In this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we get to pull the control cables to connect our new Seastar MT-3 engine controls on sv basik. This upgrade will ...

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okay so my job today now that I've got

the closet cleared out just kind of laid

everything all over the berth here and

just stacked it everywhere in here I've

cut the access through the floor of the

closet now I can get in here and start

organizing some of this cabling a couple

things I need to do almost looks

impossible to get down in here but I

need to start routing this stuff this is

the engine controls this is the big wire

harness for the engine controls then

I've got my actually my cables too this

will be engine control throttle and

here's transmission for Traverse and

neutral so those need to be rounded up

to the helm position that's what I'm

gonna work on today that'll clear out

this so I can get some elbow room down

in here so I can start working on things

this is what happens when you're

unsupervised what you can't do it I just

needed a little help okay so you know

what to do yeah Russell yeah thanks

Declan okay I'm gonna try to force-feed

it from down here okay

and you get folded in here first and I'm

pulling right yeah that's hard if yeah

these are really slippery

Oh hold on I have to pull myself into

this hole oh it's a big what you don't

understand

you need to be from underneath and you

just pull up here no okay all right so

what we're doing is we are bringing in

all the engine control oh shoot that's

why courts its it hitting something food

it looks like a tinning yeah I can't do

anymore really

yeah I gotta pull it back okay I see it

I see it

yeah okay okay okay go to it where is it

it is right up here it's about to take

the corner but it's hard I know okay so

I need to bring it up this side see like

out here is it behind something in there

between the two okay just bend it down

bending it yeah okay that's it okay

perfect one more that's it no nester

cannot dream our bean

another foot right there I know it's a

work yourself they don't okay oh it was

not that bad I'm so exaggerated no cuz

I'm taking my legs under the cables

mm-hmm okay next time you go in the hole

that's easy oh you're showing your age I

am okay thank you made it much easier

for me you are very dull okay this is

unfortunate

I've routed the port engine controls and

they're plenty long actually about two

feet long so I'll have to make up

something slack back in here but the

starboard edge controls only make it to

here right about to here to measure

these up and get one that's about two

feet longer

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so after pulling all these cables

through it's a foot too short so we have

to pull them back out measure them and

get some two kilos easy should be fun

let's go come on out

good job now that we got the cable out

the ladies are gonna measure it up

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all right 28 feet off to the brain store

again get some new cables

at least I got a nice date of me

okay I got my new cables 32 footer

all right so teal just XP I said he's on

his way back to the boat from the brain

store

after picking up some more items

Emma

so your dad's coming back do you think

you measure right do you think you

measured the cables right yes

Hey hope you guys measured it right

can't believe it on us if it's wrong

can't skim install days almost over am i

doing it are you doing we're doing it

let's go I'm excited this week

okay got my new cables 32 feet long be

plenty long before I put them in though

I'm gonna tune up my control unit here

so a little bit tarnish it looks pretty

old I've been working on it trying to

just lube all the fittings the action

feels great but all these control cable

controllers are stiff and they're just

corroded in place so I'm trying to

salvage this we'll see

rap

well this may not be able to be salvaged

see how loose this one is these are so

tight on here they're just corroded the

solvent this one was corroded solid too

and I just tried to loosen the screw

head and it just shattered the little

piece of plastic oh it's just brittle

I'll try to find find these pieces see

if I can replace them I just don't trust

him now

okay okay off to the marine store again

well I've done my research now on this

unit here this is the Morse sl3 I mean

the action still feels nice on these but

all the plastic and arms and all those

plastic is corroding I looked at buying

the replacement kit just for the plastic

components it was $130 for the upper

half and another $150 for the lower half

tax shipping it's gonna exceed $300 so I

decided just upgrade and we got

something a little more trustworthy so

this bad boy is going in I'm excited

no plastic okay we pulled one cable out

to get a measurement on it I left one

cable in because we'll use this to pull

the two new cables in I'm also gonna tie

a messenger to it that way I could pull

the engine wire harness back through so

that's gonna be a tough pull here we're

gonna have three things pulling through

all at the same time cables go from here

through here back through here through

conduit under the seat they take a 90

through conduit under the seat into this

crawl space and then down over and into

the engine compartment 32 foot run we'll

see how it goes

okay before I start pulling I've labeled

all the ends of these so I don't get it

confused

and

now we'll get Pullman

all right Emma I hope you measure right

hi are you reading you want to go check

out the messenger okay so we take just

hold on so we taped this with the

messenger and I'm going to push this

thing through this is going to go down

to the engines and then the cable goes

to the throttle poles go down and see

what your dad's doing okay I'm coming

down 32 feet of this time to see

they go back up sure see how monster

yeah you did is that good

do we need more no these day was good I

think he said we're good

that was really smooth Emma you know

okay coming how do you need help

almost got it just like the last little

knuckle through there then it's stuck on

something I'm gonna pull it back okay

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got it goes easy yeah so easy okay now

that we have all the cables pulled it's

back down in the engine compartment I

have to make the connections down here

here is transmission goes right here and

here is Ronal goes to the engine but I

notice some corrosion on this let's take

a look at this thing let's get a little

bit of rust on it so I'm gonna take this

thing off I already loosened it

okay here we go let's get this thing

cleaned out before we put it back on

okay let's get these things cleaned up

what I like to do is stand us up put a

fresh coat of paint on

I'm not going with the Yanmar gray and

actually all the components that I'm

touching up before we leave the dock are

going to be in black and every year

after that I'll change the color

here we go

laughs and we were on that boat about

seven and a half years total and every

single year I would if I worked on the

engine any part of that engine I would

change the color so at a glance you

could tell how many years had it been

since I had touched a certain point of

the engine and we've kept pretty close

so I'm gonna I'm gonna use that same

method here so we're starting with the

stalks yeah mark gray anything I've

touched up now is going black and then

I'll come up with a color code

year-to-year as we cruise

okay these pieces have been sanded down

and painted

just let them cure a little bit longer

or we install

okay here's the cables we took off and

the fittings at the end here are

corroded I've tried to saturate it with

some penetrating oil to get them off

they're not budging I think it's best to

replace them so back to the Marine store

least I got a nice day today

okay and just like that I'm back from

the marine store and check this out

such a small quantity of items here so

small but they fit on the line item for

the receipt

ouch okay to get the engine throttle

cable connected I had to take off the

intakes and they had a little bit of

corrosion on them so I'm gonna sand

these up and put a fresh coat of paint

on these as well

okay now to educate myself on my new C

star engine controls try to make this

little bag of pieces make everything

operate smooth and do some reading

it was a little intimidating looking at

that little bag of parts but once you

laid all out don't make sense every

piece is there we'll be able to get this

hooked up today so of course by

switching models by getting rid of my

Moores and going with my new C star that

means I have to modify the cutout of

course and hopefully this little dish

out here will be covered if not I'll

have to build that back up I'll cut this

and find out

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okay it fits nice now the next thing set

this down god that feels nice

next thing I need to do is fill this in

here

this was the Morse cutout here and

here's my new cutout here so I'm going

to fill this and just so I could get a

better seal around this when I put it in

primarily what are you doing in there

you've been in there forever are you

okay no ladies Bruce there is no bruise

what yes there is no brute happiest

little doing is from being in the engine

room but yesterday it hurt so bad are

you sure it's so white there's no bruise

oh my god it hurts so bad no get the

camera on okay okay it's on boys and

their toys are you actually doing

something with this

yeah I'm just making the last little

connection here do we really know what

we're doing uh I didn't an hour ago but

I feel a little more educated now do you

I do can you tell me what you're doing

this is my throttle linkage this is my

gear shifter here

and I have to just put this last little

pin in while I'm holding everything it's

a little difficult it is because my pin

I bent it already

that's not good

there goes okay

thus the last in

okay now let's see if this goes together

okay look this that looks scary then

goes right together and slides right in

nice okay okay now looks good okay so

here's the did it feels good feels good

but before I start playing these long

ago to the engines to see what's

happening

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won't work neutral neutral okay for

engine boy troll

okay that's as far as it goes

okay neutral

reverse

okay neutral this beast is almost done

almost just a little bit of fine-tuning

once the engines gets you know up and

going so when's that gonna happen

tomorrow

ya know like to go first well we'll just

put the engine controls in connect them

yes baby yes I'll just screw them to the

wall and everything will work right okay

so I have to get the wire harnesses up

there yeah I'll have to extend one of

the harnesses because we know it's too

short I have the charging relays to put

in I have two connections to the battery

and then tie it all in to the main panel

so so Monday yeah I'll do my best

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