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Zone 5 07-29-2020 02:36 PM

Mystery plugs 292
 
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I just bought a 2002 292 and in the starboard gunnel I find these 2 plugs. 3 wires plus a purple wire that is not in the plug but has a bullet connector. Prior owner has no idea what they are. They have tape on them labeled port and starboard. wondering if anyone has a clue what these may have come from or what they go to. I haven't found the other end yet so I'm at a loss.

F-2 Speedy 07-29-2020 02:51 PM

what engines are in the boat, maybe a relay connection ?

pputkowski 07-29-2020 05:53 PM

Does the boat have aftermarket stereo? Those look like OE speaker wire to me.

Zone 5 07-29-2020 06:12 PM


Originally Posted by F-2 Speedy (Post 4750623)
what engines are in the boat, maybe a relay connection ?


Boat came stock with 350's, and prior owner had it changed to 6.2's out of an other 292

Zone 5 07-29-2020 06:15 PM


Originally Posted by pputkowski (Post 4750652)
Does the boat have aftermarket stereo? Those look like OE speaker wire to me.

Yes, the boat has major aftermarket stereo amps speakers etc. I haven't looked that far but it does look like all speakers have non factory wires. And I've never seen what the stock ones look like.

The only part that confuses me is that they are labeled port/starboard, and they are not long enough to reach to the port side.

Unlimited jd 07-29-2020 08:50 PM

Secondary trim switch

SB 07-29-2020 08:59 PM

Yup.
light blue/white is trim up
green/white is trim down

Zone 5 07-29-2020 09:55 PM


Originally Posted by Unlimited jd (Post 4750684)
Secondary trim switch


Originally Posted by SB (Post 4750685)
Yup.
light blue/white is trim up
green/white is trim down


Okay guys. What is a "secondary" trim switch? Cause my drives and tabs both work fine, up and down.

Zone 5 07-29-2020 09:57 PM


Originally Posted by Zone 5 (Post 4750687)
Okay guys. What is a "secondary" trim switch? Cause my drives and tabs both work fine, up and down.


But based on most of the rigging that I've found so far, the guy (not prior owner) that rigged it did a LOT of wierd/wrong stuff.

So if these are supposed to go somewhere, I'd appreciate the where.

SB 07-29-2020 10:38 PM

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Unlimited jd 07-30-2020 05:06 AM


Originally Posted by Zone 5 (Post 4750687)
Okay guys. What is a "secondary" trim switch? Cause my drives and tabs both work fine, up and down.

a second trim switch, either in the throttle handle, or a trailer button

Wally 07-30-2020 08:07 AM

They may not go to anything at all if the guy previous guy was too lazy to pull old wiring out when re-doing stuff. They look like the standard plugs that go into trim/tilt pumps...the purple wires would connect to the limit switches (the hockey pucks on the outside edges of the gimbal assembly) so the pumps know when to stop.
If everything works on the boat then either leave them alone or yank them out and clean things up....you can test them to make sure they not hooked up to the switches. Just place the ground lead of a volt meter on any good ground, then the positive lead into either the green or the blue wires and start hitting trim/tilt switches up/down to see if there's any power going to them...

Zone 5 07-30-2020 10:11 AM


Originally Posted by Wally (Post 4750720)
They may not go to anything at all if the guy previous guy was too lazy to pull old wiring out when re-doing stuff. They look like the standard plugs that go into trim/tilt pumps...the purple wires would connect to the limit switches (the hockey pucks on the outside edges of the gimbal assembly) so the pumps know when to stop.
If everything works on the boat then either leave them alone or yank them out and clean things up....you can test them to make sure they not hooked up to the switches. Just place the ground lead of a volt meter on any good ground, then the positive lead into either the green or the blue wires and start hitting trim/tilt switches up/down to see if there's any power going to them...

Yea, there were NO old wires pulled anywhere. Wiring is a mess I think you have just hit it. The "trailer" switches for the drives were replaced with aftermarket. There are no "trailer" switches, only tabs and regular trim plus throttle trim. So what you said about the trim limit switches makes sense, as there is no "limit". drives trim all the way with button on throttle or just the seperate trim buttons.https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...62a815a8e1.jpg



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