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G’day raiders, just wondering if anyone knows of a decent mobile leccy who can help me finish the wiring on my boat. I’m in the Galston area. Thanking you all in advance. cooky.

Will do mate. Thanks

Hey Frank. Sent you a couple of emails mate

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Thanks mate. I'll do that now. Cheers Cooky

G’day Raiders, Quick one about fuel bladders. My restoration has revealed that the old fibreglass fuel tank needs to go. Has anyone had any experience (good, bad or otherwise) with fuel bladders ? Thanks all Cooky

Looks good Jon. Thanks for that. Certainly good for thought. Like the way it’s set up

Morning Raiders, Wanting to know if anyone has gone to the lengths of going from trailer rollers to bunks to make self launch easier ?

Hi Raiders, following on from recent posts re my boat restoration project, I’m hoping someone can help me with this. The photos show the “current” rack and pinion steering assembly ( I’m pretty sure that t is ), but it’s old and some parts are missing. I’d really like to know what it can be replaced with, such as just a generic rack and pinion kit with the right length cable or perhaps hydraulic. On my old outboard the cable steering always wanted to pull to the right no matter how much I adjusted it and I did hear that those style steering systems did that anyway but I want to avoid that on the new boat (20’ inboard). I hope this makes sense. Any advice would be really appreciated.

Mercruiser - Chevy 304 maybe ?

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for that

Yeah fair enough too. Thought I'd give it a shot. I'll add pics of the whole boat after I get it back from the engine assessment and see what raiders say. Thanks for replying mate

G’day all, This might be a really pointless question so I’ll apologise up front. Doing the resto on my Pride Bahia Mar 20 and came across this plate on the engine cowling. Is this just something the owner did for himself (I can’t locate him or I’d ask him) or is it something more well known as some sort of I.D. plate. Thanks all.

Where abouts were you mate?

Thanks mate. Yeah definitely nothing on the HIN plates. Thanks for the reply

Now I'm just embarrassed :)

Mate I think you are right. Brilliant and thank you. There’s nothing on the HIN plate and having now done a google search in your suggestion I’d say you’re right. Good on you mate. Cooky

Hey raiders, I’ve had my little boat for a bit and until now have never really worried about what sort of boat it is. I’ve had a couple of mates ask me and I’ve drawn a blank so I’m hoping that somebody of you experts out there can help me. I only have a couple of pics of it sorry. There are no markings on it anywhere. Hoping you can help. Thanks Cooky

Great artcile mate.

All good mate. I just posted the reply. Turns out that I had an earth lead running from the ignition / throttle assembly to the bus bar at the back near the battery and then nothing after that. I called a leccy in and he put a new earth lead in for me and now all works. Thanks for all your feedback

Thanks for all your valuable feedback. I really appreciate it. Yes I agree it was a mess and has since been cleaned up The problem turned out to be a missing earth lead from the bus at the back of the boat that went to the battery if that makes sense. I had an earth wire running from the throttle / ignition assembly to a bus bar and then nothing after that. All good now. Thanks again Cooky

Hey Ah Me, Well, I've had a few goes at it and so far what I've got is this. Main cables coming from the battery being Red and Black and wired to the bus bars. As I mentioned, everything from the bus bars on work with no problem except when the key is turned. What I then found is that a cable that is wired to the throttle assembly, when disconnected (as in the photo's) I lose electrics again. I've finally given in and have someone coming to look at it next week, but I'd love to know what's going on. I will ask him and once I've got an answer, I'll post it here for you. As an explanation of the photos, the first one is just the cables going to each bus bar and the next two show that I've got power going to the switch panel when the cable is together and no power to the switch panel when the cable is disconnected. Thanks all Cooky

Hey Noelm, Yes I agree that the shared fuse isn't the best and will be changed. All I have connected are my nav lights, a fish finder at this stage. I will be adding a VHF radio, a bilge pump and some LED strip lighting in the cabin. Wiring is basically from the battery to the bus bar and from there to the shared fuse and then on to the device. The only thing that confuses me a bit is the additional yellow wire going to the negative bus bar as well but I'm just following the wiring instructions that came with the switch panel.

Hey Ah Ming, thanks for that. I will disconnect the bus bars as you suggested. I'd already used them prior to posting my query. Cheers Cooky

Hey guys, I've attached a diagram of what I've got so hopefully you'll understand what I've got. The black and yellow wires that I've circled are connected to the negative side as per the instructions that came with the switch panel. I've also used two bus bars, a pos and a neg. I have not used a fuse block as I'm relying on the fuses that are part of the switch panel. As far as power to the bus bars goes, I've taken the existing pos and neg cables coming from the battery. These went to the original switch panel. I decided to replace the old one as it was poorly positioned and was pretty old and tired. Looking forward to your replies ( I think ) wiring diagram 1.pdf