So, I was out a few weeks ago and had a great idea to bring out my service guys for a fun day on the lake. So I had a boatload of 8 fairly large (200+lbs each) guys. We spent the day wakeboarding, kneeboarding, and finally filled up the port locker and surfed. The boat drank quite a bit of gas that day. I filled up the following day to take the family out and put 40 gallons in it.
Well, the next day with the family I notive a ticking sound coming from the v-drive. I pulled the cover and discovered that there was a wire wrapped around the output shaft from the v-drive. It took be about an hour to clear out the wire. It was black and looked like it had wire loom around it. I changed the v-drive oil and the tranny oil to make sure it wasn't anything with the oil levels making the ticking noise.
So, we get it back in the water and the ticking noise is gone, but the fuel gauge quit working. Putting two and two together, one assumes that the wire that was spun up in the v-drive shaft was probably the fuel tank level indicator wire. So, I need to get this fixed, but I don't have an owner's manual or a wiring schematic of the electrical system on the boat. Does anyone have an idea of where the fuel indicator wire initiates from and terminates into?
I wonder what caused this? I know the day I had all the guys in the boat there was a lot of water in the bilge from everyone coming in and out. Maybe I should check the bilge pump to make sure it is turning on when it is supposed to...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Well, the next day with the family I notive a ticking sound coming from the v-drive. I pulled the cover and discovered that there was a wire wrapped around the output shaft from the v-drive. It took be about an hour to clear out the wire. It was black and looked like it had wire loom around it. I changed the v-drive oil and the tranny oil to make sure it wasn't anything with the oil levels making the ticking noise.
So, we get it back in the water and the ticking noise is gone, but the fuel gauge quit working. Putting two and two together, one assumes that the wire that was spun up in the v-drive shaft was probably the fuel tank level indicator wire. So, I need to get this fixed, but I don't have an owner's manual or a wiring schematic of the electrical system on the boat. Does anyone have an idea of where the fuel indicator wire initiates from and terminates into?
I wonder what caused this? I know the day I had all the guys in the boat there was a lot of water in the bilge from everyone coming in and out. Maybe I should check the bilge pump to make sure it is turning on when it is supposed to...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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