Bucktail II
Angler
Still scratching my head about this one. Volvo Penta KAMD43P inboard diesel.
Was out fishing Saturday, boat was running great. Went to run up and start another drift and nothing!
NO power to the dash, gauges.....nothing. Radio GPS all working just fine. Checked wiring, connections, switched batteries......nothing.
Ended up getting towed in.
Head down to the boat yesterday with a game plan to try and isolate the issue. First checked for power at the key on the dash board.....no power at all.
Ok.....at least I know it's isolated to the black box on the top of the engine with the harness and several solenoids inside.
In the black box....I checked the breaker to make sure I had power coming in and out, even though it never indicated it had popped....all good there.
Traced the wiring back to solenoid #1.....good power in and out as it should be (BTW had the key in the on position while testing these).
Continued tracing wiring to solenoid #2......good power in and out. Now I'm concerned....I'm out of solenoids to check. So with my test light on the negative side of the battery, I begin just checking to see if I have power on any of the other connections inside of the black box. The second connector I touch with the probe...I hear a pop which sounded like it came from the compressor clutch. I look up at the dash and all the gauges are now lit up. I walk over, turn the key from on to start and she fired right up !
I'm happy it's running, shut it off and restarted it 20 times.....no issues. I'm trying to figure out why it happened in the first place.
Any ideas????
Was out fishing Saturday, boat was running great. Went to run up and start another drift and nothing!
NO power to the dash, gauges.....nothing. Radio GPS all working just fine. Checked wiring, connections, switched batteries......nothing.
Ended up getting towed in.
Head down to the boat yesterday with a game plan to try and isolate the issue. First checked for power at the key on the dash board.....no power at all.
Ok.....at least I know it's isolated to the black box on the top of the engine with the harness and several solenoids inside.
In the black box....I checked the breaker to make sure I had power coming in and out, even though it never indicated it had popped....all good there.
Traced the wiring back to solenoid #1.....good power in and out as it should be (BTW had the key in the on position while testing these).
Continued tracing wiring to solenoid #2......good power in and out. Now I'm concerned....I'm out of solenoids to check. So with my test light on the negative side of the battery, I begin just checking to see if I have power on any of the other connections inside of the black box. The second connector I touch with the probe...I hear a pop which sounded like it came from the compressor clutch. I look up at the dash and all the gauges are now lit up. I walk over, turn the key from on to start and she fired right up !
I'm happy it's running, shut it off and restarted it 20 times.....no issues. I'm trying to figure out why it happened in the first place.
Any ideas????