Rewiring the rocket launcher - tips

[Oceanic Dave]

Hi guys,

I started to rewire the rocket launcher last night. Should of started fresh, but started at midnight which probably just led me to frustration.

It was very hard to remove wires, especially through those rings that are welded onto the frame.

What is the trick here to remove the wires? I have to remove the VHF, AM/FM radio wires which have leads on the end. Should I remove the conduit first? That's the way I see it.

Refitting:
So to get everything back together and run the new wires, I am thinking of running the thicker gauge wires first. So I think the AM/FM wire will go first, then the VHF, then the electrical wiring. So I just feed the conduit over it then? Is that how you will go about it?

Thanks

[scottar]

If you don't remove the plugs, the one with the biggest plug first

[kind_cir]

Any time I replace wires that run interally in something that may be tricky to replace I tie someting to one end of the old wire before I pull it out. Say if I tie 100lb fishing line on one end and pull that through as the old wire is pulled out. It makes it easy then to run the new wires as i use the line to help pull through the new wires. Wires can get hung up on all sorts of things internally, like welds, seams ect.
Always run the thickest wites first and allways yse tinned wire in boats.

[scottar]

Easiest way would be to remove the plugs in this situation as the stereo antenna would have been the only factory fitted plug and it should fit through. The vhf antenna if it is the standard GME one that Seafarer used (3 foot tall with a round plastic base) came with the plug not fitted so the cable was most likely run in and then fitted off. If you do decide to take the plug off, there are two types that have regularly come with GME antennas - crimp ones (not reusable) and solder ones. The solder one can be de-soldered and then be unscrewed or you can cut the connector off and fit a new one - if you do cut it off though cut it right at the plug as GME antennas can't have there cables significantly shortened. If you do take the vhf plug off you should be able to pull the whole loom, conduit and all, out of the rings once the other cables are disconnected. The other option is to remove the split loom as you suggested but that will be painful. Assembly will be a multi-stage gig working from the side furthest from the where the cables go into the fibreglass. Fit the loom tube over any cables that terminate in an area and then pass through a ring, add the next cables then through the next ring and so on

[Oceanic Dave]

Any time I replace wires that run interally in something that may be tricky to replace I tie someting to one end of the old wire before I pull it out. Say if I tie 100lb fishing line on one end and pull that through as the old wire is pulled out. It makes it easy then to run the new wires as i use the line to help pull through the new wires. Wires can get hung up on all sorts of things internally, like welds, seams ect.
Always run the thickest wites first and allways yse tinned wire in boats.

Hey mate, agree with your method and I normally do that when I am runing wires, but because these have large ends in some, you can't fit it through the 20mm ring that are welded on the frame.

[Oceanic Dave]

Easiest way would be to remove the plugs in this situation as the stereo antenna would have been the only factory fitted plug and it should fit through. The vhf antenna if it is the standard GME one that Seafarer used (3 foot tall with a round plastic base) came with the plug not fitted so the cable was most likely run in and then fitted off. If you do decide to take the plug off, there are two types that have regularly come with GME antennas - crimp ones (not reusable) and solder ones. The solder one can be de-soldered and then be unscrewed or you can cut the connector off and fit a new one - if you do cut it off though cut it right at the plug as GME antennas can't have there cables significantly shortened. If you do take the vhf plug off you should be able to pull the whole loom, conduit and all, out of the rings once the other cables are disconnected. The other option is to remove the split loom as you suggested but that will be painful. Assembly will be a multi-stage gig working from the side furthest from the where the cables go into the fibreglass. Fit the loom tube over any cables that terminate in an area and then pass through a ring, add the next cables then through the next ring and so on

I am going to refit a new stereo and vhf radio so I think I will start from there and see how the ends are on these wires. Either way it's going to be challenging I think, but if it was done before, there has to be a way to do it. Don't really want to cut any plugs off unless I am sure I can get it back together.

I will post up any issues, thanks for your help!

[kind_cir]

if your lucky and have the right plug, you don't have to cut the plug off. Simply take the wire terminals out of the plug. Mark on the plug where the wires go first, then remove terminals from plug by pushing on the tab inside the plug to release.