So about a year ago some low life decided to try and steal my 25 Merc out board off of my 15' Gregor. I have a side console with remote control and steering and a fish finder on the dash.
All cables and wires were cut almost clean. Evidently he (thief) didn't have really big bolt cutters and had to take four bites on the steering cable to almost cut it in half.
he also didn't realize the motor weighs almost 120 pounds.
Broke the top rail of my transom.
I have all new shift and throttle cables along with a replacement Quicksilver steer cable..Can't find a new one let alone afford one so I found one on Ebay. Bought an new fish finder harness and in the process of re wiring the boat now.
Question I have is,, the Engine wiring harness is nine wires thick and cut through about three feet from the motor.
I was contemplating splicing it back together with a weather pack connector but got to looking at the harness and thought well maybe I should just use waterproof butt slices and heavy duty shrink tubing?
The starter cables are separate from the Engine harness and i am running 10 AWG wires for that.
Should I install a plug connection or just splice with crimp connections?
I do have Delphi and DuPont weather pack connectors available but am not really sure if they are appropriate.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
All cables and wires were cut almost clean. Evidently he (thief) didn't have really big bolt cutters and had to take four bites on the steering cable to almost cut it in half.
he also didn't realize the motor weighs almost 120 pounds.
Broke the top rail of my transom.
I have all new shift and throttle cables along with a replacement Quicksilver steer cable..Can't find a new one let alone afford one so I found one on Ebay. Bought an new fish finder harness and in the process of re wiring the boat now.
Question I have is,, the Engine wiring harness is nine wires thick and cut through about three feet from the motor.
I was contemplating splicing it back together with a weather pack connector but got to looking at the harness and thought well maybe I should just use waterproof butt slices and heavy duty shrink tubing?
The starter cables are separate from the Engine harness and i am running 10 AWG wires for that.
Should I install a plug connection or just splice with crimp connections?
I do have Delphi and DuPont weather pack connectors available but am not really sure if they are appropriate.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!