Thought I'd spend a little more time as to how I go about a re-wire. The Scarab is a familiar boat (although it's been about 13 years since I last seen one at the factory), so I have a bit of knowledge as to how she was built, where things were run, where to look for what I want to find.
Started by removing the helm switch panel, freeing up the main accessory harness, or as some call it, the "hull" harness...
This left me with basically accessory wiring and engine harnessing inside the console. I knew the wiring ran up the starboard side, either under the gunnel through a rigging tube, or...
...inside the rod pocket, basically laying on the built up area atop the starboard chine. Once the rod pocket was removed, it also gave me access to the rigging tube running to the console wire pass through...
So know that I have it pretty easy to rig...or de-rig, in this case, I'm going to pull everything out of the console and start over. I'm thinking of mounting a piece of starboard inside the console to starboard to mount the DSM 300 and the Clarion Amp, we'll see.
The helm switch panel is now just a piece of metal, all new switches and breakers...
Believe I'm going to re-paint and use different labels. No, I AM going to use different labels! The PO replaced the original plastic panels with aluminum, so the labeling was what he thought looked good...10 years ago! Not any more...
Hope to really get into her tomorrow, maybe even mess with tearing apart the back end...
