Yesterday was a beautiful day to work on the boat.
One of my projects was to remove the alternator to have it checked and to trace the Bat + wire coming off of it. It didn't appear to go to the starter as I expected.
My C30 is a 93 and I thought Catalina did away with the engine panel ammeter and wiring harness trailer plugs by then. I did pull the panel before the sea trial and saw the panel wires went into a terminal strip, then forward to the engine compartment.
No trailer plugs to worry about.
After I pulled the alternator I started to trace the orange 10 Ga wire. As I untaped and took off the plastic wire loom, I noticed a bump in the harness that was taped up. Uh-oh #1.
As I took off the tape I found it to be hard and brittle on the hump. Uh-oh #2.
When I opened up the harness it was Uh-oh #3.
Whoever removed the trailer plugs only went half way with the upgrade. Instead of running the alternator charging wire to the starter, they left it running to the engine panel then back forward.
Not sure if there is enough slack to cut out the bad sections and reconnect or if I will need to buy a new harness. One advantage to a new harness is I can install new terminal strips and use heat shrink rings instead of butt connectors.
Opinions on this?
As bad as these wires look, the motor started fine during the sea trial. I'm surprised because I thought the panel got it's power from the red wire whose connector is in the worse shape.
Good thing I enjoy electrical work.
In the photos below the orange 10 Ga is to the left of the yellow w/ red strip wire. The red 10 Ga wire is to the right of the yellow w/ red stripe wire.
One of my projects was to remove the alternator to have it checked and to trace the Bat + wire coming off of it. It didn't appear to go to the starter as I expected.
My C30 is a 93 and I thought Catalina did away with the engine panel ammeter and wiring harness trailer plugs by then. I did pull the panel before the sea trial and saw the panel wires went into a terminal strip, then forward to the engine compartment.
No trailer plugs to worry about.
After I pulled the alternator I started to trace the orange 10 Ga wire. As I untaped and took off the plastic wire loom, I noticed a bump in the harness that was taped up. Uh-oh #1.
As I took off the tape I found it to be hard and brittle on the hump. Uh-oh #2.
When I opened up the harness it was Uh-oh #3.
Whoever removed the trailer plugs only went half way with the upgrade. Instead of running the alternator charging wire to the starter, they left it running to the engine panel then back forward.
Not sure if there is enough slack to cut out the bad sections and reconnect or if I will need to buy a new harness. One advantage to a new harness is I can install new terminal strips and use heat shrink rings instead of butt connectors.
Opinions on this?
As bad as these wires look, the motor started fine during the sea trial. I'm surprised because I thought the panel got it's power from the red wire whose connector is in the worse shape.
Good thing I enjoy electrical work.
In the photos below the orange 10 Ga is to the left of the yellow w/ red strip wire. The red 10 Ga wire is to the right of the yellow w/ red stripe wire.