Hi John, It's an '84 and I wouldn't be surprised if you were right and that I have to go through and replace each and every terminal. I changed one A/C outlet to GFCI because there was a leak from one of the ports above and the wires (the ground in particular) were completely shot. Do you know of a wiring diagram for the engine instrument panel? If not, I suppose I can just follow what currently exists now. I really dislike the location of all of the electrical in the port lazarette. I don't know where I else I would put everything, it just seems so vulnerable to damage, water, etc..
Thanks for the tip on the ratcheting crimper and the bundle above the engine. Good thing there's lots of room to work in there so this won't be a job I dread. :-) I've said it before and I'll say it again, if having a few 'problems' with my boat is the type of problems I'm having, I'm a lucky man. Regards, Michael --- In [email protected], John Oppenheimer <k...@...> wrote: > > What year is your C-27. On my 85, every factory terminal crimp was > defective. When I mean every terminal, I mean ever terminal. This > included the #4 battery terminal crimps, light crimps, the fan wire > crimp. How can I say this, all of them! Many I could just pull the wire > out of the crimp barrel. > > If you suspect this, go get a good ratcheting crimper and a bunch of > terminals and start replacing them all. > > Oh, and there is a hard one to find, if close to an 85, in the taped > bundle of wires above the engine is a barrel crimp which has a ground > line to several places, that one was also defective. > > John > > mlong9876 wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I just came back from the boat (beautiful 70 degree day in NY) and > > confirmed that I am having problems with the engine instrument display. > > Problems were most noticeable when I turned the blower on and off. > > Actually, the blower turned itself on and off and the gauges jumped all > > around until the blower didn't come back on and the instruments stayed > > fixed on their previous readings, even after shutting it down. Every gauge > > is affected by the blower switch even if the blower motor doesn't come on. > > I took a 2 min video with my phone but don't know where to upload it. > > > > I also had difficulty starting it and saw white smoke when it turned over. > > Finally, as I was motoring around, I noticed a constant vibration and was > > wondering if that sounds like the shaft is not perfectly straight? > > > > Have any of you experienced some or all of what I've described? > > > > > > > > Thank you (as always), > > > > Michael > > > > PS What I'd like to hear is that white smoke is what I want to see and the > > rest is all in my head and everything is fine. Second place would be > > telling me that if I tighten one or 2 screws, everything will be prefect. >
