Howdy all, been a wile. Wiring harness for a 1994 Lowe 22 ft deck boat

[ab59]

I bought an old 77 Starcraft aluminum and then a Lowe 22ft deck boat also aluminum a couple of months later. I have got the Starcraft squared away for now and am about to start on the lowe. I knew the upper deck trim was rotten but when I started looking for a key for the ignition I found that the harness coming from the instrument panel had been chewed up by rats or mice pretty bad. Best thing to do would be just buy another harness if I can figure out where to get one at a reasonable price. Do you guys know where I might be able to find one or have one made? I have been looking at marketplace and fleabay but no luck with that. Thanks----

 

[roscoe]

Harness for the motor to the helm, from the engine manufacturer.

For the boat?? You will likely going to have to make one.

 

[Silvertip]

Crafting a wire harness for anything can be daunting for the novice electrical person but there is a way to make this a bit simpler. Start by fully removing the "boat harness" which is the harness the boat manufacturer installs. The engine harness is harness that runs from the engine to the controls at the helm. With the boat harness removed, including the switch panels, lay this harness out on the floor or on a long board. Hopefully you label any wires you disconnected before you disconnect them. Purchase the various wire sizes and colors you need and begin laying out the new harness on another board using finish nails at points along the harness where wires would branch out of the main harness. Remove the connectors from the old harness and splice them to the new harness. Use plastic tie wraps or spiral wrap to create a wire harness that is prettier and better than the factory version. It's really not that difficult as someone once said.

 

[ab59]

Crafting a wire harness for anything can be daunting for the novice electrical person but there is a way to make this a bit simpler. Start by fully removing the "boat harness" which is the harness the boat manufacturer installs. The engine harness is harness that runs from the engine to the controls at the helm. With the boat harness removed, including the switch panels, lay this harness out on the floor or on a long board. Hopefully you label any wires you disconnected before you disconnect them. Purchase the various wire sizes and colors you need and begin laying out the new harness on another board using finish nails at points along the harness where wires would branch out of the main harness. Remove the connectors from the old harness and splice them to the new harness. Use plastic tie wraps or spiral wrap to create a wire harness that is prettier and better than the factory version. It's really not that difficult as someone once said.

Well guys, first off, thank you for your replies. I guess I already knew the answer when I was writing the post. Never hurts to try though. I will take the advice of labeling, removing, and laying the harness out to copy it. The cheap skate in me wants to just replace the chewed up parts but common sense tells me that the wiring is 28 years old so I will make a new one. I see that the transducer is also melted from a dead short, looks like a complete rewire job. Thanks again for your replies.