it's an easy and fast tune up. I didn't have time last week or this week to work on things anyway, so no real time lost on my end.

I have a thread at https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/1393379-wellcraft-v20-repower-prop-suggestions.html discussing the propeller. I currently have an 1980s 17 inch 3 blade prop I'm using. I've ordered a used 18 inch Enertia prop. It should arrive tomorrow, but I need to install a hub. I'll test that out sometime after the first weekend of June. Based on my hopeful usage (waterskiing/tubing, camping trip loads for a week on Lake Powell), I'll probably end up in the 15 or 17 inch pitch range. I'm curious about the Rev 4 myself, as it will support a higher mounted engine.

Sea Keeper Ride made a world of difference inside and outside the LA harbor breakwater. I didn't do anything too challenging conditions wise, about 15 to 20 mph of wind, some light swells, and a lot of boat traffic wakes. But setting it to manual (and all the way up, so essentially "off") I could feel the boat responding to the waves a lot more, with lots of up and down and sideways. I felt myself easing off the throttle a lot with SKR "off".

I left it on after that! When I get the boat back, I'll try a few things out again.
 
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“Out on the Reef” on YouTube installed the Sea Keeper tabs on his Parker. He installed them himself and had some on and off videos.

Pretty interesting system
 
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