Trojan Boat Forum

Thank you all for your suggestions. I will try all of them. I did get the book and will proceed to check page 318.

Thanks again

Any ideas what the starter and solenoid look like? Where do I look for them?

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Hello All, Past two days I noticed that when I flick the ignition switch on for the starboard engine, the light comes on and it beeps. Then when I try to toggle the ignition (starter) to fire up the engine, there is NO SOUND.. DEAD and the Emergency light comes on on the dash. The starter does not e...

Though I removed the screws of the floorboard, I cannot seem to remove the floor boards. they seem stuck.. any ideas?

Hello All I need some help as I am having an issue with water leaking in my 87 Trojan 8.6 Meter when filling my water tank. Water is coming up through the floor and also slowly filling my forward bilge compartment and I am not quite sure where the leak is. I have tried troubleshooting by having some...

Its surely the water... my water pump is way in the back.. so difficult to get to

The water from my marina is well water or something, no clue what... but it has an AWFUL smell to it. Like Hydrogen Sulphide.. either way, what I need to do is EMPTY my water tank and go to a different marina and fill up better water. I have tried everything in the book to remove the smell from the ...

My galley has two fluorescent lights and my bedrooms have two reading lamps... Want to replace them with LED's Not sure where to get them for my boat.. any suggestions? Please remember I am in Canada so less access to stores

Thanks much

Hello Michael, Not sure if I have a 2 bank charger but maybe I do because on my power panel in the galley, I have a gauge with a toggle switch for Battery 1 and Battery 2. Battery 1 is hooked up to Starboard side battery, Battery 2 to Port side NOW, it wasnt when I bought the boat and the wires were...

People will tell you that it is heresy, but I use deep cycle batteries for my engine starting batteries, which also power my house loads. I changed the group 27 starting batteries to group 29 deep cycle from Wally World, which are the biggest ones that would fit in my box (without modifying it too ...

The batteries in my boat are not originals.. I have twin Merc 260's...Not sure what batteries I need for that. One site says: 375 cca/475 mca/90 Ah Which of these batteries would be equivalent?: http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/search-results.html?searchByTerm=true&q=marine+battery Not sure if Can...

I live in Richmond Hill. Thank you all for the information posted. I am still absorbing it. I did get the battery charger and did try it out and the batteries seem fine according to the three tests I performed. Hence I am baffled

The batteries in my boat are not originals.. I have twin Merc 260's...Not sure what batteries I need for that. One site says: 375 cca/475 mca/90 Ah Which of these batteries would be equivalent?: http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/search-results.html?searchByTerm=true&q=marine+battery Not sure if Cana...

Hello Michael, Thanks for the response and the questions. Here is what I found and answers to your questions. - I currently have only 2 batteries on the boat. They are both starter batteries I think. One connected to each engine and the charging block connected to both. Not sure which one(s) is conn...

Thank you. studying the picture now.