Google your Icom model number. There was one model that had that problem. You can send it into Icom for repair.
I've had 3 boats recently with the same problem. One had a clogged charcoal vent filter and the 2 others had the 90 degree vent fitting on top of...
Don't use a cheap squeegee with an aluminum frame. Anywhere the aluminum touches the glass will leave a scratch or deposit that is just about...
I think that there may be a reset button on the control panel of the pump. I've been able to get a couple going just by doing a reset.
I installed an autopilot that was giving me fits. The compass was mounted a long ways away from anything that should affect it. Took it out for a...
Don't ever use a squeegee with an aluminum frame. I have a customer that bought one at a local auto parts store. He didn't realize that everytime...
Your bilge pumps should have power supplied to the automatic float switch system directly from battery power, before the battery switch. In other...
This is exactly the way a 12/110V. fridge works. The advantage to the 110V. option is that when you leave your boat tied up to the dock and shore...
I have been using this antenna for the last 3 years and it works great. They now have a wireless router to go with it....
Go ahead and chuckle. It's not really exotic but it is somewhat unique. My summer driver. 1972 AMC Gremlin powered by an AMC 401/425hp. [IMG]
I've done it on 3/16" many times and even 1/8" without problems. I usually use 10-24 X 1/2" SS machine screws.
You may have a bigger issue than you think. If that is pressure treated wood it may have reacted with the aluminum in the transom and created a...
When I was 10 years old, I had the best Christmas ever. Santa brought me a brand new 9HP McCulloch outboard motor and a new 12' Crestliner...
I use 3/16" double braid rope as a fish rope and make it long enough to form a continuous loop when the ends are spliced together. That way it...
I have been using the Magnum Pure Sine inverter/chargers to run and charge the house/inverter bank. I have then installed Xantrex Echo chargers to...
A customer sent me a new poster for my wall. It says: If you love work But hate money Buy a boat.
I've already talked to Bennett and they have no ideas either. It seems that all we can do is repace them and install new zincs.
I sent a customer's 245 Grady White to the dealer to have its annual service. They called me and said that they found the Bennett trim tabs to be...
I found out the downside to this the hard way. I had fastened fenders horizontally along the dock and made up mooring lines that stayed on the...
If it's an Espar, then it probably needs a new combustion screen. It's a very fine mesh tubular screen around the glow plug. The symptoms are...
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