Rigging tube question..

[seabob4]

Are you not able to "un-screw" the adjustment dials off the throttle/shift cables?

No, the ends are swaged on...

[BTF112989]

This sounds all too familiar to me! Haha. Everybody on here gave me awesome tips to pull all of the wires through. I just finished rigging mine with an old metal plumbing snake that was broken off at one end. It just took a lot of dawn dishwashing liquid, duct tape, baling twine, a ton of pushing & pulling over and over to channel all of the wires into the right spot, probably about 20 hours of work, and tons of persistence. Not a fun process at all, but worth it in the end. Always remember to go large to small! I did the throttle & shift cables first because of the large ends on them. Rigging tubes fill up fast with battery cables, oil lines, wiring harnesses, and steering cables. Good luck shoving everything through!

-Ben

[gman 82 aquasport]

Hopefully won't be to bad since I will use 2 tubes ,1 2in and 1 3in. the 2in will have the steering lines and the fuel line and possibly the throttle and shift cables, the 3in will have all the wiring, battery cables to engine wiring to lights and transducer .I will pull anything with a head or large end first and will probably stagger pull most..Thats what we call it when we pull more than 4 or 5 at a time and stagger the ends so they aren't all together..Usually stagger them 3-4 inches so you don't have a big bulge of wires.

[seabob4]

Hopefully won't be to bad since I will use 2 tubes ,1 2in and 1 3in. the 2in will have the steering lines and the fuel line and possibly the throttle and shift cables, the 3in will have all the wiring, battery cables to engine wiring to lights and transducer .I will pull anything with a head or large end first and will probably stagger pull most..Thats what we call it when we pull more than 4 or 5 at a time and stagger the ends so they aren't all together..Usually stagger them 3-4 inches so you don't have a big bulge of wires.

Exactly the way to do it.  You can pull everything in one shot...

[Blue Agave]

Hopefully won't be to bad since I will use 2 tubes ,1 2in and 1 3in. the 2in will have the steering lines and the fuel line and possibly the throttle and shift cables, the 3in will have all the wiring, battery cables to engine wiring to lights and transducer .I will pull anything with a head or large end first and will probably stagger pull most..Thats what we call it when we pull more than 4 or 5 at a time and stagger the ends so they aren't all together..Usually stagger them 3-4 inches so you don't have a big bulge of wires.

You should run the transducer cable in the tube with the steering and fuel lines.

[Double Trouble]

Pulling stuff thru the rigging tubes is challanging but getting the control cables thru the engine rigging hose without pulling everything out is an adventure all its own. Especially alone.

[seabob4]

Pulling stuff thru the rigging tubes is challanging but getting the control cables thru the engine rigging hose without pulling everything out is an adventure all its own. Especially alone.

Oh yeah...

[gman 82 aquasport]

Transducer cable running with the fuel and steering lines is a great idea, more room...I am seriously starting to look at running the control cables by themselves under the floor, I have a storage box being built under the floor under the seat so I will have access to the area , I believe that I can manuver the lines thru a cutout in the ends of the compartment and turn them up under the console (access port  in floor) and then turn the stern end up starboard side of the motor thru the floor....For sealing them from water intrusion, my idea is this, where they come thru the floor(both ends) put them in a 2in piece of pipe about 3 inches long sealed to the floor. Then take a cv joint repair boot (rubber) and glue the overlaps together and put a clamp on the pipe end thus sealing it, then put a clamp on the small end where cables come thru and tighten.. My thought is if the boots work to keep grease in they should work to keep water out. plus they are easy to check on and replace if nessasary. Sound reasonable?

[gman 82 aquasport]

Got my rigging tubes in. I am planning on the fuel,hydraulic steering, transducer going in the 2inch and the cables, wiring harness and control cables going thru the 3 inch..I am planning on trying to push/pull the control cables thru tommorrow to see if they will go. If they won't I plan on putting them thru the pieces of pipe separatly then glueing the pipe together..if they ever need replacing I am leaving a chase under the floor thru my storage area and thru the tank bulkhead to run replacements..


upper piece of 3 inch 90 degree elbow thats between the hull and bulkhead has a 2 in opening in it to pull the wires for the nav lights and courtesy lights and bilge pump out the top so it will be easy to run them out the gunnel and into the bilge..