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You could simply remove the negative or ground wire from each battery, one at a time. A process of elimination will determine which two are the house batteries. Your owners manual may help you out as well.

Congads on your purchase! I'm sure you will love it! That will be a tough thing to find... Ebay would likely be your best bet. Is the orginal in real bad shape? Do you have any pictures of it? You might be surprised what a pro could do to repair it.

The problem could indeed be the sending unit, however it could also be just a loose connection at the gauge or on the top of the tank. Assuming you have a just single tank, there should be an access cover for the tank in the engine compartment, or just forward of there. The tank should be in the center of the boat. [Port to starboard] Check the connections on top of the tank, and on the back gauge itself first. If you find no issues there, then there is another test you can do to confirm it is the sending unit. There are two wires on top of the tank. One is a ground, and the other is from the sending unit. Discconnect the sending unit wire and ground it out. Your gauge should then read full.

3600 RPM does seem a bit high for that speed. It is possible you have the wrong pitch on your prop. Try a short run at wide open throttle, and see what your speed and RPM are. Your WOT RPM should be about 4600 RPM. If it is much more than that, then you could change the prop to one with a higher pitch. Do you know what size prop is on it now?

Hey folks, Our 98 322 has a Horizon 500 windless anchor. I have used it a number of times this summer, and have come to the conclusion that it is too small and not powerful enough for this size of boat. I need to replace it with a bigger one with more power. Can anyone tell me what unit they have in their 322 Monterey or similar size boat? Looks like I will have to change the wiring and the breaker as well, as it is currently only rated at 25 amps. Running new cables should be lots of fun! Thanks for your help!

The Volvo and Merc engines both start out as GM small blocks, so from a size point of view, they are the same and either one will fit in your engine bay. Were you planning on switching out the complete transom assemblies as well? You will have to, if you switch to Mercs as a Merc drive will not fit on a Volvo transom assembly. With respect to the extra HP, that is a big difference! I believe those 383s put out 375HP each. What was the maximum size engines the boat came with from the factory? I would call Monterey tech support in Florida, and see what they have to say about all that extra HP. (352) 528-2628 A few other issues you may have with the switch from Volvo to Merc... Will the Volvo shifters you have now work with the Merc engines? What about your boats engine wiring harnesses? Is the transom cutout shape and size you have now, the same for a Bravo transom assembly? The switch from one to the other could get very complicated and expensive, unless all of those are not an issue. These are questions you would want to ask the shop doing the work for you. Curious as to what happenned to your existing engines and drives?

Have you checked for a ladder on the Windline website? https://windline.com/

Assuming you have only one fuel tank, the tank will be located low in the center of the boat, in front of your engines. There should be a visable cover, to access the sending unit in the tank. If you have two tanks, then access to them is a whole different ball game. I would suggest calling Monterey tech support, so they can lead you in the right direction. USE EXTREME CAUTION when working on the fuel sytem! If you are not sure what you are doing, have a proffesional do the work for you!

Is the threw hull valve open to allow water to come in?

Your best bet would likely be Ebay.

That RPM does seem a bit high. Did you try adjusting both the trim on the outdrive, and the trim tabs on the boat itself?

All of mine are closed when I'm not on the boat, or I'm running it out on the lake.

Our Monterey finally hit the water this past weekend. Here are a few pictures.

Hard to help unless we know which engines and outdrives you have?

Nicely done! They should hold you for a few hours! I now have my additional batteries installed as well. Ill take a couple of pictures, and post them in a day or two.

You could just take it off, and take it to any auto parts store to match it up.

Call Monterey factory. They should be able to tell you the overall height of the boat.

I completely agree! Save your money for that bigger boat you know you are going to want, a year or two down the road.

The windlass is likely located inside the anchor locker. Have a good look inside there.

It's not that hard of a job. Just make sure you clean the gasket surfaces right down to bare metal, before installing the new gaskets. Any Volvo dealer should have the gaskets in stock. If you boat in salt water, have good look at both the risers and the exhaust manifolds while you have it apart. Posting some pictures would be good too.

Is your boat pre-wired to accept a generator? If it is, it will make the job much easier.

Perhaps a call to Volvo with your engine serial numbers, and the part numbers listed, would get you an answer?

Looking forward to seeing the pictures! Tying them together the way you did, is actually in parallel. [The correct way] This keeps the voltage the same, but the capacity increases. Batteries connected in series, raises the total voltage to the number of batteries times their voltage. [5 batteries x 12V = 60V DC]

What is the current temperature of the lake water? It's been my experience that the colder the lake water, the less heat you get out of it, and the longer it takes to warm it up. I switched to a small 110V heater, which worked much better.

Not really. Your air conditioning system runs on 110V AC, and consumes a fair bit of power when its running. In theory, you could run it off a number of 12V batteries connected in parallel, with a VERY high wattage marine inverter, however this would cost a small fortune to set up and the batteries would be drained in no time at all. Shore power or your boats generator, are the only real options.