Ed, great videos. A helpful hint, you might start a maintenance log so you can always remember when you changed filters or even when and how much fuel you took aboard or emptied the black water tanks, etc.

That's very important work you're doing, clean fuel is the secret to no aggravation. I feel for you w/ all of those little details. People have no idea about all of the micro issues a captain has to deal with, and everything is so time consuming, but oddly enjoyable as long as you've got the time to deal with it.

Hi Capt Ed,,,,I've enjoyed watching your video's,,,,I hope you learned that you need to change your filter's more often,,,,,Don't run them as long as you have been. If you don't know about Diesel fuel is grows a fungus in your tank an d your lines both,,,,When you purchased the boat,,,the owner's hadn't been using the boat and it's a bad thing to let diesel sit without a treatment in the tank to keep it from growing the fungus,,,,so when you thought you got bad fuel,,,,it's more likely that the fungus was breaking up from you using the boat. The fungus cause's your filter's to become clog and will shut your engine's down or won't allow them to turn up the RPM"s that they should,,,,that's why it's important to always have clean filter's otherwise you are restricting the fuel going to your engine. You should notice now that you have been running your boat and have taken all these trips that most of that trash has broken loose in the tanks and came thru your lines. In some cases we've had to clean the entire tanks on boats,,,,filter all the fuel. I've also had boats I was transporting and the fuel was so bad that I had to change the filter's 3 times from Florida to Virginia that they were clogged. Just wanted to pass that along about keeping them changed. You do need to run the correct micron filter as well or your engine will be starving for fuel. Always,,,,always keep extra filter's on board,,,,,when one is clogged,,,,it will leave you dead in the water. Best Diesel Treatment to always keep in your tank is Bio-bor if you have learned by now,,,,always treat your tanks seeing your tanks are so large and diesel grows fungus quick,,,,faster in the summer months. Also,,,,,I have had to blowout lines as I seen you do as well. I have taken them off and the entire line was clogged shut with fungus,,,,,again from a boat not being used,,,,worst thing that can happen is letting one sit. I use to transport boats so I ran into this often when moving boat's for customer's buying them. Before I leave the dock,,,,I would go to the ship store and buy 5 new filter's for the trip after the years of experience of knowing how bad diesel fuel become's from boat's sitting. I've had so many people swear to me that they couldn't turn up their RPM's on their boat,,,,,,same problem always,,,,clogged filter restricting fuel flow,,,,,Your Racor system is everything to keeping your motor's running

Love that you are doing this work yourself. Thanks for sharing.

all these spare Parts you got with the boat are a Lifesaver for sure

10 micron primary filters are good if you know the fuel in your tanks is very clean. Otherwise use the 30 micron. Your secondary filters on the engine are probably 2 or 5 micron to protect the injection pump and injectors from debris. You have the vacuum gauges on top of the filters so you can monitor the performance of them and change over to the adjacent filter when they start to plug up.

It's been a long time. I'm glad the weather is finally good enough to get out on the water. It's good to see you guys.

I dont believe there is counter clockwise threads on those bottles. Common mistake when trying to thread upside down. im sure you figured that by now and looks like Bill pointed that out as well. Love your vids!!

I know a forwardlooking sounder is’nt cheap. I however installed an xtra plotter (Simrad 7 in) and a forwardlooking sonar on my old boat. The plotter with maps and the fwsonar was about 1500 Usd. It works fine for me as I’m more interested in what’ ahead of me in the water then what I’ve allready gone over (and by then it can be too late). The sonar can see 8x forward the actuall depth of which you travel in. 10 feet of depth gives you 80 feet of forward view. (Pls exc my poor English as I am from Sweden)

this boy an his first mate sure look like they luv to play with that boat. I guess there is really no other way, huh? That first mate is a great find - not many as competent as she obviously is~!

That previous owner really rocked. With all the spare parts he left you he really has saved your bacon and pocket book many times.

That transducer is a transom mount transducer, designed for small outboard boats. Probably only 600 watts. Hatteras made bulletproof hulls. The thickness of the hull will also attenuate the signal. If the hull is cored it wont work at all. I believe that hull is solid glass. We shall see what happens. You won't be able to see the bottom when the water gets a little deeper but, that's not the end of the world. If you are in 50 feet of water and lose the bottom even that Hatt wont run aground :)

Arg. I’m as technical as they come and no way could I stand these engine rooms. I’d be taking every last system completely apart cleaning new hoses wires before I could sleep.

Thanks for showing us how it is done

Great video. Very informative. I love that boat of yours! 👍

The threads on those plugs look like standard pipe thread and could possibly get plugs at any lowes,home depot or plumbing supply store

Trial and error. Seems like you got it by a mile. Thank you for sharing your experiences !!!. Your first Mate is doing a wonderful job too.

Love that you can share this with us novices. Keep up the great videos.

Hello been looking forward to your next videos... Be awesome to see a cold start and full electronics tour eg. when you first liven up the boat

Welcome back. Personally I would have gone with a thru haul transducer but it's a lot of work and you have to haul the boat out. Forget mounting it to the transom. It would only work at almost idle speeds and your bow will hit the rocks before it sees it. OK for slow speed fishing. You know a great thing about your boat. The engine room. The new boats go for ultra salon space at the price of engine room overhead. Really - an 80 foot yacht that you can't stand in the engine room.

One thing to your advantage is that the more you know about the boat before you have a problem, the easier it you'll be able to locate it and repair it. I would guess you have a transducer some were through the hull and just need to find it and figure how to get it working. You definitely don't want to run aground.

Ed, that style of transducer can be used as you have but it's actual design is for an outboard or sterndrive vessel. That transducer mounted on the stern of your boat will not pick up anything due to the turbulence created by inboard propellors. Should you not be happy with the coverage or sensitivity as it is currently mounted you would need to either install a thru hull style transducer or epoxy a transducer to the hull making absolutely certain there are no air bubbles. Airmar is the best known producer of transducers and can be found on the web I believe they are still located in New Hampshire and have much better pricing than buying through a retail outlet. Really enjoy your videos as I travelled many of the same miles transporting my boat from Lauderdale back to Boston. Best of luck. PS you were screwing the plug on the bottom of the racor in the wrong direction!

ynn, you made me smile when at 14:26 you said, "That's what he said." That was great. Thank you.

Love sonar phone as a backup, yes i used boatlife...temp works...vessel as yours foward sonar may be the better option

Good video. Very nice boat.

It looked like you were turning the bottom plug the wrong way.

Glad to see a new video! Enjoy them very much!

Righty tightly lefty loosey

For some reason I always thought that the filters were 30 microns for the first filter then 5 microns for the final filter.

Sometimes those quick jobs really do turn into a full on chore..

Racor is basically pre-filter water fuel separator that's why the drains on the bottom and then fuel gets filtered again before it goes to the injectors with the filters on the side of the engine

you should have turned it to magnetic north!lol your doing good day by day take them as they come along.

Righty Tighty Lefty Lucy... Even Upside Down

Yo Adrian! Lol...I can’t get passed the Philly accent (I was born & raised in Bucks and Montgomery Counties but left 40 years ago)...I enjoyed your videos.

Good video. Thanks

I tried that style but did not like it. I opted for the bronze thru hull. But you need to pull the boat out to do that.

As a boatyard tech a 30 micron racor filter is perfect for an 8v92 Detroit.

Your videos are great. I enjoy this a lot more than all the bikini babe sailing videos out there. Please keep it up. Love the big Hatteras boats too.

The 30 micron parker filters should be fine you have other filters after the racors that filter the fuel again before the fuel goes to the injectors. Good to see you guys made it through tax season. Hope to see more videos soon. Have a great week. God Bless!!!

Diesel fuel supports the growth of all kinds of nastys especially if there is a little water in it, might want to use a biocide additive when you fuel. When were your tanks cleaned out last? Do your tanks have clean outs? Something you might add to you 'to do' list, there are companies that do this.

You also might want to keep those plastic parts. If you put a small v in the crack line on the outside of the plastic item. Then use some two part epoxy to fix the crack. This might help. I have used this technique before. Only if you v the crack. That mean open the crack from the outside a very small ammount and not going all the way through. A good two part epoxy might be able to help.

Welcome Back!

Don't put it by wheel wash or sea chest air bubbles will cause a problem

Just saw this video. Don't know if you noticed but it appeared that when you were trying to instal the plastic plug in the bottom of the racor filter.....unless it is reverse threads...it appeared you were screwing it in backwards. Maybe I'm wrong but look at your video again. Good luck.

I watched this twice...

Ed: You’re a Good Guy Pleasing Your Lady With a Fish 🐠 Finder Sir🛩🎣🦈

How do you store or dispose of old fuel or oil that accumulates during maintenance or repairs?

I'm surprised the Raycor filters don't call for the sediment bowls to be replaced at service time. They are made of glass on a lot of fuel systems, as that plastic is known to get brittle with exposure to fuel, ultra violet and even Ozone normally present in the atmosphere. You may be causing your own problems down the road. That previous owner had the extra bowl on hand for a reason. Just be careful working around them. They will degrade with time. Just the nature of that material.

Now that you've traveled with it for a while, how do you like the sonar phone? I'm thinking about installing one in my boat.

Furuno is high quality expensive stuff I would keep that stuff

Maintanace on a boat and yachts we always said it stood for BOAT BUST OUT ANOTHER THOUSAND!! Lmao I shouldnt laugh i build and drag race cars for my living, I literally ordered 4 machine screws I should have chucked them up in the lathe but was in such a hurry so I, didnt even look,good enough 4 countersunk screws that had a special inververted hex cost me $112.00 I literally was cleaning out a procharger box and I got lucky II had an extra bracket and 8 screws and so I called Bill and he said man if it wasn't,anyone else. I said yeah you know Damnn well that your ass will make 10 times that off of me but I have already made some extras juts to have and a made an out of #8 bolt it tool couples hours I pray I never forget where I put them I put em in a big ole procharger box!! Anyways I know that was probably boring to most but thank goodness you can always stick a plug in that platic bowl and drain, the water!! That should be simple snd save a few hundred,too!! Keep it shiny side up and I hope the Mrs catches a fish! Btw I looked for the rest of the the other video on porno hub I guess you haven't,had a,chanca to up load it yet!! Lmao y'all be safe,I am serious if I,can do anything for you folk!!take care be safe and watch the sharks!!

what is the name of sounder app on your ipad?

After 2 years of using the sonar phone mounted inside the bilge rather then on the stern what are your current thoughts? Does it work? Are you still using it?

No silicone Ed! Use an epoxy.

Is diesel fuel normally full of sludge or is the sludge coming from your tanks?

If you need all sorts of weird parts you might want to check out Ace hardware or something like that.

How does your tablet get a GPS signal?... Do you have a Garmin GPS Glo like device or are you using the tablets internal GPS?...

We have raymarine gear. I see what you are coming from with the tablets. I would suggest if you can financially getting a raymarine (or other brands). They have a robust gps antenna and their sole purpose is marine electronics, not entrainment.

Detroit Diesel Fuel/Filter/Oil specification ddcsn-ddc.freightliner.com/cps/rde/xchg/ddcsn/hs/3616.htm

I had the same unit and it lasted about two trips until the first rope I hooked it was gone,torn right off the stern waste of money they should have a better transducer thru hull type cause this isn’t a good sullution

Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty...

Whats that little tiny air filter for at 5:56. right by your elbow

you should look at retrofitting them to a newer style Davco. www.davco.com/FP382.htm

Water is the enemy of diesel fuel systems. You never wash things out with water even if you let them dry. Never. And where is all the crud coming from ? Your fuel supplier should have a filter on their pump lines. Check next time you fill up. If so, that crud is coming from your tanks... are your tanks fiberglass and built into the hull ? How many hours are on those 8V92s ? Do you change oil in the drive boxes ?

Washing fuel filter casings with water? AN absolute No No. You will never be able to completely remove the water, so inevitably some moisture will enter the fuel. Better avoid that. Better wash them with some gasoline/kerosene and dry them with a rug. Check the engine manuals for the right type of filters. That will be the safest you can be. Noticed you fitted the o-rings completely dry. A touch of grease to lubricate the o-rings just before you fit them is always advisable .

you are turning the to left, when it titan to the right .. lefty lucy ,righty tighty.

Why not just break down and buy a sonar, and AIS. It's just being frugal with your and others safety! You get what you pay for... With emphasis on paying for it. More ways than one. Pay 4 in beginning b4 needing, or pay 4 after in fear and regret

Sorry wrong transducer

You are screwing the. Wrong way !,

Better hire your mechanical work done for you, stupid people and boats don't match!