Hi Kevin, I have an older Misty Harbor that I need your help with. The boat battery and boat battery wiring is good. Up until three days ago, the motor would trim without any problem. Now there is no power to the motor or power tilt and trim. I seem to have power, because the navigation lights still work fine. Any ideas? Thanks, Hi, There is a small, inline fuse near the starter solenoid on most outboard engines. It sounds like you may have...
Hi Kevin, I am in the middle of a pontoon boat rebuild and need your boat wiring expertise. Part of my project included adding all new gauges – including a new trim gauge. Could you please tell me what I need to wire it properly? Thanks. Hi Steve, Here is the typical wiring for a pontoon boat trim gauge: Keyed power (usually purple) to the + terminal on the gauge Ground (usually black) to the – terminal on the gauge Sender (usually brown/white in...
Kevin, I have an older Sanpan pontoon boat that has the original under bench courtesy lights. I was wondering if can I replace them with LED lights without rewiring? Can splice the wires from the boat’s old incandescents onto the new LEDs? Thanks. Syd Hi Syd, Your new LED lights will draw considerably less power than the old lights, so you can certainly use the existing boat wiring. Keep in mind that LEDs are polarity sensitive. That is, if they don’t work at first,...
Kevin, I have a 2000 Smokercraft pontoon boat and I’m trying to hook up a Mariner 75 hp powertrim motor to it. The boat wiring is all different colors – some of them match, some of them don’t. What do I do from here? Please. Any help would be appreciated. Tony Hi Tony, Universal, non keyed power is usually red, but you should check this with a meter. The standard for Trim Up is either blue or blue/white – for Trim Down it is...
Kevin, Hello, I want to purchase wire to connect my pontoon boat tach to the motor replacing the failed wiring inside the original harness. Do you recommend using zip ties to run the new wire along side the existing harness or should it go inside some type of plastic sleeve? Thanks, Matt Hi Mark, I would use zip ties to connect new tachometer wire with the rest of your exiting pontoon boat harness. I would consider covering the harness in the exposed area between...
Kevin, I am confused about rewiring my pontoon boat trailer. There are four wires on a 50 foot roll, brown/white/green/yellow. If you split the wiring and run green and yellow down the right side then the brown and white down the left side… Green wire is the stop-turn signal wire Yellow is the left turn & stop Brown is supposed to be for markers that wire is down the right side How about the left side markers and where do they go? Across to...
Hi Kevin, My friend has a 24 ft Lowe pontoon boat with a 50 hp Johnson motor – and he wanted me to ask you a question. One day he took it to the lake and started right up, ran it all day without any problems. That night, at home, it wouldn’t start. He tried again the next day, it started, moved it around didn’t start, did it again it started. He is wondering where to begin or what to look for. He believes...
Kevin, I’m about to start working on a total rewire of an old pontoon boat. But, I’m stalled at the starting line…could you please tell me where can I find a fuse panel or the breaker box? Thanks. Hank Hi Hank, On most pontoon boat wiring, the primary location for the fuse block would be inside of the helm. There should also be a main fuse at the battery connection. I hope that your project goes well. Please write if you have any more...
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