helm wiring, should be simple, i'm not too bright.

[redneck joe]

So kinda sad here. The old switches all had label 'washers' on them and had planned on reusing them to stay retro. I kept them on the old switch so as to not lose them. Unfortunately i threw them in the trash when cleaning up Tuesday, trash hauled off yesterday. Might spend the money to replace but I'm hoping I'm still young enough to remember what three switches are.

 

[redneck joe]

And the most exciting pic of the day, a hole.

This is where the horn will go. Easy clear space to get to. The other side had all the other switches and the shifter so too much going on there.

I will have to take my shaky tool and eliminate the plywood behind, the button I chose won't be long enough.

 

[redneck joe]

Fun little story. Prepping to put the last section of flooring in. Triple checked all plumbing / fuel clamps, steering cable up out of the way, etc. Thought I'd check all the helm buttons one last time and nothing worked. CHECKED THREE TIMES!!! The next 45 seconds of pure terror wondering what I did this morning while mounting the fuse block and dressing the wires. What kind of work it was going to have to take to figure it out while the heat was building over 95 degrees. I prob used 25 zip ties dressing everything out,many now hidden unless i pull all of them out.

Then I remembered that I disconnected the battery to get it out of the way, moved to the front of the boat.

I'm an idiot.

 

[Bugzilla46310]

So kinda sad here. The old switches all had label 'washers' on them and had planned on reusing them to stay retro. I kept them on the old switch so as to not lose them. Unfortunately i threw them in the trash when cleaning up Tuesday, trash hauled off yesterday. Might spend the money to replace but I'm hoping I'm still young enough to remember what three switches are.


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I rebuild/semi restore 1950 Craftsman vintage drill presses and some other vintage tools. There is a guy on the garagejournal.com site that makes reproduction decals for all types of items. I have bought a few from him that he made from pictures of the original I sent him with dimensions. Very good quality and reasonable prices. If you sent him this picture and the diameter, I sure he could duplicate it. I contacted him and he good with you contacting him. Matt’s email is mattscher@hotmail.com