1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

Thought you had one of those fancy metal barns I here tell about...

redneck joe said:

Thought you had one of those fancy metal barns I here tell about...

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I do indeed. And when it's raining, it's like being inside a snare drum in a rock n roll band. LOUD! We've tried it in the past and even though we wore ear muffs, it was too deafening to stay in there.

Here's a 15 second video from when I was in there the other day and it started raining when the sun was out, which is why I took the video.

Mind you, this is a light rain.

View attachment Sunny Rain 21Aug25.mp4

I got all 5 gauges fully wired and installed today. Tomorrow is major cleanup day.

I started getting the switches and horn button remounted today. Couldn't find the 4th switch, so contacted my buddy (who had set up everything for the splash) and he dropped by. After he crawled under the dash he said "Oh yeah, there was a switch which wasn't connected to anything." So he had trashed the grody old thing.

I ordered a DPDT switch a little while ago and am now searching for panel lights for 3/8" mounting holes to go at the top of the console. I'm planning on putting red LEDs there to indicate which switches are active. In the center hole, I'll have the LED connected to a loud buzzer/horn which will be connected to a water pressure loss switch on the engine.

No engine water pressure? Light comes on and starts screaming at me.

And I'm also working on seat height. The seats are way too low and I need to figure out a good height, plus a way to extend them up.