What's up guys! Took the family out Friday night in the Everglades and wouldn't you know it my 4 year old caught more fish than everyone combined...using a bobber and some bread on a hook
Half way through the trip the steering cable went out and I was stuck doing circles for a minute, and ended up just puttering back home.
Anyways, while I'm in the midst of replacing the steering, I was looking at a couple of other neglected projects she needs.
1980 Ranger 1600 V-3 with a 1981 Johnson Seahorse 60.
Wiring. It's a mess! I don't have a negative buss bar it appears...color wires everywhere, switches that don't work, live well that doesn't work you get the picture.
Everything that I actually use works, might need a wiggle at the battery once in a while to fire the boat up, but otherwise all my needed stuff works. Should I invest some time and just redo everything? There doesn't even appear to be a main wire going up to the console from battery for positive or negative really. Lot of connectors and whatnot. About 6 or 7 wires to the negative side of the battery lol. If I redo everything, it'll have to be all marine grade. My question is should I do different colors or just stick to everything in red and black?
The original seats are toast, too. No way am I going to spend $1000+ to have them redone, lol. Is there anyway I can redo them myself? The metal fasteners and plywood inside are all rotten. The seat material itself is decent, but I'm sure it's a pain to redo and staple back down correctly. Would I be better off buying those cheap cheap walmart seats and just mounting them in a similar fashion to my originals?
Here's an album of the destruction lol. https://photos.app.goo.gl/cAzBrDY3U1JrGsNG6