Ex-Aquasport/Wellcraft employee (Bob C)...

[slvrlng]

Hey Glock, I think Rickk meant on the wire itself inside the plastic cover. The wire will be black looking rather than shiny silver from the tin coating. You have to strip the coating back to check this.

[seabob4]

Lewis,
More than likely the entire length of the wire will show the corrosion.  I have a small Ranger flats boat at the house right now, '04 with a 60 4s Yamaha on it.  The boat is in excellent shape, yet the engine harness is corroded so badly, it will have to be replaced...in only 5 years!  Boat lives on a lift on the Homosassa River.

Gotta love our wonderful Gulf air... :x

[seabob4]

MikeR,
Your 215 has a "poured foam" transom, just like Glock's 225 Osprey.  Checked out the HPDI, the 200 weighs in at 475 lbs.  Funny, Yam's website didn't mention a 250, nor the 300, which I hung a bunch of at Stamas several years ago.  Wonder if Yam is still making them.  What year is the motor?

[Glock Diver]

Uggghhh... So I'll likely have to fish new wire from the pump to the switch at the helm??!  

Sounds like a serious project!

[slvrlng]

Glock, If you can seperate the one bad wire from the bundle all you do is tie one end off to the new and use it to pull through. Sometimes its not too hard if its seperate from the bundle.

[seabob4]

Glock,
In the bilge, starboard side looking forward, you will see the rigging tube that the main harness/engine harness/everything else runs forward to the console area.  Inside the console there is an inspection plate (Pie) that allows you to reach under the deck and retrieve anything run forward.

The best snake, should you not be able to find a loose wire (there probably aren't any since the main harness was taped together the length of the harness), the best snake to use is a used "Universal" shift/throttle cable.

Not that hard, done it a million times...guess that what makes it not so hard anymore!

Bob C

[slvrlng]

As usual , a wealth of knowledge Bob!

[Capt. Bob]

Glock,
In the bilge, starboard side looking forward, you will see the rigging tube that the main harness/engine harness/everything else runs forward to the console area.  Inside the console there is an inspection plate (Pie) that allows you to reach under the deck and retrieve anything run forward.

The best snake, should you not be able to find a loose wire (there probably aren't any since the main harness was taped together the length of the harness), the best snake to use is a used "Universal" shift/throttle cable.

Not that hard, done it a million times...guess that what makes it not so hard anymore!

Bob C

It kinda hard to see but the tube SB is refering to is located at the bottom center of this photo. It's just under the thru-hull that drains the "cooler/storage/livewell (depends on the model year). You can see the inspection plate located upper center. The mass of spaghetti is going into the tube but you can reach through the plate and touch it all. The tube is pretty big and this photo is taken from the cabin, starboard side with the paneling removed. You may be able to use an electrical "snake" to get through from this position.
A two beer job. Three, if you wish to admire your work.

[seabob4]

CB,
An Explorer, looking aft into the starboard wing!  God, it's been a long time since I've seen that view.  Remember, Glock has an Osprey, so his rigging tube passes thru the starboard stringer next to the fuel tank.

Beautiful pic, for those of us who get into "what goes on behind the scenes"!

BTW, a couple of notes.  First, that "banjoed" wire...what is it?  Secondly, any rigging job "after the fact" is easily worth 3-4 beers!

Bob C

[Capt. Bob]

Right you are. I don't know why I was thinking GD had a WAC.

The banjo string? I believe it runs to the old speaker the PO had coming from his rusty radio.
There is an abundance of wires running in all directions, most of which I hope to remove.
There also seems to be many cavernous "secret" spots just begging for storage access. The more I drink, the more I find.

[seabob4]

Right you are. I don't know why I was thinking GD had a WAC.

The banjo string? I believe it runs to the old speaker the PO had coming from his rusty radio.
There is an abundance of wires running in all directions, most of which I hope to remove.
There also seems to be many cavernous "secret" spots just begging for storage access. The more I drink, the more I find.

Thought the "plucker" was a speaker wire...

How about twin mid-berths, port and starboard, in those wings?  Hey, on our 32 Pilot (or more appropriately, the Pro-Line 32 Express Cruiser), you could have a mid-berth aft of the mid-berth.

I believe we call that "dead space"...designers haven't figured out that concept yet!

And Rick will get the "beer cheer" avatar...in a few!  

BTW, time to visit the CP page and make my feelings known about Irwin Jacobs... :x

[seabob4]

Rick,
Here it is.

http://www.yahoofreak.com/drinking-animated-emoticons

Import them, if you see fit...

Bob C

P.S.  Gotta love the Beer Jumper!

[WaveDancer]

GD,

I have a 2004 Explorer and had the very same problem this summer and it turned out to be a bad circuit breaker.

When testing the circuit with a 12 volt test light, it showed power present so I assumed it was a bad pump. it wasn't.

Try hooking a headlight or some other 12 volt device to the circuit and see what happens.  My guess is the power goes away once you put a "load" on the circuit.

West Marine had a replacement breaker available, but I had to drill out the dash a small amount for it to fit.

Don't know about yours, but my dash is full of breakers made in China, except for the one I replaced.  I plan on replacing some of the others this winter that handle high current loads, bilge pumps, etc.  Last thing you want is an electrical problem while the boat is in the water.

Good luck and let us know what fixes it.

WD.

Going to check the amps this afternoon.  (I couldn't remember the settings on the multimeter to check for amperage, so I had to come home and look it up!)
If the amps are too low, and I'm expecting that--what else could it be-- where is the most likely location of that corrosion? The switch?

[Glock Diver]

hmmmm good idea to test the breaker. Sounds better than running new line, no matter how easy Bob makes it sound!

Wave- why did you have to cut your dash? Couldn't you install the breaker from inside the compartment?

[seabob4]

GD,
Yes, it is a WHOLE lot easier to check the breaker!  See if there is any resistance, even minimal, across the spade terminals.