Well I completely took all the old wiring out of my boat. The Birdsnest was not very friendly. While taking the wires out I found unprotected wires, wires with junctions, just all kinds of not right stuff. So here is my problem. Now I have found a wire that runs the length of the boat. I traced it to a bolt on the transop on the inside of the boat. Now that makes me think that somewhere in this wiring the boat was used as a ground. Now I thought that all equipment grounds back to the battery either through junction box or some kind of hookup that runs to the battery? Please correct me if im wrong! Now I have installed a buss box. I think thats what it is anyways. Basically has two hookups a Positive and a negative. Positive to oneside runs through fuse out to device or whatever. Negative well runs back to battery. Now I have stripped everything down to original wire harness coming from motor. Now I have a 1969 Evinrude 115 115983E I have bought all new guages. Now the harness has several colors of wires running from it. Can someone please tell me how I need to hook this stuff up. I have fishfinder,Runninglights,airhorn, and bilge pump thats my equipment. I have purchased speedo, tach, voltmeter, fuel guage, i have choke toggle switch, a red warning temp light, oh and the original ignition. I think thats all. Could someone please tell me how they all hook up and how they should. I have switches for everything except fishfinder. Any help would be appreciated.
