Winter projects


new gauge panel is pretty much done and ready to begin installing. really liking this newer look so far :)
 

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weather is getting a bit warmer here so i'll be continuing with my new flooring, hope to make leaps and bounds of progress by the end of the weekend!
 
stair treads and hatches have the new flooring installed. working on trimming off the excess, cleaning up the edges and installing finishing trim. finishing trim starts out as a straight piece and then has to be hand formed around the edges. first piece seems to be looking pretty good so far :).
 

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HN,
Do not connect the garden hose up to the generator, as the pressure will force water into the exhaust, and possibly bend connecting rods if fired up.
Remove the impeller and run it for a short period dry. It has closed cooling, and really will not hurt anything.
 
floor hatches and step tread trim is progressing but man is this stuff tedious! trying to take my time so it will look good when finished.
 

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weather has been too cold to work on much more than the dash so that has been my focus for the past week or so, time permitting. got it down to the boat and began changing out wires. mash brakes. hard. new gauges are wired differently than old gauges. i started with the lighting circuit. i can make it work but it looks like fido's ass if ya know what i mean. same thing for the grounds, each of my old gauges required 2 grounds, one for the light and one for the gauge. my new gauges incorporate the grounds into one so i have all these grounds left over on the original harness. did i mention fido's ass? i have however found a cure! ordered new wire and connectors to build my own harness that will have correct spacing and correct number of connections. it looks like i will only have to do this for the lighting circuit and the ground circuit so far but if the weather and temps will cooperate i'll know more by the end of the week.
 
a photo of existing wiring for reference. in theses pics i have already cut all the zip ties that keep everything nice and neat. you can get an idea of how this would look if i just plugged it in and went with it.
 

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self testing to see how images are working for me, new ground and power wiring harness for dash light circuit to switches and gauges on throttle plate.

I order proper wire color, connectors and heat shrink to make these harnesses up.. doing the same for the main dash panel, so far only planning on doing this for the light circuit. sending unit wiring will hopefully be reused.
 

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Cool, i see you figured it out. Can you please let the others know how you managed to get the thumbnails to show actual picture?
 
i see the humor in what you are asking, you want me to splain the unsplainable!! doing the pics was pretty easy but i guess my older stuff will remain as is, i have been unable to figure anything out on them.

so to add the thumbnails, i clicked on "Go Advanced" in the lower right corner next to "Post Quick Reply", then "manage attachments". from there it should be pretty straight forward.
 
no sure if this might make a difference or not but under the general settings tab, i went to thread display and checked the box that says "show images". Also went to miscellaneous and checked the box that says "enhanced attachment upload on". this was in an effort to see my older pics so not sure if that made a difference on my recent post.
 
learned new trick so here is a little bit of an update. wood floor and steps are done other than trim pieces, no pics yet but i'll get some soon. settee area is getting facelift of sorts, trim panels to be recovered and cloth liner between back rest and bottom cushions will be replaced with new headliner material. hoping to get back rest and three bottom cushions reupholstered before we come to a stop on this winters work. boat is a disaster right now but i'll post a few more pics as soon as we get it looking decent here is what i have for now:

Cabin stairs completedSettee 1.jpgSettee 2.jpgSettee panels 2.JPGSettee panel during reupholstering process
 
FT,
That's an "Attaboy" for sure. Looks great and will save hours cleaning the rugs on the stairs.
Question, I need to get to the second stanchion on the starboard side. Does the panel directly
above the dinnette come out first?
HA II

dinette.jpg
 
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