wesandflor
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First of all, thanks for having me on forum. This is my first post. I did search, but am not finding what I need.
I am working on a 1984 Ranger 373-V. It has a Mercury 150. It belongs to a friend of mine. His dad bought it new and has passed and the boat seems to have a lot of sentimental value. I think it has only been in the water 10-12 times. It looks really nice, maybe it could be buffed? I have removed the tanks and cleaned them. Cleaned the carbs. The engine wouldn't run before, but it starts and sounds really good now. Cleaned the gutter from front to back ( I don't know what it is called). It had mice in it before, they chewed up a foam, but I finally got it all out. Water flows from the live wells and drains like it is suppose to, now. Cleaned it up some, and now I seem to be down to two major problems:
1. Won't steer. I think the steering rod is stuck in the tilt tube (I hope I am using correct terms).
2. I need help with the wiring for the trolling motor. The boat had four batteries. I may be wrong, but I believe it is suppose to have three batteries. The four cables running to the trolling motor (red, orange, black, white) were disconnected from the batteries. I don't know which batteries they go to. I am pretty sure red and orange are POSITIVE. The two breakers (on red and orange) were flipped OFF. The toggle switch in the front panel had flamed out. I replaced it with with a 20 amp double pole double throw toggle switch. Is this correct? I also replaced a few of the wires between the terminal block and toggle switch. I want to double check the wiring in the front panel but I can't find a wiring diagram anywhere.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading my post. Wes
I am working on a 1984 Ranger 373-V. It has a Mercury 150. It belongs to a friend of mine. His dad bought it new and has passed and the boat seems to have a lot of sentimental value. I think it has only been in the water 10-12 times. It looks really nice, maybe it could be buffed? I have removed the tanks and cleaned them. Cleaned the carbs. The engine wouldn't run before, but it starts and sounds really good now. Cleaned the gutter from front to back ( I don't know what it is called). It had mice in it before, they chewed up a foam, but I finally got it all out. Water flows from the live wells and drains like it is suppose to, now. Cleaned it up some, and now I seem to be down to two major problems:
1. Won't steer. I think the steering rod is stuck in the tilt tube (I hope I am using correct terms).
2. I need help with the wiring for the trolling motor. The boat had four batteries. I may be wrong, but I believe it is suppose to have three batteries. The four cables running to the trolling motor (red, orange, black, white) were disconnected from the batteries. I don't know which batteries they go to. I am pretty sure red and orange are POSITIVE. The two breakers (on red and orange) were flipped OFF. The toggle switch in the front panel had flamed out. I replaced it with with a 20 amp double pole double throw toggle switch. Is this correct? I also replaced a few of the wires between the terminal block and toggle switch. I want to double check the wiring in the front panel but I can't find a wiring diagram anywhere.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading my post. Wes