Sometimes I wonder...

[airdvr1227]

I've been having some charging issues with my rig. Last time ended up being towed in.

Long story short power to the trim but nothing else...dead.

Took it to my mechanic. The very next day he calls and tells me it was a fuse in the dash. Awesome! I was suspicious but what the hell.

SInce I was leaving on vacation I told him I wouldn't pick it up for a week. Came home yesterday and was excited to do some boating. Picked the rig up, took it home just to make sure it was OK. WHen I tried to move the trim down so I could hook up the muffs...nothing...dead. I hooked up the second battery which had been unhooked. Trim now works. So I thought I'll just bump the starter...turn the key...nothing. Just like it was when I got towed off the lake 11 days ago!

 

[DJ]

Re: Sometimes I wonder...

Fuses don't just blow. There is a reason. The mechanic fixed the symptom, not the disease.

 

[Bifflefan]

Re: Sometimes I wonder...

I just had a very simular issue.
Use a set of good jumper cables to go from a good battery to the starter. Take off the battery cable at the starter and hook up jumpers. See what you got then.
I belive that one or both of the cables or connections with either or both of them have a problem. This will take that our of the equation and if nothing else rule out those parts if it doesnt work.

Mine had power until I hit the key and then no power at all. A few hours later the trim or lights would work, hit the key and nothing again for a few hours.
Mine was a bad pos+ cable so I replaced both the pos+ and neg- and im running like a champ.

 

[can-amsledder]

Re: Sometimes I wonder...

Do you have a volt meter? Are the batteries fully charged?
Sounds like it could be a connection issues like bifflefan said. That?s where I?d start. Clean and check the connections at the battery, the starter and the ground at the block.

 

[airdvr1227]

Re: Sometimes I wonder...

Oh there is most definitely a problem somewhere. I spent 3+ hours on the lake trying to figure it out before I got towed in.

Connections are all good. Checked and double checked by me. Batteries charged. Checked by me with a meter and double checked by Autozone. The reason I took it in was I was stumped. I knew when the mechanic called and said he had it fixed it was too good to be true.

I have to figure out how much hourly labor is at my shop because the bill was less than $60. That can't even be a 1/2 hour with replacing a fuse. And I know damned well he never actually started it. You couldn't possibly do all of that in less than 1 hour. Still