Beer Thirty
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- Sep 10, 2008
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- Boat Info
- 1995 200 BR Signature Series
Towed with a 98 Chevy Z71
- Engines
- 5.0 Mercruiser w/an alpha 1
So last monday i decided to break the boat out because a neighboring lake was free of ice. I charged the batteries, hooked everything up then Started it and warmed it up on the muffs. She fired right up. I was a happy camper.
We get out on the water and she seems to be running great. well we stop to fish for a bit and I go to turn the radio on....... Nothing :smt013. I thought oh well, its march and im on the water, ill deal with it later.
So tuesday (st patty's day) i head to best buy early and buy a new radio. I didn't even think to do any diagnostic work before i left. I just rolled out of bed, grabbed some coffee and off i went.
Well later that day i go to my friends house to pick him and a couple other people up to head back to the lake. i figure while im waiting for everyone ill install the new radio. The old one was an explode so i bought another explode so i didn't have to deal with wiring.
Pulled the old one out, put the new one it and went to turn it on.... nothing..... At this point im thinking i should have figured this out before i left the house that morning lol. I look back in the engine compartment to make sure one of the batteries are on. still stumped...
My buddy comes out of his house to see why im cursing at my boat. he pops his head in an takes a look. Then he grabs a wire that was hiding behind the blower tube and looks at me "does this have anything to do with it".
SONOFA....!!!!!
On the plus side, i scored a new radio for the truck. :lol:
EDIT: better than last years first screw up for the season. About a week after i bought the boat i was out with some friends who like to play with buttons and switches. After waking a buddy up at midnight to tow us off the lake then an hour of diagnosing the problem. I learned where the kill switch was on the shifter. :grin:
We get out on the water and she seems to be running great. well we stop to fish for a bit and I go to turn the radio on....... Nothing :smt013. I thought oh well, its march and im on the water, ill deal with it later.
So tuesday (st patty's day) i head to best buy early and buy a new radio. I didn't even think to do any diagnostic work before i left. I just rolled out of bed, grabbed some coffee and off i went.
Well later that day i go to my friends house to pick him and a couple other people up to head back to the lake. i figure while im waiting for everyone ill install the new radio. The old one was an explode so i bought another explode so i didn't have to deal with wiring.
Pulled the old one out, put the new one it and went to turn it on.... nothing..... At this point im thinking i should have figured this out before i left the house that morning lol. I look back in the engine compartment to make sure one of the batteries are on. still stumped...
My buddy comes out of his house to see why im cursing at my boat. he pops his head in an takes a look. Then he grabs a wire that was hiding behind the blower tube and looks at me "does this have anything to do with it".
SONOFA....!!!!!
On the plus side, i scored a new radio for the truck. :lol:
EDIT: better than last years first screw up for the season. About a week after i bought the boat i was out with some friends who like to play with buttons and switches. After waking a buddy up at midnight to tow us off the lake then an hour of diagnosing the problem. I learned where the kill switch was on the shifter. :grin:
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