Finished the oil pan, now an electrical problem

[Road King Cole]

Got everything back installed today! Boat is now running but my gauges are not working. I reseated the main connector on the engine, no change. Hopefully its something simple that I forgot to do.

Hopefully I can get at it tomorrow.

rkc

[yodaddy]

Did you forget to reconnect any ground straps to the motor?

[Road King Cole]

I've more than triple checked for that. Also my blower and horn doesn't work. I will troubleshoot that...

rkc

[yodaddy]

Originally Posted by Road King Cole

I've more than triple checked for that. Also my blower and horn doesn't work. I will troubleshoot that...

rkc

I owned & operated an Auto & Marine electrical business in the past, and 90% of the time things like this were due to bad grounds.

The horn might be the easiest place to troubleshoot this. If you have a volt/ohmmeter check that you have voltage to the horn button. Since the ground is suspect, it's probably best to run a test ground wire back to the battery. If you have voltage at the horn button, disconnect the ground wire from the horn, and check for continuity between that wire and the one you ran back to the battery. If the circuit is open (no continuity), trace the ground from the horn back to the battery, and test for continuity through your test ground wire at any connections you can find.

If you don't have voltage at the horn button, then the problem is on the hot side of the connection.

Also, if you removed all wires from the battery when you pulled the motor, it's possible you could have tied a ground wire to the hot side of the battery when you put it back together, or a common ground wire dropped off into the bilge and wasn't reconnected. Been there, done that.

[cricket]

hey king ,nice ride i hope to post some pictures of my boat soon.just joined so still navg.site cricket from miss

[Road King Cole]

I actually found a few problems. Broken ground wire to battery and a bad blower switch were the real issues. Also found bad solder joints here and there. I really need to clean up the electrical with some good terminal block connections. Maybe inaforty will come over and "show me how to do it"....

Thanks cricket and welcome to the site. hmm... never had a "nice ride" complement on my boat. Or did you find a picture of my bike or are you referring to the "beach\island picture? ya, I would like to "ride" that but haven't.


fyi, I am an kinda an old fart and not really a "dude"...

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Road King Cole

fyi, I am an kinda an old fart and not really a "dude"...

From one old fart to another... I guess it's better than being called a Dudette.

[Destroyer]

Hi Cricket and welcome to the site. Post some pics of your boat when you get a chance... We'd love to see them.

[Road King Cole]

Looks like I will be taking the boat out tonight for a test run. Need to make sure all is OK before the weekend as the wife wants me to pull grandkids around on a towable on the 4th. The wife also wants to go for a boat ride.

"Oh by the way hun, I am bringing a fishing pole"....

[Destroyer]

Good luck on the shakedown cruise.. hope all goes well...