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06-22-2016, 07:42 PM
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Fathers Day Gift - Seafari 20
So I'm new to Seacrafts and boats with motors in general. I originally was speaking with Bigeasy about his '69 Seafari listed in the For Sale forum. But my wife wasn't letting me bring home a project. Super guy if anyone is interested.
I found this one in the Mass area (they only seem to exist in Massachusetts and Florida). It's a '78 with what seems to be a good running '78 Merc Black Max 1750. In general the hull is in very good condition and I would call it a running project, mostly just cleaning and updating. The only issue I found was a soft floor in the step down to the cuddy. I will tackle that in the fall. I do have one question and one observation. First the question. What is this? I opened the engine cover and this dropped out. I didn't see anything obvious out of place or missing. Manual is on the way but I can't find this peice online Also, I was surprised to find it has a 25" transom. I can find the faint line where the splash well was built up, yes, exactly 5" down. The previous owner was insistent it's all original. I'm reasonably certain Potter SeaCrafts never had 25" transoms. Does anyone know of any dealers that may have raised transoms by request or any other reason? 
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06-22-2016, 07:58 PM
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06-22-2016, 08:17 PM
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good looking boat, My first seacraft was a yeller 20 seafari. great boat
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1973 20' seafari ob "old Yeller" sold 1972 25' seafari W/ 150 mercs {under renovation}
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08-01-2016, 03:36 PM
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Finally on the water
I know I have had my Seafari for well over a month and the weather up here has been near-perfect for boating but we finally got the boat out for the first time this weekend. It was just a quick spin and everything worked except for one thing, the fuel gauge. It is an old Medallion gauge that is original to the boat ('78). Does anyone know what the resistance range is this vintage gauge reads? I checked continuity between the gauge and sending unit, the grounds as well as 12v across the gauge. If I short the gauge it reads full. In practice however it doesn't move. I now the tank was changed by the PO and I assume by the look of it the sending unit was too. I'm also assuming since its newer the sending unit is a 240-ish to 30-ish ohm unit. Since everything seems to check out on there own I'm trying to figure out if this I just a compatible problem.
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#9
08-01-2016, 08:44 PM
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If the gauge pegs when you short it out, you have a bad sending unit
or pink wire (tank to gauge) You said you checked the grounds.. Do not worry about resistence. Buy your self a new WEMA sending unit.
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See ya, Ken ©
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08-01-2016, 10:17 PM
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Thanks. Using the search, "WEMA sending unit" shows up so many time I half expect a pop-up every time I open a thread.
I did pull new wires for to the sending unit. That's why I knew the continuity is good. For an extra $30 I think I'll just change them both.
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