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Congrats on the new rig RG, she sounds like a real beaut. I also bought my boat from Hastings and they are indeed some good folks to deal with. Don't worry about that 4 stroke Yammie, your gonna be more than impressed with it.

Was he on the road when you it him Ernie or in the air ?? There's all kinds of them over here and I see them everyday and just this morning going into town 4 ran across the road in front of me. Awhile back though I had one fly across the road right in front of me 4' above the road. I was doing about 80K and didn't miss him by 20' and if I'd been about 1 second sooner he'd have come right into my windshield. It'd be like hitting a brick that was thrown off a bridge.

Just pick a date and we'll do it Bill.

I've always enjoyed fishing for muskies after dark and a favorite location is pencil reeds in shallow water with a sandy bottom and even better if there's deep water close by. We go in after dark and work our way thru the reeds casting slow rolled spinnerbaits and can often grab 3 or 4 nice muskies in a night. After the zebras moved in and the water began to clear, weeds started to grow in places we never had them before and began encroaching on the pencil reeds. The weeds have now become so thick in many of the areas we used to go that we can no longer even get our boats into the spots anymore, infact on some of the reed beds we can't get within 100' now. Some of these spots I've been fishing for 40 years and they were always weed free, but the last 10 years or so has seen a huge change in weed growth. The only thing I put it down to is the clear water, caused by zebra muscles, is allowing more sunlight to penetrate the water and is helping to promote the heavy growth. I may be totally off in my reasoning though. I kinda miss those nights...

Enjoying a nice feed of smelts is something I haven't done for a very long time. Catching them, followed by a huge fishfry afterwards was a springtime ritual for many years down on the Toronto waterfront. Thanks for the memories Nipfisher, your supper looks great !!

Been a long time for sure Ric, good to have you back.

On my last boat, a Crestliner, the fuel tank was under the rear casting deck and I had to remove that to access the sending unit. Not really a big deal though as it's just held in place with screws. You may find the same thing on your G3.

Too late Rob and I think three 7/0 trebles would work just fine The little guy gets cuter everyday Joey

Hey, now there's a thought

And I'll bet you don't get your hubs wet either, eh Bob ??

This is the 1st year I ever used the pressure treated Paul but I had an extra 6 x 6 here doing nothing and figured it'd be good. If it did any damage I'll fix up the paint and use regualr wood next year. Thanks for the heads-up.

Can't help you with the resorts Chad, but congrats on the up-coming nuptuals.

Never heard of that before Paul, but I'll find out in a couple weeks when I remove them. I'll let you know.

I've been blowing my own horn for years Steve

Happy B-Day Norm and all the best to you Bud !!

Great job on the rewire Dave, you appear to have as many gauges & switches as my boat but with only a fraction of the wires. I think the boat manufacturers could take a lesson from you. The square white disconnect plug in the bottom left of your picture is where my problem was. One of the wires coming from the switch pulled out of the plug just a tiny bit but the way it was situated I couldn't see it until I pulled it apart and turned it around.

Fantastic Rob, congrats to everyone. Having children is the best thing that can happen to folks.

Looks like they did an excellent restoration Steve. Very nice work !!

Mines jacked up in the winter months too Roger. Wooden blocks front & back And jack stands in the middle I've done it for years and figure it's a good way to take the weight off the tires, springs and whatever else. Don't know if it's really necessary or not but it can't hurt. I also undo the rear tie down straps and the bow winch strap.

Appreciate the offer Ernie, but you know you don't need a reason to come over, your always welcome here.

Well, I finally got the horn problem solved. I broke my test light awhile back so I had to get a new one and once I had the light it didn't take too long to figure things out. I pulled both leads off the switch and with the test light I found I had power to one of them so that eliminated a blown fuse. I ran a wire from the live lead up to the horn and when I touched the wire to the horn connection it sounded. As was suggested many times here it looked like a bad connection somewhere so I started checking everything again. All the wires for the dash switches come from the fuse block and go into a plastic plug. The wires from the switches go into another plug and then to 2 plugs snap together. I pulled the plug apart and everything seemed good but on the outside I could see one of the horn leads appeared to have pulled loose just a little bit. The end of the wire has a metal sleeve on it and I pushed it back in and tested it and the horn worked. I pushed the wire in tighter and wrapped it with tape to be sure it didn't come out again. From the angle I was originally working I couldn't see the back of the plug but once I pulled it apart and turned it around the problem became obvious. I hooked up the new push button switch and got it installed thru the back of the dash. And now everything is working just like it's sposed to. What would normally be a very simple job that should have only taken me 10 minutes turned out to be a bit more confusing but now I'm back in business once again and the push button is much better than the old twist knob. Thank you VERY much to everyone that offered suggestions both here and thru emails. Your a good group !!

Morning fellas and yes, those pictures are from my boat. The 2 wires on the switch are both orange & white. There's 1 orange & white on the horn plus 1 black wire. Am I correct in assuming 1 orange and white comes from the fuse block to the switch, then the other orange & white goes from the switch to the horn and then the black comes from the horn and goes to ground ?? Is the ground on the fuse block or would it be somewhere else ?? I'm just trying to eliminate tracing more wires than necessary.

Happy belated B-Day Wayne, hope it was a goodun !!

The fuses are the push-in type with the wire running thru them and from what I can see their all OK. I broke my tester awhile ago RG but we're heading into town for dinner shortly so I'm gonna pick up another one. That's the fuse panel just to the left of center and up a bit. Paul, I'm gonna pull every fuse again tomorrow and take another very close look at them, but I honestly don't think I did anything to blow one. All the lights in the boat work fine as do the gas guages and the VHF radio. This is the maze of wires I'm sorting thru and it's FAR more confusing that what it appears here. The 2 orange & white wires at the horn switch And this is the horn with one orange & white wire on one terminal and a black on the other terminal. I'm gonna take a break from this now & take another shot at it tomorrow morning when my eyes stop being crossed from tracing wires all day. Appreciate everyones help on this.

No I didn't Dan as the dash is fiberglass with no metal at all near the switch and the old switch itself is a plastic housing but that was one of my 1st thoughts this morning. The new switch is metal but the neck that comes thru the dash is bigger than the old one so I'll need to ream the hole out to make it fit and I don't want to do that until I figure out the problem.