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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    That prolly works great..... unless someone cut the wire, used a butt connector to splice in a blue wire and routed it to a different place and then covered it all up with plastic split-loom. Pretty sure this is 90% of the reason this thing stayed broken for ~15 years.... no one had a clue that...
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Well, it's definitely easier to see up in there with the lighter color. And I realize that all the original wires had labels embedded into the jacket but damn, they could have used a few different colors! Hard as heck tracing wires when they're all the same color - especially after the Groban...
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Not much to report lately. I changed the way I had some stuff wired in the control box. I fixed a couple of things that I had wired wrong and I've been documenting exactly how it's wired and re-drawing the schematic, basically from scratch. Want everything well documented so if / when it...
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Piddling around today. Bolted on some more parts - muffler too. Probably going to regret bolting all that on as I'm not finished with the wiring yet. So I think I mentioned all the new enclosure bolts are stainless with stainless washers and nylock nuts. So I've been using Never Seize on...
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Six and a half months so far......
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Well, I spent about 3 hours soaking and cleaning the paint gun tonight. I'm sure I'll need to pull it back out for some touch up at some point but for now, I'm done!!
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Last pieces to be painted!!! Weather permitting, I will flip them over and paint the other sides on Sunday and I will be DONE painting!!!
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    A little bit.
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Small step forward - mostly just messing around so I bolted this on.
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Naw, I was just telling my son the other day; Of all the things I've lost during my life, I miss my mind the most!
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Look at these pics: I don't remember but that battery hold down must have been just laying up inside there. It certainly wasn't "installed". I guess that's why I don't remember taking it off or where it was installed.
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Yes, having been around boats most of my life, these are pretty nice battery boxes. Pretty happy with them. I modified mine a bit. Was having problems getting the lids off even before I re-installed the radiator due to the clips on the top of the boxes - the ones in the back being unreachable...
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Oh, I got them tied down now since I didn't want them vibrating all over the place. Got them in boxes and the boxes are strapped to the "floor". They aren't going anywhere.
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Darn it! I figured it was something for the batteries or the fuel tank but couldn't remember taking it off. Thanks, guess I don't need that anymore. :)
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Ok, I got a part I really can't figure out. No clue where this came from but I'm pretty sure it's a part of this set. Anyone have a clue? The piece of channel with 3 holes in it... I've looked at the drawings in the TMs and don't see it there. It looks like the braces they used for the...
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Took it easy today. Needed a holiday from this project and splitting wood. Test fit the intake grille and made a plate to cover some holes - in the interests of bug abatement.
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Yeah, I sandwiched it all together (less the grille) on the "bench" and used the 4 bolts with the pass-thru holes on the front grille to hold it all together while we lifted the whole assembly (less the grille) into place on the skids. Then I hung the grille on and started trying to get the...
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    I was thinking about you when I typed that in. Was thinking: boy, I bet Guyfang knows exactly what I'm talking about!
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Made some visible progress last night / today> Broke down and bought 2 batteries. Got the battery cables finished and installed. Installed the battery charger - it was just laying up in there. Now it's bolted down. Got the radiator, shutter, radiator support, grille and fan installed. I'd...
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    Advice needed - new guy with MEP004A

    Gas is more fun though! We get "ground hornets" around here. They'll build a nest under a tree in the leaves piled up at it's base and they are just downright viscous if you disturb them, A few years ago the wife got into a nest with the lawnmower and they just tore her ass up! I got 2...
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