after i finished with the steering on our seiner i moved back to my power skiff project. this envloved running new wires for the starter and accsorys, putting in a battery switch,  installing a switch panel, installing a new tachometer,change belts, and cleaning and painting the engine. i started by running all the new wires to the blige pump, gps, hot wire to the starter ( old one was rubbing on an edge. re ran the new one a different route.) then removed all the old wires and connected the new ones with butt connecters and heat shrink. then installed a battery shut off switch.( it never had one before.). Then cut out a spot on the steering console for a waterproof switch board. that job took about 10 hours. the tachometer was a little difficult because it was a mechanical gauge finding a replacement was the most time consuming part beacuse it required about six trips to tricounty to get the right kind of guage and right angle drive set up. that one took about 7 hours. after that changed out the two belts, removed the airboxes for cleaning and prepped the engine for painting which took about 6 hours including the painting. did some varuous welding around the hull including new zincs, a couple of broken handles, and a little hanger for the beard. which was an exta 8 hours.

total hours for job: 31

total hours after this: 96