ICDEDPPL

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It`s a work in progress.

AP700

Wow that is one wild wiring! Sure you will get this cleaned up. The label machine is absolutely tits! I'm into wiring my boat, maybe i try and get a machine like this!

Brad Christy

AP700,

Mine is similar. I don't think anybody's been back there fiddling with anything, but there are a farq ton of wires. I'm hoping to just go through a process of disconnecting a wire, reroute it around the panel, then reconnect it to the gage, switch or light, one at a time. I'm hoping the entire dash can be removed via disconnecting the cluster connectors and allow me to do all this at a desk or bench.

Thanks. Brad.

Brad Christy

Dan,

Ah.... So, it's a little piezo tweeter. Got it.

Yeah... I'm not gonna label all those wires. I'll figure something else out first. Or not.

Thanks. Brad.

Wally

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Brad, its not that bad, It just looks intimidating because of the amount of wiring, but in all reality you have many duplicates like the reds (power) Blacks(ground) and purple(ign) blue (lights) the rest are the actual sending unit wires for the gauges. You can take some zip ties and bundle the groups together as you disconnect the gauges and just use some painters tape to label what gauges that bundle is from. here's a list of the "standard" wires you would find.....there are more if you do searches but these should cover most of them in the dash part anyway. The switches are different...you will have a red wire for the main power feed....then there will be the feed wire to the device its turning on and that may be any color the installer wants in some cases but 90% of the time its also a red wire. You may also have a black wire for a ground if the switch lights up when turned on.
Dont be intimidated by the mess...just take you time and go systematically one by one and you'll be fine. A good test light or meter also helps.

It could be worse....you could have a "friend" try and help you by taking everything apart before you get there and not label anything!
Some before and after i was done a few hours later.

TomZ

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That was my 311 last year - so much butchering done by someone you'd think wouldn't (not naming the shop but will say that I was really surprised). I made a schematic, labeled everything similar to how Dan did his, and got it all back together pretty easily once all the crap was cut out.

AmiableDave

Finished redoing the dash on my Formula Fastech. Had another carbon fiber dash made with holes cut out for Garmin 943 and stainless Marine indicator. Good riddance to the Livorsi gauges.

TomZ

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That's really sweet!

Brad Christy

Dave,

I completely understand the appeal, but I'm keeping my Livorsi gauges. Just too much work and expense for me to justify the conversion. Yours looks sweet, though.

How is the glare on that glossy finish? I would think it would be a nightmare when the sun is coming from the wrong direction. I'm doing mine in matte white for this very reason.

Thanks. Brad.

AmiableDave

All I can say is I hope that you have better luck with livorsi gauges then I have had. The last time I sent all my gauges to lavorsi to have the gauges re-needled (not a year and a half later, all needles were faded), LED lights that are supposed to last 50,000 hours (NOT) replaced. It was a nightmare. Then four of the gauges needles were not calibrated or replaced

correctly and we're all off. This is after sending the gauges back four times to get the issue resolved which wasn't. Then one of the needles that they replaced falls off. There's so much more to the story but I won't get into it here.
The glossy finish of the new dash is no problem. The dash looked the same way with the livorsi gauges. Have not noticed any glare off the flat screen either. Very bright display.
The old wiring harness and the Garmin took me 2 days.