1981 310 Sundancer

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Redeye1962

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Feb 15, 2010
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Took the boat out today and all of a sudden nothing from any of the accessories. All of the 12v devices would not work except the bilge pumps which are direct wired. There is supposed to be a 50 amp circuit breaker on the starboard side engine area but we could not find one anywhere. There were a couple of them on the engines and an inline fuse by some solenoids which we replaced and still not go. Any ideas would be grateful.
 
Did the engines stay running? If not, check the big round connector at the engine. That breaker should be on the bulkhead if front of engines somewhere. Also look on the engines too, not sure where they put them back then.
 
SCORPIO said:
Did the engines stay running? If not, check the big round connector at the engine. That breaker should be on the bulkhead if front of engines somewhere. Also look on the engines too, not sure where they put them back then.
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Yes, the engines stayed running. We looked for the breaker and could not find it but we did see the ones on the engines. The reset button is supposed to be on the starboard side in front of the engine but we could not find it. I will be back out there next weekend to take another look and track the wires from the batteries but any further suggestions would be appreciated.
 
just to add some more information on our situation. The engines are 350. We swapped batteries and made sure the connections were tight as the engines still cranked. I was not able to check the connections to the blocks.................it is tight there but one thing I failed to mention was the back end of the boat was partially submerged I am not sure how far so there may be some corrosion somewhere. We discovered water in the oil yesterday as well as a result (did not see it when checked before) and I will change the oil. I would like to find the reset button thinking that may be the issue. The documentation states to look at the front of the starboard engine so naturally I was looking forward but now I think about it the engines may be sitting reversed. we did a quick scan of the bilge area and only found the reset buttons for the engines and replaced the 50 amp fuse just in case. I will go our there over the weekend and scan the aft section more near the transom but do not recall seeing anything before when I was replacing the 110 wiring last year. Good God it is tight in there, I nearly got stuck last year. I appreciate any more responses.
 
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So I found the magic button in between the engines very low to the bottom of the boat. pushed the button and things worked. I was making supper and all of a sudden things stopped working so I went to the magic button and moved some wires and thing started back up again. Next day I checked everything closer and found the wires were practically lying there and would spark and smoke when moved. Tried to make new connections but the back of the circuit breaker was so corroded I could not connect the nuts. I have a new Circuit breaker on order and have made new connections with shrink wrap.................just waiting on the circuit breaker on back order. Just wondering if I can get away with an inline 60 amp fuse. The owners manual said the circuit breaker should be 50 amp but this on was 60 amp. Any ideas on these issues?
 
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